I also include the words county and township, etc. And yes, I include township names because it pinpoints an area more precisely. There's never any guessing. We have areas here in Ohio that also used small community names in rural areas. I also include those. Needless to say, I don't use the 4 section placement.
Sally Hindley In a message dated 11/19/2011 3:57:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: “, how do I know that the first word is the name of the county and not the name of a city?” You don’t, that is why I always ADD the word County in ALL cases. I think it is just plain stupid that these mapping sources have gone to this method. If one does NOT know about this method, then they will not know if it is the City or County that is being used. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == From: julia l [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 11:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Locations Well, now I'm confused a little about this naming convention. I understand there are different points of view over this subject, so I'm not trying to stir anything up--just trying to figure which one works best for me. If I have a place name set up: , county, state, country [where I don't actually use the word 'county' after the county name] Then, when I go to generate a report and I leave off the leading commas, how do I know that the first word is the name of the county and not the name of a city? Or *I* may know this type of naming convention but if I give a report to someone not familiar with this, how would this not confuse them? Thanks for your help, Julia Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
