The location fields throughout Legacy allow free-form text...meaning you can put whatever you wish in them. Some formatting is recommended but as you may have noticed, they are used in many different ways. Others have described ways to search inside the Master Locations List based on the sort order, etc. The "Find:" field does not allow for wild card searches in the current version of Legacy so the results you get as you enter text into that field is what is found based on the sort order.
Another way to search for a piece of a location field, is to use the tool-bar "Search" and then "Detailed Search" and in the "Where to look" field select a field name like "Birth Place". Then in "How to look" select "Contains" and then in "What to look for" enter the search string. Click on "Clear List before this search" and then click "Create List". Repeat this process for each field as needed. Some wild card search capabilities are possible as outlined in the help file. Another method outside of Legacy is the "Global Text Search" that is in Ltools where you can search all tables and all fields for a text string. It would be great if "wild card" searches were enabled in all the search boxes within Legacy so that you could enter a text string "*Calif*" and see a sub-set of the table that contains all entries with that wild card string. The "Detailed Search" mentioned above can do some wild card searching and instruction for it is in the help file under "wildcard". Ron Taylor 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
