Thanks Jenny, I understand that is where "the rules" have come from.
But I think the situation has changed with the arrival of the Internet and I would guess that most people using Legacy are now "amateurs" working on their own family trees who do not particularly want to be taken seriously by experts but to do a good job for their families and descendants. This may need a different set of standards as to how best to present information and Legacy support staff may need to alter their advice to "Locations should always be entered in the form that will be most informative to the expected viewer of your family tree but you are free to use the names as they were at the time of the event for antiquarian or professional purposes". John Clifford -----Original Message----- From: Jenny M Benson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 05 February 2012 14:07 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Event Locations On 05/02/2012 12:50, John Clifford wrote: > Where does the "should" come from? Genealogy, like so many other activities, has acquired various "rules" for "best practice" which have been developed by expert and professional users over the years so that there is some sort of standardization and agreement about how best to present information. That doesn't mean to say that everyone has to follow such "rules" slavishly if they choose not to do so. But those who want to be taken seriously by experts and professionals, or who aspire to be experts or professionals themselves will attempt to do things as they "should" be done. So to expand on what Sherry wrote, "Locations should always be entered as they were at the time of the event, but you are free to do it differently if you so choose." -- Jenny M Benson 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 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
