No, that's certainly not harsh, but the big reason I'm concerned about a huge number of locations in our master list is that we might have over 100,000 Merriam descendants and our goal is to get as many of them into one database as we possibly can. We have a long ways to go because we are only at 14,000 or so. Having multiple names for the same locations would make that difficult to wade through, that's all.
Jerry - MerriamFamilyTree.org On 2/7/2012 10:08 AM, Paula Ryburn wrote: > Hopefully, I will not sound too harsh, but my genealogical research > goals do not include anything about the size of my Location list. > > I think the Location AKA could work just like the Name AKA does, > including how it looks in lists. If you want to use AKA's, you want to > see them, too. And thinking a bit on this particular case: All the "old" > names for the location would have the same "present day" AKA, so that's > really only adding one. (well, at least that's how I would use it) > --Paula in Texas > Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton > Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis > Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind > Hopkins Hughes Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner > Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Sanford Short Singer Sullivan > Weller Williams > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Jerry <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sun, February 5, 2012 2:27:30 PM > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Event Locations > > Yes, Michele, but you don't have to "mess up" your master location list > to do that. You can accomplish the same thing with the note fields > adjacent to location. Sorry, but I don't think I could ever be convinced > to put seven different location names for the exact same spot on the map > when the note field will work for that. It is time for the gedcom > standard to be updated to match computer technology. Both the aka > location and latititde/longitude ideas seem worthy of consideration. > Thanks for listening. Jerry in Michigan > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > >You should record the location as it was at the time of the event > unless you > >keep your research completely to yourself and never share it with anyone. > >If you share the info in any way, shape or form, you really should conform > >to how everyone else does it or it will only cause confusion :) :) :) > > > >Michele > > > > > > > >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 > > > > > 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
