John, if sorting your place names by CITY, COUNTY, STATE, COUNTRY or anything else is ever important to you, you probably have to standardize your place name divisions in some manner. I would suggest doing some simple, very small test files and experiment to get your desired results.
Jerry - MerriamFamilyTree.org On 3/8/2012 3:16 PM, Wendy Howard wrote: > Hi John, > > Ignore the 4-field convention and use as many as you need for each location. > > According to the Help (Adding or Editing Locations) your restriction is > 255 characters. > > This has been discussed many times before, you may like to check the > archives for other input on the topic, and I'm sure others will post too > once they've seen your message. :-) > > Kind Regards, > Wendy > > John Magyari said the following on 9/03/2012 8:35 a.m.: >> Typically for US locations i have ****4 FIELDS >> City, County, State, Country >> >> How do others handle European Countries?<snip> > > > > 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
