Jane, 1) I explain it in the notes. If I am pretty sure that someone got married in Perry Co, MS (no marriage records before 1877 because the courthouse burned) then I will put
, Perry, Mississippi, United States And then in the marriage notes I write something like... "Both John and Mary were living in Perry County for the 1840 census in the households of their parents. In 1850 they were enumerated together in Perry County. The Perry County courthouse burned in 1877 and there are no marriage records prior to that date survived. The marriage records of the neighboring counties (Marion, Hancock, Jackson, Covington and Jones) were checked with negative results. The neighboring counties of Wayne and Greene also suffered complete records losses for this time period and could not be checked. It is most likely they married in Perry County. Their first child was born 04 Sep 1848 which puts their marriage date about 1847. John would have been 21 and Mary would have been 18 at the time of their marriage" 2) In the master source list, hit "options", then hit "purge unused" and that should get rid of your source that is nothing but a period. 3) If it is a true township then I put: Purvis Township, Lamar, Mississippi, United States (Purvis isn't really a township but I couldn't think of one right off the top of my head) 4) It takes a long time to correct entries :) :) :) michele From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 9:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Location quandaries If I have a "probable" location, how do others input such a thing? Example: (probable) , Warren County, North Carolina, USA? Also, I have a single period at the head of my Master Location List and cannot seem to get rid of it. When I try, I get a message saying that "no one is using the location". I started out doing my own thing with inputting locations, and now wish to make it consistent with Geoff's recommendations as to town, county, state, and country. (Wonder about where to put township - in place of town?) Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to correct all those entries in efficient fashion? Or must I do one at a time and finish sometime next year? Jane S. 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
