Jane: Ron's solution for the change to location prepositions would be a good option but I'm not sure how it would be handled by GEDCOMs or at any sites where you might post. I sometimes use [probably] in the location field itself such as "Sweden [probably]" when I need to include some sort of a hint. I also occasionally use it when I'm pretty sure of an approximate location but don't yet have proof such as "Wentworth County [probably], Upper Canada." Putting [probably] *after* the city, county, etc. causes it to still sort with similar locations.
Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: Ron Taylor Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Location quandaries 1) If a locaton in the master locations list is no longer connected with any record in the database, then you can use Options>Purge Unused to remove all of them at once or use Options>Delete to remove just the one that is highlighted. Either method should work to get rid of the location you mentioned. 2) Probably (not Probable) is a valid preposition. (I call them location modifiers like near, from, of, ...because many of them are not actually prepositions) Read more about them in the help file "Prepositions on Location". I had to add Probably to my file. Note also in the help file "Sort Location List" where the two check boxes at the bottom of the sort tool are documented. They are very useful when viewing locations. 3) You might try the "Geo-code" button for fixing multiple locations. That button will show at the top of the master locations list if you have checked the box "Show Map" then click "Geo-code all un-resolved locations through Bing Maps". Legacy has a glitch in how the Bing Maps are linked (I think I have reported it in the past but it is still now fixed.) The Bing Maps do not show when you first click "Show Map" but if you go to the Family view tab and then click on the "Mapping" tool icon, it usually will show the map of locations found on that family group. Then look at the master location list again and the map will show. I wish that there were a Geo-code all un-resolved locations through the Geo database. A location that has been retrieved from Bing Maps will show "V" in the L column and if retrieved from the geo database will show an "L". If you lookup a location in the geo database that already has "V", the program will not replace the V with an L although it does get the rest of the fields from the geo database. If you lookup a location in Bing Maps that already has "L", the program does replace the L with a V. I wish it were consistent. Also, I'm not certain if the program considers an "L" location as already resolved when it tries to Geo-code all un-resolved locations. At one time, I had thousands of locations verfied with the geo database but now very few of them show "L" and most of them show "V". It would be good if the one did not override the other without at least a question. Good luck getting your locations cleaned up. Ron Taylor --- On Wed, 3/21/12, Sherry/Support <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Sherry/Support <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Location quandaries > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 7:31 AM > I don't enter a "probable". I > create a To-Do item to search for the > actual location. > > I enter townships in place of the city/town. > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 6:18 AM, <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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
