Thanks, Michele. So, if I understand it, using the standardized location entries for countries where it works, is considered the way to do it by the Family History Library. It makes searching easier, sharing data easier, and results look more professional.
If you don't mind helping me further, how does it make searching easier? Is it because if I want to do a report based on counties, the only way is if I have the standard location entries? My goal isn't so much to look professional, (I don't intend to publish) but to be accurate in my sourcing (including locations) so family members who want to carry on from where I stop, will have what they most need. I would have to have a better grasp of each country to come up with my own standardized locations if they are different. And if I am able eventually to do that, what will that do to the reasons for standardizing to the FHL? Wouldn't it mess up searching? Thanks again for taking the time to reply! >________________________________ > From: Michele Lewis <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 11:09 AM >Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Cleaning up Location List (Geo options) > >1) This is the standard of the largest repository in the world, the Family >History Library in Salt Lake City, which is considered the authority when it >comes to genealogical research >2) Standardizing your locations makes searching easier, sharing data easier, >and makes your research look more professional > >HOWEVER, the standard 4 place locations does not work for every country. You >CAN standardize these places to 4 fields using the Geocode BUT if you do that >you will lose some levels of jurisdiction for those countries that have more >than 4. What I do for other countries is I try to standardize all of the >locations within that country to the same number of location fields > >Michele > > > >From: Marg Strong [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 10:51 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cleaning up Location List (Geo options) > >I'm sure this has been asked before, but I can never find what I'm searching >for in the archives. Is there then a useful purpose for doing this comma thing >with Canadian or USA locations? I need to see the reason why it is helpful >before changing the rest of my location list. Some locations are unclear as to >whether the name is of a town, township, or county which makes it even more >difficult. > >________________________________________ >From: Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 10:25 AM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cleaning up Location List (Geo options) > >Peggy, > >This is a question for our American friends, personally I hate " ,"s. >Regarding British locations I cannot see they serve any useful purpose, >since the 4 field convention does not work, and is not applicable, for our >locations in any event. > >Ron Ferguson >http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > >From: Marg Strong >Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 3:12 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cleaning up Location List (Geo options) > >Thank you so much for the detailed reply, Ron. That helps explain something >that has confused me. Some records show an ancestor as being located in >England, while others, use "Great Britain" or "UK" or "United Kingdom". I >really need to brush up on the history as the time is coming when I will >need to venture further than ancestry.com to find sources. I'm clicking >through to your links and bookmarking them to read as soon as I have a spare >bit of time. And when I put all this together into a "book" form for family, >I want to include history. Knowing the history of the places our ancestor's >came from makes them more "real." To me, at least. > > > >I haven't found the Geo Location database helpful so far, because if I don't >have at least part of a county name, it doesn't give me one or several >possibilities, except on rare occasions. Guess I was hoping for an easier >way, but so far, I've used a web search for county, if it's in my direct >line. The others I leave empty. > > >As I'm working to clean up my location list (Thank Heaven for the "combine" >function) I started using the commas to indicate place. I don't really >understand why, but it seemed to be the thing recommended. Is there a useful >purpose for this? Does it help Gedcom transfers? Or is it useful in Legacy >searches? If not, it is a pain because it pops the location to the top of >the list and when I combine, I have to scroll up to the top to find the >place where I need to combine it. > > >Peggy > > > > >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
