Marg, As I reread what I typed, I realized I should say that towns and cities DO geographically fall into townships (at least in public land states, I think), but I believe they are incorporated and typically treated separately for census purposes, as well as (say) utilities in real life. So, I tend to have *either* the town *or* the township (for rural locations).
If we're talking about other than census data, I often have *neither* so I enter just the county and state at the location. (I am still undecided on including "United States" in my locations---I haven't thought yet about publishing, so the whole international viewership question has not arisen.) --Paula ________________________________ From:Paula Ryburn <[email protected]> To:[email protected] Sent: Wed, April 25, 2012 11:54:36 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Locations - Townships; census Marg, Please post an example of an actual instance about which you have this question. I don't see how you could "lose" the town/city (see red below), so we must not be talking about the same thing. (and remember to Cut or "snip" the footers from the bottom of the email when you Reply... they build up over time... thx) --Paula ________________________________ From:Marg Strong <[email protected]> To:[email protected] Sent: Wed, April 25, 2012 11:36:35 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Locations - Townships; census If you don't want to lose the name of the town/city, would you use it in the Residence Event? Or in the place to put addresses? Thanks for the reply! ________________________________ From:Paula Ryburn <[email protected]> >To:[email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 12:00 PM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Locations - Townships; census > > >Marg, >Yes, I enter the township instead of the town/city in a location name. >Township >is a breakdown of county but outside of a town or city. I don't think I've >seen >them both on the same census page. > > >Also, "the location where they lived" should be the same as the location for >which the census was taken, at least at the state/county/township level. > > >The enumeration districts changed from census to census (or at least could >change), so they should not be part of a location name. Rather, there is a >place in the census source template to enter the enumeration district. After >all, it is just part of the "path" for someone to follow to find this source >you >are citing themselves. > --Paula > > > > > ________________________________ From:Marg Strong <[email protected]> >To:[email protected] >Sent: Wed, April 25, 2012 10:47:03 AM >Subject: [LegacyUG] Master Locations - Townships; census > > >Do others want to enter the township into the location? There isn't a problem >if >the location doesn't have a town and a township, but when that happens, how do >you list the township if you want to keep to the standard location form for >countries where it works. I've been adding it after the town (in parenthesis). >Is that not a good idea? > >Just to run something else by you: I think I have it right, but would like >confirmation. When the census is entered as an event for an individual; or info >from that census entered, I'm thinking the location where they lived during the >census would be used. > >The census location includes district and sometimes counties don't coincide >with >districts (more what I've heard than personal knowledge). That would be noted >in >the source and not a location field? > 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
