You are so right. I seem to be spending too much time trying to enter the data so I won't have to clean up, but learning is taking time from research. I finally got my videos, purchased from Legacy, by converted from avi to mp4 Now they work, so I'll watch them and then have a better idea what I'm doing ... hopefully.
The trouble with finding something on the archives is that I don't seem to have the knack for finding productive search terms. Didn't someone say you needed the actual subject of the topic to find something? I would like to read some of those pros and cons. If I had access to them, so far it's more that I'm hearing that some like it, some don't, I would soon have a better idea of the way I wanted to do it. Thanks for your thoughts, Kirsten. (If you were "Bowerman, I'd wonder if we shared a line. :) ) >________________________________ > From: Kirsten Bowman <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:15 PM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Locations - Townships; census > >Peggy: > >The 4-field convention for locations (with placeholder commas for missing >data) is a format used by many and hated by possibly an equal number (or at >least with equal passion). It's condemned by many as an American >abomination but I get weary of that complaint. Someone apparently needed to >pick a number, and they picked 4 but there's nothing that says you have to >use it and there are no "powers" trying to enforce it. It works for some >situations but not for others--even in the US. Legacy allows you to use any >format you want. The pros and cons have been rehashed to death for years >(see the LUG Archives). > >Personally, if I have a town for a location I don't also include the >township, but that's my choice and you can do otherwise. The purpose of the >software is to allow you to record your research, and Legacy does an >admirable job of that. Data cleanup is one thing, but if you spend more >time tinkering with the software than you do in researching, then I'd say >"the emphasis is on the wrong syllable." > >Kirsten > >From: Marg Strong >Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 6:04 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Locations - Townships; census > >I think I missed a lot of past discussion on this. I hear all the discussion >and, being new, don't want to make mistakes that might cause clean up work >in the future. It's unlikely I will ever get to the place where I could put >a Tree on the web, let alone publish other than a book for my close >relatives some day. > > >Who is trying to impose it on the rest of the world? Legacy? The Family >Search People? That's why I'm confused. Who are these "powers" who are >making the decisions? And why does it matter? What effect will today's >choices of entry, 4 or 9 or whatever, have on us later on? > > > >From: Mike Fry <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 5:38 PM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Locations - Townships; census > > >On 2012/04/25 19:46, Carl Cox wrote: > >> In New England Townships are essentially unincorporated cities, I believe. >> In >> many parts of the country Townships are a 6 mile square surveyed area. Not >> all >> states handle townships the same. You have to do what works for you in the >> area >> you are working. > >Here comes a cat to throw amongst the pigeons. > >So, why try and impose this awful 4-part location on the rest of the world? > >-- >Regards, >Mike Fry >Johannesburg > > > > > > >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
