I too have lots of ancestors in the UK, and have toyed with the idea of using the parish instead of the county, which would give a better idea of who's in the same general part of the country. That's often all you get for the baptism anyway. Canada doesn't have counties either, at least for northern Ontario and west of that, so the extra comma is a nuisance otherwise!
Re using TBD and sorting, you could still sort in the Geolocater if you change the sort order so that TBD doesn't show in first place. On 3 December 2012 13:55, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > Why, o why!!! > > Surely the only reason for the comma/space is so that a location can be > read in the Geolocator. Well, a TBD will ensure that it won't be. And I'm > sure that when it is on the web or in a report/book that the whole world > will know what it means. > > I never use the four field convention anyhow - no good in the UK. > --- > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > GOONS #5307 > > "Pat Hickin" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >I like that idea too. > > > >Pat > > > >On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Louise <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I like the idea of using TBD as a possible way to mark "investigate > >> further". Any drawbacks you've found? > >> > >> > >> On 3 December 2012 10:16, [email protected] <[email protected] > >wrote: > >> > >>> Location search and replace: > >>> Open location master and edit the location. It will take effect > >>> everywhere it is used. Use a space char before the first comma for the > >>> missing city. Assume ypu are using city,county,state,country format. > >>> > >>> Or you use TBD (to be determined) for missing values, might look better > >>> than a comma and is a visual todo item, get the value > >>> > >>> Sent from my phone, please excuse typos > >>> > >>> Bob > >>> > >>> Pat Hickin <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> >A question: > >>> > > >>> >In my placenames, I frequently use a comma when I don't know the > precise > >>> >location, e.g. > >>> >", Surrey Co., VA, USA". > >>> > > >>> >When I'm creating a report is there any way to get Legacy to drop the > >>> comma? > >>> > > >>> >I could make the *short* location name read > >>> >"Surrey Co., VA". > >>> > > >>> >But that's a lot of trouble! Unless there's some way to do a Search & > >>> >Replace that I don't know about. > >>> > > >>> >Thanks for your ideas, > >>> >Pat > >>> > > >>> > > 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 > > -- Louise Booth Puppet Booth Productions Hassle free entertainment for children and families www.puppetbooth.homestead.com 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
