Thanks everyone. I think I'll have to reassess the location aspect once L8 is out, to see if my locations work or not with it as I really am interested in see where my family has gone and come from over time.
On 4 September 2013 15:12, Susan Perrett <sus...@st.net.au> wrote: > Kathy, > > At 12:56 04/09/2013, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > >Just wondering, given that the locations are supposed to be a 4-part > >location (city, county, state, country), what should I do for > >English & Australian locations which typically only have three parts > >City, County, Country (for UK) or City, State, Country (for Australia) > >. > > Absolutely no need to have a 4 part location. > > >I would rather not put in a blank county/state just for the sake of > >uniformity, but I feel that with the upcoming update to Legacy 8 and > >the new Origins and Migration Reports, I am going to have to do > >something, or my reports are not going to be completely accurate. > > > >Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do - of if I do > >need to put in a blank County/State, how I can do this for a > >database of at least 5000 UK & Australian based people? > > there is absolutely no need to put in a blank, anywhere. > > Just type in the location spot, exactly what you want, with a comma > between each place. > e.g. I usually put the address or Church name, then the town/city, > then the County (if in England/Scotland/Ireland) or State if in > Australia, then the Country. > You can even just put the Country with no blanks. > > There is no hard a fast rule, what ever you use it will come out in > your reports as you want. > > > >Thanks > >Kathy > > > > Susan Perrett > Melbourne, Australia > English webpage: http://www.st.net.au/~susanp/index.html > American webpage: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~susanp> > Research: ALSTON-Suffolk/Bedford/America,post 1850, BOURCHIER-UK, > post 1650, CHUDLEIGH-Devon, All, HOLTTUM-Kent,pre > 1720,MARTEN-Sussex,pre 1660, OXENDEN-Kent, All. > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
