You only have to "fix" the locations once in the Master Location List to have the "fixed" location used by all the people and events. Go to View > Master Lists > Location to open that list.
I will let you decide, based on your own evaluation of the "need", whether you will change all your locations to 4 part. My ancestors came from Ireland and Wales to Canada and all those countries do not use 4 levels of governmental administration for locations. I do have American relatives and for US locations the 4 levels are appropriate. I use a mix of levels appropriate to the country. If I want to check a location in the Geo database for Canadian, Ireland or Wales locations I will temporarily edit the location to fit the 4 levels, make my check, then revert to the usual number of levels for that country. These temporary edits are easy from the Master Location List. The US County verifier needs 4 levels but I use those for US locations anyway so the verifier works. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -- On 03/09/2013 10:56 PM, Kathy Thompson 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) > > 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? > > Thanks > Kathy 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
