Ok, so why is it then that Legacy can and will return results for locations that are not standardised (no commas, not located on the maps feature, nothing) and yet do contain the word I am looking for, and that word is not the first word in the non-standard place name?
If Legacy can do that for place names when looking a specific event, why can it not add in a single extra possible variable in the search feature that looks at Any Place for any event all at once - birth, death, marriage, baptism, burial, residence, alien abduction, census, you name it It can search for Any Date across all of these possibilities, it should therefore be possible to search for a place across all of these as well. On 11 November 2013 14:40, Lee Bruch <[email protected]> wrote: > Kathy: > > Any database, or any search tool that might be invented for use with a > database that I can imagine, would depend on your entering things in an > accurate and consistent manner. > > “Brechinn angus” will be understood by a database as one specific entry. > “Angus” will be understood by a database as an entirely unrelated entry. > And “Angus Scotland” will be understood as yet a third completely unrelated > entry. > > That’s just the way most all databases work. No database can read your > mind – it will search for identical things that you tell it to search. > > If you want to use search and global features, I believe you may have to > redo each entry into a consistent format. > > > > > > *From:* Kathy Thompson [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Sunday, November 10, 2013 8:17 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Search for all people in one county > > > > I do understand that Bruce, but when I first started I would simply put in > (as examples) > > Angus > > Brechin angus (complete with no capital and no comma) > Angus Scotland (again, complete with no comma) > > so you see, I can't very well sort like the program can do because Angus > isn't going to come up in the first position if there are no commas there > > Hence I need a search feature to help me find all of these stray locations > so that I can actually get things organised and standardised. > > > > On 11 November 2013 14:06, Bruce Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kathy, > > When they say to "standardize" your location, it doesn't mean they have to > have a specific number of positions, just that they need to be entered in a > consistent manner; i.e. either from smallest to largest or from largest to > smallest, regardless of the number of positions. So, > > If you have locations entered as follows: > > Sublimity, Marion, Oregon, USA > > Marion, Oregon, USA > > Oregon, USA > > Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA > > 123 Anystreet, Sublimity, Marion, Oregon, USA > > > they are consistently entered from smallest to largest. > Then, go to "View", "Master Lists", "Location" > > Click on "Sort" > > Click on "Right to Left" on Direction of Sort > > Then they will be listed as > > > USA, Oregon > > USA, Oregon, Marion > > USA, Oregon, Marion, Salem > > USA, Oregon, Marion, Sublimity > > USA, Oregon, Marion, Sublimity, 123 Anystreet > > > So, all the Oregons will be together, all the Marions will be together, > all the Sublimitys will be together etc. > > This may or may not help you, but I wanted to make sure you understood > what is being said > > > > <snip> > > > 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
