Ron,
Wikipedia gives Ashton-under-Lyne a four hierarchy designation – “Ashton-under-Lyne (pop. 43,200) is a <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_town> market town(1) in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside(2), Greater Manchester(3), England(4)” – (x)s added by me. Would it be incorrect to use this as the location? Why did you choose the hierarchy you noted? Thanks Ron From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 10:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event Sherry, I fully understand your priority of placing convenience (under the disguise of standardisation) before correctly entering the data. In the example which I gave leading commas are not relevant. England is treated as a country (correct), Tameside/Lanarkshire as a state (rubbish - we don't have them) and Ashton-under-Lyne as a county (more rubbish - it's a town). Inserting commas somewhere in the middle would be equally wrong, nothing is missing, nor are there any in the location. Sorry, I prefer to be accurate. To me the name is important not the commas. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Sherry/Support <[email protected]> wrote: Yes, Ron, that's what I've been saying. It certainly might not be quite correct, but it works! If you put a comma in the front then you can remove leading commas when you create reports or webpages You can do whatever you want! I'm just saying..... if you're going to use the Master Location List features I've been discussing, you need to have Legacy formatted in the manner that it was programmed for. Since I like to sort and expand/contract, it's easier for me to have the locations formatted consistently. If you don't use those features, it doesn't matter....... And I do have a lot of international locations in my file - England, Germany, France, Netherlands, Australia.... To me, the name is important, not where my comma placement is! Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: Sherry, I said in a previous post that expand/contract would not work unless the four field convention is used. I do not know Albert Park, Victoria, Australia, but it has been said that they largely have only 3 fields, and if that location is the full one, then what would you do - stick some commas in to make it incorrect? Coming to England, what would you do with the correct Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, England, the current location, - historically Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. England? Whatever you do will give an incorrect location, and I will not have errors in my locations, nor look like an ignoramus in reports/webpages. The choice is with the user. I have made mine, accuracy first. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ 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
