Mike Fry wrote: > On 2013/11/25 19:26, Ron Ferguson wrote: >> >> 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. > > You and I are of like-minds in this one, Ron. I suspect the whole 4-part thing > originated because of US institutions such as the DAR insisted on it and it > has > then become a de facto standard that no-one really wants.
I rise in defence of DAR! (g) If there's anything their records were not until ca 1985, it was consistent. The timing of the 4-field thing suggests to me it was (a) the invention of GEDCOM itself or (b) the 80-chr$ punch-card that printed address labels. Cheryl 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
