Recently I was working with Virginia ancestors especially in the Richmond area and I was wondering about this too. Sometimes I would enter independent city, which is sometimes listed in parenthesis on Ancestry, and other times it isn't shown at all. I've also seen it listed as "Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia." There's also a problem with Arlington, Virginia which is a county with no city, and the city of Alexandria, Virginia which is a city without a county except parts of Alexandria are located in Fairfax County.
I always leave "United States" out since most of my research is in the U.S. If it's in another country, then I will list the country. I only do this because if a city or county has a long name it takes up too much space. Bill Boswell From: Charles Apple [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 2:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Independent City location entries As most of you are aware some states, especially Virginia, have “Independent Cities” as opposed to being located in a particular county. Previously, I have been leaving out the “Independent City” criteria when recording locations. Since I am cleaning up my Master Location list, I was wondering how many people on this list actually enter the “Independent City” information in locations fields. For example, Richmond, Virginia could be entered as “Richmond, Independent City, Virginia, United States” or it could be entered as “Richmond, , Virginia, United States.” The Geo Location Database in Legacy 8 has “Richmond, Richmond (city), Virginia, United States.” Although I realize that this is most likely personal preference, I would really like to know how others using Legacy 8 enter Independent Cities. Caveat: It is not my intent to start a discussion on the pros and cons of the three comma criteria. I am very well aware that the three comma criteria in locations does not fit all countries in the world. Besides this has been previously discussed and is probably in the Legacy Archives. Thank you for your assistance, Charles 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
