NOT to pick on Jane, but as someone easily confused by the entire concept of "township" -- In the Name of ALL that's Holy, would those of you familiar with them PLEASE SPECIFY when you're naming townships not towns and include the freaking county? I've seen waaaaay too many locations given as Coal twp, Penn or Coal, PA. Since there isn't a Coal county, and I'm not finding a town named Coal, then it must be something else instead, but who is paging through every county in Pennsylvania to find the 3 or 4 that have a Coal twp?
Pet Peeve # 42. Cheryl Jane Sarles wrote: > I agree about the country. My last ancestor to come to this country > came during the Rev War and many came in the 1600's, but all those early > ones were born elsewhere, so it would throw the whole thing off when you > put in their birth country. > > I am plunging on with the township/town, county, state, USA thing. Thank > you for your input. > > Jane > > > On 12/30/2014 3:59 PM, Tessa Keough wrote: >> Jane >> I think the best practice (but that's just my 2 cents) would be to >> include the country. My ancestors came late to this country any time >> from 1855 to 1920 time-frame. When you think of many places >> (especially in the USA) you know that the town or city could be in >> more than one State (and the same thing happens for places in >> different countries). Why not be specific - spell out the places as >> they appeared during the event AND then your short form location can >> be anything you want. And while some use United States, I use USA. >> >> Finally, when you input your data realize that you can always sort >> your master location however you choose (it is a tab right there in >> the master location list). Sometimes when I need to find things - I >> play around you can do a couple of different ways or do a custom sort. >> Play with it (you can't break it) is what I tell users in our Legacy >> Virtual Users' Group Google+ community. >> >> Tessa >> >> >> Tessa Keough >> Guild of One-Name Studies, Keough (Keogh, Kough& Kehoe) Registered ONS >> Legacy Virtual Users' Group Community on Google+ >> Society for One-Place Studies - Plate Cove East, Newfoundland >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Jane Sarles<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Are you saying he doesn't use "USA"? I am doing the clean-up now and I >>> thought it was: Township/town, County, State, Country >>> >>> Please tell me I am not STILL wrong. >>> >>> Jane >>> >>> On 12/30/2014 3:24 PM, Joan Henshaw wrote: >>> >>> You could bring up the Master List for Location and look for Kentucky as you >>> scroll through. The people associated with the place may be viewed in a list >>> on the right in Version 8. >>> >>> By the way, Geoff Rasmussen writes his location with the state first, county >>> second and town/city last. >>> >>> Joan >>> >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: [LegacyUG] Cleaning up Location list >>>> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 15:13:37 -0500 >>>> >>>> I don't suppose there is a short cut to adding "USA" to location entries? >>>> >>>> Jane Sarles 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
