That's not what I mean. When you enter a name, you are able to enter myriad alternate names for the same person. Click on any of those names, and you are taken to the same person. That facility exists in Access (upon which Legacy is based). It could just as easily be applied to Locations. It would solve so many problems.
I have many thousands medieval persons in my database, all of whom have multiple names, titles, et alia. Medieval documents refer to person by titles, alternate spellings were common, etc. I can enter all of those names as alternate names. They appear in the Index. I have "England, King of", for instance and can instantly see all of them. Same for Earls, Counts, Dukes, whatever. That could be done with the Location Index, if Legacy only would do so. CE ________________________________ From: LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> on behalf of Ian Thomas <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 7:01 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: [LegacyUG] alternate name index Unfortunately, I think the creation of an alternate name index would be a never-ending task. Also, ever-changing? Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jane Linkswiler Sent: Thursday, 13 April 2017 11:47 AM To: 'Legacy User Group' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Place names - olde vs current Sounds like a great idea for the suggestion box. Jane in Phoenix From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of CE WOOD Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:35 PM To: Legacy User Group <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Place names - olde vs current? It's a real shame that Legacy does not use the same Access ability and create an alternate location index as they have done for the alternate name index. It would be SOOOOOOOO helpful! CE ________________________________ From: LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Ian Thomas <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 5:43 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Place names - olde vs current? Cathy Thanks for the information; I had noticed some posts here about reverse sorting addresses, but I didn’t think it applied to my situation. And I do occasionally “correct” the mapping / Bing Maps positioning for locations that end up in the wrong continent, etc. But not for the historic place naming. Also, I should use the additional description you cited for Newcastle/Toodyay – the “(now Toodyay)” is more explicit than how I have been doing it. I would like to include the farm/property names - “Summerhill”, New Norcia, Western Australia, Australia – but I have been putting this in Notes or a residence event, assuming that the quotes and specific property names would guarantee that the location couldn’t be found by Bing Maps. The article you referred to is good – I hadn’t seen it. Also, Brian Kelly’s suggestion for positioning is a very logical method for registering the historic location name at essentially the location of the currently-used name for the location. Thanks, Brian. Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cathy Pinner Sent: Wednesday, 12 April 2017 7:59 PM To: Legacy User Group <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Place names - olde vs current? Ian, You can plot anything on the Bing maps in Legacy. Just highlight the location you are mapping then right click on the map to put the pin in the right place. I include addresses, including farm names like your examples, in my locations. Others don't. Because I do this I always sort my location list from right to left when I need places close to each other together on the list. RE recording historical names. You might want to read this for one suggestion. http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-01014 Sometimes I simply put the current name in brackets. Newcastle (now Toodyay), Western Australia, Australia. Cathy Ian Thomas wrote: What’s the best practice for preserving the older place names while still mapping them accurately? An Australian example, the current t on of Toodyay near Perth in Western Australia was known as Newcastle, and I have some people with that connection, around the late 1800s. Also commonly used by country people then and now, is their property name (pastoral/grazing/cropping, etc) – for example, “Summerhill”, New Norcia, Western Australia, Australia (or, “Pankee” – also close to New Norcia). I tend to record as shown, but I “lose” the ability to place them geographically via Legacy. Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia
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