Tom,
There is no equivalent to the US County Verifier for the UK - and
there's no need for it that I can see. Yes the boundaries of UK counties
change a little and I guess more recently - I have little research in UK
post 1920 and even less post 197? when more changes were made?
However in the US, counties were formed and changed dramatically over
their history. The US County Verifier will tell you that the county
didn't exist for the date you've attached it to and is some help in
finding the right county.
UK counties are the equivalents of US states. Counties are more like
Parishes.
If by Location database you mean the downloadable Geolocation database.
I haven't even downloaded it for years. Some find it helpful and others
don't. It's most helpful for US locations. The Facebook group has files
in the file section for how to use hidden features to make it more
useful. I prefer simply to research the locations I come across and map
them onto the Bing maps in Legacy myself if Bing can't find it (as it
can't usually with historic names).
Where an equivalent to the US County Verifier would be useful is in
Europe for the many country border changes there. The best tool for
negotiating them is apparently the Centennia Historical Atlas.
It's your choice whether you follow Chris's practice of using empty
commas for non-existent location parts in order to fit the US 4 field
standard.
I won't. I only enter empty commas when I have yet to find a part of a
location - eg I know the town but not the English county. town, , England
I simply sort my location list right to left. So I can highlight all
locations in Dorset and then use the Show List tool (under the Options
button) to get a list of everyone with some association with Dorset.
Also note that if you want to be a purist and keep addresses out of your
location list, the tools and reports for the Address List are meager and
very inferior to the tools and reports available for the location list.
I also don't like the way addresses are entered or the way they're used
in reports. So I don't use Legacy Event Addresses. Another reason is
that unless you repeat it in the Description field of an Event, it is
completely hidden.
Another place to find standard locations is FamilySearch. They've moved
away from the 4 field "standard" for everywhere in the world.
When you enter locations in FamilySearch tree, you are asked to link the
location to a "standard" location.
Legacy is a tool for doing genealogy. There are standards in genealogy
and it's good to know them and to use them. If you break them, know why
and what the consequences are.
I haven't found any negative consequences for doing locations as I do.
There may be if you are writing for a professional journal.
Cathy
Chris Hill <mailto:chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com>
Monday, 7 August 2017 7:29 PM
For the UK addresses, I normally use this structure - Banbury, ,
Oxfordshire, England - though there other options suggested in the Geo
Database lookups that you can use. If needed, I then add to the left
of list
so that I can then get one like this - Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, ,
Kent,
England.
It is really your choice about how you want to record addresses, and I
went
through my large database a few years ago to sort out all of the various
versions that I had been building over many years.
Similarly, I use these as well - Airdrie, , Alberta, Canada and
Adelaide, ,
South Australia, Australia.
One 'fault' that I made was to include 'buildings', like this All Saints
Church, Poplar, London, England within the locations and not as a separate
address record. I am still clearing those out from my system.
I think the idea was for the location to relate to a general place, like a
village or town, and that the address would cover an explicit
building, like
a church.
But, ultimately, it is your choice how to do it, but be aware that, if
exchanging data, the other parties may have a different view on how they
would treat it.
Regards
Chris - UK based
-----Original Message-----
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
Behalf Of Jenny M Benson
Sent: 07 August 2017 12:07
To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] UK version
I presume you are referring to options such as the US Counties
Verification.
As far as I know there is no UK equivalent for this.
"English (UK) language" mainly means that you get English spellings.
If you look at Options>Customise you will see there are lots of
choices you
can make about how dates, measurements, etc are displayed.
One thing you want to ignore if your research is largely in the UK is the
"encouragement" to use 4-field locations. UK places (whether or not you
choose to include street address in a location) do not fit into this
mould.
Use as many fields as you want/need and then sort the list from right to
left (country, county, city, etc) so the grouping is correct.
Legacy is, of course, a program developed in the US by Americans so it
does
have an American bias (as do the wonderful Legacy Webinars - have you
discovered them yet?) but don't let that put you off.
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Jenny M Benson
http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/
Jenny M Benson <mailto:ge...@cedarbank.me.uk>
Monday, 7 August 2017 7:07 PM
I presume you are referring to options such as the US Counties
Verification. As far as I know there is no UK equivalent for this.
"English (UK) language" mainly means that you get English spellings.
If you look at Options>Customise you will see there are lots of
choices you can make about how dates, measurements, etc are displayed.
One thing you want to ignore if your research is largely in the UK is
the "encouragement" to use 4-field locations. UK places (whether or
not you choose to include street address in a location) do not fit
into this mould. Use as many fields as you want/need and then sort
the list from right to left (country, county, city, etc) so the
grouping is correct.
Legacy is, of course, a program developed in the US by Americans so it
does have an American bias (as do the wonderful Legacy Webinars - have
you discovered them yet?) but don't let that put you off.
Tom Beckham via LegacyUserGroup <mailto:legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
Monday, 7 August 2017 6:40 PM
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