I just used Alaska as an example, The form shown by Henry is correct, The database is the problem, in that it produces a result then says that the result is wrong,
Miami,I believe is another prime example, (sorry I do not have access to my data at he moment so am just guessing about Miami) I think it will produce Miami city and then say that there was never a county Miami city. Same sillyness. wrong but right. Ian On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 12:23 PM, Henry T. Peterson Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: > *Mary* > > *I am sorry I had the wrong file open.* > > > > *In my main file I use:* > > *Anchorage, , Alaska, United States* > > > > *And short location* > > *Anchorage, , AK, United States* > > > > *Regards* > > *Henry* > > > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Mary Leek > *Sent:* Monday, October 02, 2017 11:02 AM > *To:* 'Legacy User Group' <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Is Legacy falling apart? > > > > Ian, > > > > I have an interest in this location because it is the city of my husband’s > birth. I don’t know what the proper location entry fields should be. > Anchorage, before statehood, was known as Anchorage, Territory of Alaska. > > > > All areas of Alaska are boroughs except for Anchorage, which is known as > one type of legality, incorporated as a city government but I believe the > state recognizes it differently for legal or technical purposes. > > > > Before statehood, it’s pretty easy to figure out how to format the > location, but following statehood, exactly how should it be entered? > Perhaps Anchorage, Anchorage Borough, Alaska would be acceptable? > > > > Here are my location notes for Anchorage, Alaska: > > > > Alaska became the 49th state on Jan. 3, 1959. Prior to this date, > Anchorage was known as Anchorage, Territory of Alaska. It is the state's > largest city. Though its legal name is the Municipality of Anchorage, it is > considered a consolidated city-borough under state law. > > > > Mary > > > > > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Ian Macaulay > *Sent:* Monday, October 02, 2017 10:04 AM > *To:* Legacy User Group > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Is Legacy falling apart? > > > > I fully understand the two data base bit but It contradicts itself or is > redundant to legacy. How can software pull up data and then say its wrong > and survive. > > This has been a problem in Legacy since it was first installed. > > > > On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 9:13 AM, Jill A Baty <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi regarding Anchorage. I was told by the help desk that the drop down > menu and the green ball refer to two different databases when I first > encountered this issue a couple years ago and to pick whichever makes the > most sense. (I like all the features and capabilities of Legacy, like the > county checker, but my "dream" has always been for Legacy to evolve into > the Microsoft or Apple format which have become industry standard whether > other software companies like it or not. Then we wouldn't have to guess > what the green ball means or how to copy/paste etc.) > > Best Regards, > > Jill > > > On Oct 1, 2017, at 11:46 PM, Ian Macaulay <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lets start with one thing at a time. Anchorage, Type that in to the > location field in Family view for Born, Chr, Died, or Buried, Then click on > the green ball (Not sure what it represents ) and low and behold Anchorage > , Anchorage, Alaska, United States shows up. > > Click ok. You get the message that there is no County Anchorage. And > that stops the next entry. So Being old and decrepid, I stop and fix that > problem, Now what was I going to enter ???? > > Second thing is search tools, I search using (For Example) individual, > given name,contains , AND individual, surname, contains and individual > death date contains. This happily works time and time again until suddenly > without any warning, given name will change to event notes, and my search > is pooched. If I see it right away great but If I miss it I end up > making a duplication in my file. > > Third That duplication may turn up in the automatic duplicate check > where the fellows only wife will be marked as second spouse. > > Ian > > > > On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 9:58 PM, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ian, > I don't know what tool you are using re Anchorage so won't comment on that. > > Which search fields change by themselves? > > If you haven't got your spouses sorted go to Tools - Other Tools - Sort > and sort them if they have dates -otherwise you have to sort them > individually in the spouse list. > > See Search - Find - Detailed Search tab > Individual - Find a Grave ID - and choose from equals, not equal to, > contains, starts with and wildcard > What more do you want? > > Screen can be difficult to resize sometimes and why that is, is unknown. > If windows are opening in a different place, you probably need to delete > Legacy2.usr and perhaps some of the other Legacy#.usr to reset to defaults. > You'll find them in ...\Documents\Legacy Family Tree\_AppData\usr\ folder > > Legacy isn't perfect. It's just better than other programs. > > Cathy > > Ian Macaulay wrote: > > > I tried to input Anchorage to-day, It came back with Anchorage, > anchorage etc and then when I said Yes thats it!!, It says there > was never a county such as Anchorahe in Alaska. > > The minor annoyance of The Search Fields changing By them selves now > happens far more often, It never got fixed and now is worse. > > The second spouse is still the first, Should have been fixed by now. > > The FAG number should be in the search fields same as Family Search > and AFN. > I know it was not promised but that was a lot of work transferring the > FAG numbers to be useless in a search. > > And now since the last update my Screen (window) never opens where it > is supposed to. and it changes its size.. > > Just mumbling out loud for anxiety releif. > > Ian > > > > -- > ICMac Sales: Hobby consultan t (1986r.) > Office hours: 10:00 Am - 5:00 PM most days > Macaulay Genealogy > Family Matters > Ian Macaulay of Carp, Ontario > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > -- > > ICMac Sales: Hobby consultant (1986r) > > Office hours: 10:00 Am - 5:00 PM most days > > Macaulay Genealogy > Family Matters > Ian Macaulay of Carp, Ontario > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > -- > > ICMac Sales: Hobby consultant (1986r.) > > Office hours: 10:00 Am - 5:00 PM most days > > Macaulay Genealogy > Family Matters > Ian Macaulay of Carp, Ontario > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > -- ICMac Sales: Hobby consultant (1986r.) 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