This is always a dilemma- purists seem to record the location as it was known at the time and make note of its current name. I fall into this category. It's been my experience that some others who identify with a nationality, just as an example, Polish from what is now Poland, will record using the current location and cringe at the suggestion of recording their ancestral home as Austria-Hungary, or whatever. Good luck!
Best Regards, Jill > On Oct 2, 2017, at 12:01 PM, Mary Leek <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]] 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/legacyusergroup@legacyuserscom/ > > > > > -- > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyuserscom/ > > -- > > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyuserscom/ > > > > > -- > 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]/
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