Keith, I use the Location addresses extensively to record the full address of where information might be found. I like your approach to showing local sites but wonder how you handle it when you may want to show the full address information.
Thanks, Jim On 9/19/05, Paula Ryburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Keith, > Yours is a very good idea. Thanks for sharing! > --Paula > > > > > Locations were something that I had a good deal of trouble with in terms of > being standard, informative, good output etc. I initially had the same > problem of duplication in output which show both location and address. > > So what I do now is this. > > All my locations have 4 standard levels, like this > > Hutton Rudby, North Yorkshire, England, UK > > I have this because I can always fill 4 levels of information starting with > town/village, whereas I might not know a parish etc. > > Where I have further information about an address i.e hospital, church, > street etc I add it in the address. Now, the trick I use so that the whole > address doesn't repeat is to use private marks to identify text I don't want > to print. So my addresses end up looking something like this > > Name: = [[Hutton Rudby, All Saints Church]] > Address = All Saints Church > > In many reports this will have the effect of combining the location and > address to read > > Hutton Rudby, North Yorkshire, England, UK (All Saints Church) > > Note I only enter as much additional data as I need in the address fields, > although I could have put the whole address in and continue to use the [[ > symbols to mark text not to print. By putting the name as [[Hutton Rudby, > All Saints Church]] all my Hutton Rudby addresses will be in order in the > address list, but I can still pick out the specific street church etc. > > Hope that is of some help. > > Regards > > Keith > > > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
