In the beginning I tried to follow the empty comma standard, four
places, and no designations as regards township, county, etc. But it
wasn't useful and I found myself going back later and not knowing
exactly what the location was supposed to be -- having to look it up
again.
Now, I put
On 3 Apr 2017 at 0:42, Ian Thomas wrote:
> It would be helpful to know the ways that location "descriptions" are used in
> a number of countries. The UK and USA examples/preferences are commonly given
> but other European and N/S American would be of interest to me. I noticed a
> distinct way
It would be helpful to know the ways that location "descriptions" are used in a
number of countries. The UK and USA examples/preferences are commonly given but
other European and N/S American would be of interest to me. I noticed a
distinct way that my aunt's address was given on her letters
I started adding the additional word “County” to all my county descriptors,
regardless of if the city or township was also known. I found that I have a
great deal of ancestors in and around Ashland County, Ohio so I noticed many
docs from a variety of sources merely stating “Ashland, Ohio”. But
On 2 Apr 2017 at 17:49, Leonard J. McCown wrote:
> Years ago I learned to leave a space for a place that was
> missing, to mark its place, and also to tell the person that
> it is a town, village, etc., and the next is the county (at
> least in the USA). I have continued that, but have started a
What about elsewhere in the world.
For example for the city of Nice in France the proper way to present the
toponym is:
Nice, 06088, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Georges
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I add "County" only when I don't know the city.
, King county, Washington, United States
Seattle, King, Washington, United States.
Although I can understand how confusing it might be if the city and county
are the same.
Plus I'm not a fan of abbreviations so I spell "county" out. There might be
Years ago I learned to leave a space for a place that was
missing, to mark its place, and also to tell the person that
it is a town, village, etc., and the next is the county (at
least in the USA). I have continued that, but have started a
no-no also, by adding Co. to the county so it is clear.
I know its the rules of the list itself, but those rules exist because the list
programmers have not instituted the means to vet images. I am not a programmer,
but those with whom I am familiar know how to do it. Do you not view images
online? There are many ways to do it.
CE
You need to decide for yourself if you are going to conform to the
four-field convention for locations, or not. There are good arguments
for both.
I'm a non-conformist in this regard. I use as many commas as are needed
to record the place I have at hand at the time, and I don't use commas
What "fixes" would they be?
It is not a matter of something not working the way it should that
prevents images being included in posts to this list - it is the rules
of this list itself.
There are ways to work around this restriction, by uploading any images
somewhere, and then including a
Thanks, Bob. Will do today.
Jean
From: Bob Austen
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017 8:38 PM
To: 'Legacy User Group'
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Test Message
Hi Jean,
This should be an easy fix for the programmers. Send it in as a suggestion
using ‘Make a Suggestion’ from the Legacy Home screen.
Bob
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