Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

Thanks Cathy and I have already signed up. I've watched her in other Webinars - she is so very knowledgeable. On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 8:57 PM, Cathy Pinner wrote: > Linda, > > You're entering English research in the more difficult time period pre > civil registration.

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

On 13/04/2016 03:51, Steve Hayes wrote: What I'm not sure of is when places like Brixton (or Deptford, mentioned by the OP) ceased to be thought of as part of a county and just became "Brixton, London, England. http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Information/londonboroughs.htm is quite useful.

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

On 12 Apr 2016 at 20:03, Jenny M Benson wrote: > On 12/04/2016 18:56, LizDennis wrote: > > I only use RD (Registration District) etc in sourcing my document, not > > sure how you could incorporate that into an "address" that's just the > > place the event was "registered". > > It is not an

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

Linda, You're entering English research in the more difficult time period pre civil registration. There's a webinar coming up on 27 April which you should watch. http://familytreewebinars.com/webinar_details.php?webinar_id=401 England and Wales - Rummaging in the Parish Chests by Kirsty

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

Thank you everyone for the explanations and I really like the samples. I am new to research in England - just getting started. Lots of flexibility over the years, isn't there. Much studying and research on the history is ahead before I can really do more accurate genealogy data entry. I have

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

for residence/census events.) Ward From: Linda Greethurst Sent: Tuesday, 12 April, 2016 8:40 AM To: Mailing List for users of Legacy Family Tree software Subject: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy This note pertains to a bit of history, geography and using Legacy to enter

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

On 12/04/2016 18:56, LizDennis wrote: I only use RD (Registration District) etc in sourcing my document, not sure how you could incorporate that into an "address" that's just the place the event was "registered". It is not an address, as such, but as a Location it is not much more vague than

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

To add to what everyone else has said, parishes change. They morph with irritating regularity and some times explains why people say they were born in 10 different places! Alright that may be over the top but not far. I have kin who say a different place in each census, fortunately after these

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

6 10:57 AM > To: 'Legacy User Group' > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy > > Ummmin regards to your Rule 1: Never User(sic) Abbreviations! > > Is not "RD" you cite in several examples an abbreviation? Gotcha! :-) > >

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

On 12 Apr 2016 at 15:40, MikeFry wrote: > Civil events - I use the name of the Registration District with a suffix of > RD. Occasionally, I'll add the county as well. For example, I have relatives > born and bred in Wiveton in Norfolk, England. For Civil Events. I would use > Walsingham RD or

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

On 12 Apr 2016 at 7:40, Linda Greethurst wrote: > But I am confused with English locations; and I think I am mixing up church > and civil juridictions. In England, isn't a "parish" a larger area than just > a church building? Can there be more than one church/congregation within a > "parish"

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

ubject: Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy Hi Linda, I think someone else has mentioned that you should try and avoid the 4 units for a location. We like to keep things nice and complicated here in the UK !! If you know the name of

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

Rural Delivery -Original Message- From: Brian L. Lightfoot Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 10:57 AM To: 'Legacy User Group' Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy Ummmin regards to your Rule 1: Never User(sic) Abbreviations! Is not "RD"

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

: Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy On 12 Apr 2016 2:40 PM, Linda Greethurst wrote: > This note pertains to a bit of history, geography and using Legacy to > enter the info. I want to clearly designate the difference between > the locations of church even

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

Hi Linda, I think someone else has mentioned that you should try and avoid the 4 units for a location. We like to keep things nice and complicated here in the UK !! If you know the name of the Church, then I would use, CHURCH NAME, TOWN/VILLAGE, COUNTY, ENGLAND (OR WALES OR SCOTLAND). I

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

On 12 Apr 2016 2:40 PM, Linda Greethurst wrote: This note pertains to a bit of history, geography and using Legacy to enter the info. I want to clearly designate the difference between the locations of church events such as baptism and burial and the civil events such as birth and death.

Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

On 12/04/2016 13:40, Linda Greethurst wrote: This note pertains to a bit of history, geography and using Legacy to enter the info. I want to clearly designate the difference between the locations of church events such as baptism and burial and the civil events such as birth and death. In the

[LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy

This note pertains to a bit of history, geography and using Legacy to enter the info. I want to clearly designate the difference between the locations of church events such as baptism and burial and the civil events such as birth and death. In the US we have city (or township if referring to a