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From: "Cheri Casper" <>
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] Place Names (Street Addresses)
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 18:38:33 -0700
In-Reply-To: <FFEBLNNBNENFDKOPJEBPIEDHDKAA.paulharris@nc.rr.com>


Paul - There is a sample database but I don't recall the details on how you
work with it. I recall that it is not just straight forward in that it does
not just appear when you select Open Database.

As for the semicolon, while some will argue this point, it is based on Mills
and the concept of a "series within a series." The city/state/zip are one
unit and the street address another; since the city/state already have a
comma, the semicolon is used after the street address. For an example of how
Mills uses this, see p. 65 under the Bible Record (With Provenance), primary
citation form. Other reference books disagree with this usage, including
The Gregg Reference Manual and The Chicago Manual of Style both of which
merely use a comma between the street address and the city/state/zip.

As to why there is no space, I can't answer. I agree that the fully state
name is the more desirable. You must be seeing this in the Preview. Have
you tried an IN and checked the various Place options of the report
definition?

CheriC

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul J. Harris [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 6:13 PM
To:
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] Place Names (Street Addresses)


Hi Bill,

Thanks for your reply.

>>The intended design behind place levels was that street addresses,
apartment
>>numbers, route numbers, and postal codes would be handled on the Contact
>>page, not as place levels.

Okay, but how do I control the OUTPUT from these other fields? Is there a
template for Contact Addresses that the user can control? I understand that
if I put a former address in my Individual Contact record that I can select
that for a Residency Event in lieu of entering a place. However, I get a
sentence that reads:

Paul Joseph Harris Jr. resided at 217 Phillips Place;Royal Oak, MI from
1949 to 1965.

When I wanted:

Paul Joseph Harris Jr. resided at 217 Phillips Place, Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Michigan, from 1949 to 1965.

I don't understand why there is a semicolon and no space between the street
address and city.

Additionally, on the Local Site View there is a field for Street Address and
Postal Code, but I don't see how to use these fields for output. Perhaps a
"Use Street Address in Place of Name" checkbox would be a possible solution.
What is the purpose of the Street Address field? Is it merely an attribute
of the Local Site. And if I use the Local Site to designate the house I grew
up in, what do I call it? Harris household? Then I get a sentence like:

Paul Joseph Harris Jr. resided at Harris household, Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Michigan, from 1949 to 1965.

Is there a sample database that could give some examples?

Thanks,

Paul


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