When I have a choice between the actual residence address vs the postal address, I use the residence address. The only time I will use the postal address is when I have no residential address. Not sure whether that helps of not. BJ On 3/10/2015 8:26 AM, Jim Hoke via wrote: > Since the discussion several weeks ago on resolving place names, I've been > slowly working my way through my FTM database, revising the Residence > entries and other location-related facts to be consistent with the Place > Name Authority. One facet I'm still wrestling with is how best to enter > U.S. Postal Service mailing addresses. > > > > The problem is that the USPS address might not clearly reflect the > geographic location in terms of city or township. For example, a sample > address in our area is 2401 Cavendish Drive, Alexandria, VA 22308. Not only > is that address not located in Alexandria, it is in a different county from > Alexandria, namely Fairfax County. Similarly the USPS address can indicate > a city or town that is not in the same township as the location designated > by that address. Thus, the Place Name Authority cannot accurately reflect > the location for the USPS address. > > > > At this point one option I have considered for entering USPS addresses is by > using just the Description portion of the Address fact. Putting the USPS > address in the Place portion of the Address fact creates a PNA conflict. I > guess another option is to put the entire USPS address (including street > number, street name, city, state, and zip code) in the Description portion > of a Residence fact. > > > > Any suggestions on a better approach would be greatly appreciated. > > Jim Hoke > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:08:30 +0000 (UTC) > > From: Drew DUBLER <drew@drucifer.net> > > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Resolving Place Names > > To: Debbie <growingatree@hotmail.com>, "ftm-tech@rootsweb.com" > > <ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> > > Message-ID: > > <930359453.951713.1424974110669.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > I use RESIDENCE for Town, County, State, Country. I use ADDRESS for Street. > I use POSTAL CODE for Zip Code. I use CENSUS for Wards, Assembly Districts. > > . > > I'm thinking of adding BUILDING NUMBER as I have lots of families living on > the same block in New York City. > > ?Drew > > Cold Spring, Putnam Co., NY > > O|||||||O > > Modeling the New York Central in N Scale and Trainz > > Backyard Birding & Gardening in the New York Hudson Valley > > Genealogy HERLIHY, GOULDING, GREENE, LALIME & LENT, LYNT, van LENT > > Homepage: http://drucifer.net/index.html > > > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >