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GR - PLEASE BUY AN ATLAS

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LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 31 Mar 2012 00:09

add a new relative to tree

birthplace......Sydney.........

Try that, and you automatically get SYDNEY Western Australia

if you start typing Edinb....... it automatically brings up EDINBURGH Midlothian, and so on........

I do realise there are places named Sydney elsewhere in the world.

BUT!! Sydney in Australia is in NEW SOUTH WALES, NOT WESTERN AUSTRALIA

jean,300171

jean,300171 Report 30 Mar 2012 19:44

Wrong ...........its Kate n Sidney

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 30 Mar 2012 19:21

Sydney, Steak and.

Researching:
Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 30 Mar 2012 16:07

The automatic place name generation occurs when one adds a relative to one's GR tree.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 30 Mar 2012 16:04

Put your complaint on the Suggestions board, which GR reputedly check

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 30 Mar 2012 14:19

Can you describe exactly what it is you are doing when you say

"The GR system automatically brings up....."

Entering data, searching or what?

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 30 Mar 2012 11:24

I don't think so IGP. I have lots of names on my tree from the same places, and their birthplaces are not automatically churned out by GR.

My point is ....... I told them about this OVER TWO YEARS AGO

System "working as it should" ?

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 30 Mar 2012 07:46

I don't think the problem is necessarily of GR's making. It could be because another member has entered it this way previously and it has then been copied into the index, warts and all. If you report it to GR support through the usual channel they might be able to correct it.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 30 Mar 2012 07:18

just so long as you don't get

Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada

or

Sidney, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada


:-D :-D :-D :-D

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 30 Mar 2012 05:03

I have notified GR about this at least twice. The first time I told them was AT LEAST TWO YEARS AGO.

They have responded, said something would be done about it.

Try adding a relative born in Sydney New South Wales Australia.

The GR system automatically brings up SYDNEY WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

This is a BASIC!!!

About time it was corrected

Is Sydney the only one listed incorrectly?

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