Place Codes

        The place codes are used to help sort Tiny Tafels and some
reports. The codes are only used with Marriage, Birth, Death, and
Burial/Cremation places.  You are given four 27-character long fields to
enter each place.  To the right of each of these lines is a 1-character
field...This is the Place Code Field.  It looks a little like this:

        Place   : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x
                : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x
                : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x
                : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x

        If you press the Help Key (F1) while the cursor is in one of the
place code fields, a box will show you the four defined codes.  The four
codes are:

T  =  City/Town
C  =  County/Parish
S  =  State/Province
N  =  Country/Nation

        The place code that you enter is supposed to identify the type
of place that is entered in the line immediately to its left.  Default
place codes can be defined in the Program Setup area so that each time
you add a new person or use the Gedcom I/O import function, they will be
entered automatically for you.

        You are not limited to the above four codes.  You can enter any
character that you wish to.  I often enter the name of the hospital
where a person is born and use a place code of H.  Then, I can use the
Sorted List report, Persons by Place Code, to print a list of birth
places that are sorted in the order of hospital name.  I also use a
place code of G (Graveyard) in the burial/cremation place fields so that
I can produce a report that is sorted by the names of the cemeteries
where my relatives are buried.

