FYI: “Jurisdiction” is a Source Record field and not part of the Citation-specific Details which are shown lower down.

In AS presumably you have the Templated Source definition for “Jurisdiction” set to {PLACE} and have tried {PLACE.MEDIUM}

That is where to apply the =COMMAINDEX[1%{PLACE.FULL}], =COMMAINDEX[2%{PLACE.FULL}], =COMMAINDEX[3%{PLACE.FULL}]

There are same place names in different countries

Interesting question... Firstly, I don't use Ancestral Sources for purely historical reasons - I started out with my own formats before AS came along and continued with them. So what goes into my Source Records is basically my own concoction that gets copied / modified each time.

I'm just looking at several of my source records and in virtually no cases do I appear to record the country in the Title of the Source Record. I suspect that this is fundamentally because the Collection Title (which I put in the Publication item - your mileage may vary) contains the country. For instance, 'digital image of original published in "1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]"'

'digital image of original published in "1861 England Census [database on-line]"'

I guess that there are other ways also - for instance the Author on the Source Record often contains an indication of the country:

"General Register Office (Scotland)"

"Danmarks Statistik (Denmark Statistical Office)"

"Bureau of the Census (USA)"

"General Register Office (England & Wales)"

Given those different means of recording countries, a further reference would seem redundant, so the place-name in the Title for the Source Record excludes the country. (Again, let me emphasise that I don't use AS, so I have no idea how easy it is to omit the country in those cases.)

And again - this is what goes in the Source Record - the place names on events are different, they are the full version, including country.

Adrian

On Thu, 24 Nov 2022 at 19:32, michael fike <postalcae@...> wrote:

Hello all,

I would like to limit the place location of a census citation (and possibly others) to only reference the city, county, and state … leaving the country off.  The title contains the country (IE: 1950 US Census).

My current place column definition is city/town, county, state, country.

Using place:short only gives me the town.

Using place:medium gives me the town and county … not the state.

Is there a way to get only columns 1 through 3 to show in a citation without creating a new place just for census citations?

Can =TextPart( %?????.PLAC>%, 1, 3, STD ) be used somehow in a citation format?

I use Ancestral Sources as my primary tool to enter census data.

As a second question do many of you list the country in the census location as well in the title of the citation … IE: 1950 US Census as a title and “Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, United States” in the location?  I know this is a question preference, but I would like to hear others on how they handle this question.

Thanks to all.

--
Michael
(Fike, Friend, Umbel, Thomas)
(Gabryszak, Majewski, Mazurkiewicz, Kondracki)

I ALWAYS enter the full place name with NO abbreviations for all locations. Short names and abbreviations lead to confusion.

However, as you said, it's a personal preference thing. Others will disagree with me.

Todd

On 11/24/2022 11:32 AM, michael fike wrote:

1950 US Census as a title and “Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, United States” in the location?  I know this is a question preference, but I would like to hear others on how they handle this question.

1950 US Census as a title and “Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, United States” in the location?  I know this is a question preference, but I would like to hear others on how they handle this question.