I would not change the "Of Cherokee" entries just because there was no
county called "Of Cherokee." The "Of" means that the person lived
there at some point, but whether she was born and/or died there was not
known when the entry was made. For instance, you might find a person
on a census record for a particular place, but have no source as to
where she was born or died. For people whose actual place of birth or
death is known, leave out the "Of." But if you take it out for across
the board, it degrades the accuracy of the data.
There have been discussions before on trying to change the preposition
in the location list. There doesn't seem to be a good way to do it.
As to the question mark, it probably means that your mother did not have
a source for that location, but thought it was right. Some people enter
"Prob Cherokee," when there is some uncertainty about the location.
I would not let the county verification tool or the location list take
over your effort to have a reasonably accurate record.
Jill King wrote:
I have inherited my Mother's genealogy. I have transferred it from
PAF to Legacy and have been working on cleaning it up. In the USA
County Verification, I have 188 pgs. I find that most of the problems
are:
1)She put "Of Cherokee, Iowa" or something similar in the location.
There is no County called "Of Cherokee". How is the best way to
change this? I notice there is the preposition that you can change in
the Master Location List. Would I make a location titled Prep: Of and
then put the location? I am concerned if I do this, when look at the
person's data, I won't know if it means In Cherokee or Of Cherokee.
2) Other entries she put "Cherokee?, Iowa" There is not a County
called "Cherokee?". I am assuming she meant "Did they come from
Cherokee? Possibly, but not sure" Is there a better way to data
input that so it won't be on the County Verification list?
I appreciate anyone's ideas so I can get this list to a manageable
size to work with.
Thanks,
Jill King
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