Michele, My own take on this is to use English, with the names at the time of the Event. The reason being that Legacy does not support utf8 which is a requirement for many of the accents etc.
I often do use the local language on my own web pages (non Legacy) where utf8 coding is supported. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ Now completely revised http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------- > From: cranberryf...@charter.net > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Proper location entry? > Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:56:32 -0500 > > I am doing research in Poland. During the time period I am researching it > was mostly German speakers in that particular area. The church registers > that I have access to are in German (lucky for me I speak fluent German!). > The problem I am having is with the locations. The Germans pretty much > spelled the town names the same and only dropped the accent marks and the > ending syllable. In those days they only used two place names, something > like this... > > Janiszewice (town), Lodz (district), Polen (country) > (this is the German vesion from the early 1800s) > > Today that town would be further defined as > > Janiszewice, Lódzkie, Laski, Polska > (this is the Polish version from today which also includes the province) > > I don't know if I should enter the location in English, German or Polish! I > don't know if I should only put what they would have put back in the early > 1800s or if I should give the complete location as it would be today which > would help with records searches. > > In English the today version would be > > Janiszewice, Lodz, Lask, Poland > > It just doesn't seem right to do it in English since my family was German. > But then again, it doesn't seem right to put it in German when they were > actually in Poland! That area was heavily settled by Germans (they were > drawn there because of a promise of good farming). > > What is your opinion? > > michele > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Messenger just got better .Video display pics, contact updates & more. http://www.download.live.com/messenger Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
