The trouble with those who wish to or use one address location with notes along with the GPS coordination is the one address that is used can then be very misleading. For instance I have a family that lived in Granville, McHenry County, North Dakota. The problem, over the years is that is hasn't just bee a simple county change, but state changes. For Example: 1834 - Granville, Dubuque County, Missouri Territory 1836 - Granville, Wisconisn Territory County, Wisconsin 1837 - Granville, Fayette County, Wisconsin 1838 - Granville, Iowa Territory County, Iowa 1843 - Granville, lost to a non-county area in North Dakota 1846 - Granville unorganized Dakota Territory 1849 - Granville, Pembina County, Minnesota Territory 1858 - Granville, unorganized North Dakota territory 1871 - Granville, Buffalo, South Dakota 1873 - Granville, McHenry, North Dakota
So if I am looking for a birth of child in the years 1834-1858, if I spend my time looking in North Dakota, I would not be able to locate them. I do need to know if I should be looking in Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Dakota Terrirotry, Minnesota Territory, North Dakota Territory, South Dakota, or at last North Dakota. The GPS location never changed, but the location name certainly did. I use the location name as it was at the time. Yes in does add the length of my location list, but the benefits far outweigh the shortcomings. I can give many more of these types of examples because in my research, many of the people went to unorganized territories. Just my two cents worth. Vivian Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
