It is more a matter of where US jurisdictions store their vital records. In the USA those are created at and stored at the County level. For a US location then the County is vital to knowing where to look for a record.
That is also the raison d'etre for such features as the US County verfier in Legacy since when a county boundary changes the old records do not move they are still in the records office of the county that existed at the time the record was created. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. On 25/11/2013 12:58 PM, Mike Fry wrote: snip > > You and I are of like-minds in this one, Ron. I suspect the whole 4-part thing > originated because of US institutions such as the DAR insisted on it and it > has > then become a de facto standard that no-one really wants. > 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
