I  recommend never to mass import other peoples work. I am careful enough to 
know and understand exactly what I import from online.  Manually importing the 
information, one knows his information.
Hoosierly yours,
James G. Hermsen8108 Laura Lynne LaneIndianapolis, IN 46217
317-679-1466 cell317-881-4600 land line 

   On ‎Thursday‎, ‎August‎ ‎01‎, ‎2019‎ ‎08‎:‎16‎:‎01‎ ‎PM‎ ‎EDT, Christopher 
Seward Sr. <csewar...@gmail.com> wrote:  
 
  
You are free to record as you choose, but keep in mind that if you publish & 
share this information, your method goes against the standard, and can cause 
issues.  
 
 
An example for me was importing a person's info into my file.  I kept getting 
import errors stating the the location (birth place) did not exist on that date 
(birth date).  Now I have an issue, since this place not only didn't exist when 
this person was born, but when it did exist, it was in a different country than 
when he was born, thus making him appear to be of one heritage, but was 
actually another.
 
I recommend ALWAYS putting the correct location in, and putting the current 
name of the location in the notes.
 
 On 8/1/2019 4:41 PM, James G. Hermsen via LegacyUserGroup wrote:
  
 
Yes, but in the notes.  Most people I share my information with want to know 
where the place is now.  They, like Trump, have no regard for history, and 
those who know their history, already know what the original name is.  Looking 
for documents, the current place will know what jurisdiction they once were  
governed by.  It is all about being usable for current people.  Otherwise, we 
would all be recording everying in Latin like they once did. 
   Hoosierly yours, 
  James G. Hermsen 8108 Laura Lynne Lane Indianapolis, IN 46217 
  317-679-1466 cell 317-881-4600 land line    
  
      On ‎Thursday‎, ‎August‎ ‎01‎, ‎2019‎ ‎01‎:‎22‎:‎29‎ ‎PM‎ ‎EDT, 
sarrazingeor...@gmail.com <sarrazingeor...@gmail.com> wrote:  
  
      
I think one should always the name of a location the way it is indicated in the 
documentation.
 
If the name has change or if two locations have been merge, I use curly 
brackets with the new name after the old name.
 
Ex.  Romorantin {Romorantin-Lanthenay}, 41194, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de 
Loire, France
 
(Note : I use 5 fields)
 
  
 
Georges
 
  
   
De : LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> De la part de 
James G. Hermsen via LegacyUserGroup
 Envoyé : 1 août 2019 09:26
 À : mvmcgrs--- via LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com>
 Cc : James G. Hermsen <jherm...@yahoo.com>
 Objet : Re: [LegacyUG] Location names for Pennsylvania
    
 
  
I always use the current geographic location and name today in each entry and 
in the notes, remark that the geographic name and country was different then 
than it is today.  That way when a grandchild (or anyone) wants to find the 
place on a map is able to do so.  Prussia is very hard to find, if you did not 
know where to look. Same thing with names of cities whose name has changed.  
Stalingrad, Linengrad don't make sense for someone born after the Cold War.   
Peking vs. Bejing.  Same thing.
   
  
    
Hoosierly yours,
   
  
   
James G. Hermsen
   
8108 Laura Lynne Lane
   
Indianapolis, IN 46217
   
  
   
317-679-1466 cell
   
317-881-4600 land line
    
  
   
  
     
On ‎Thursday‎, ‎August‎ ‎01‎, ‎2019‎ ‎08‎:‎43‎:‎54‎ ‎AM‎ ‎EDT, mvmcgrs--- via 
LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> wrote: 
   
  
   
  
        
  
   
  
     
I hope you are not inserting the the added information if it is not in the 
document.  The jurisdictions change over time. In the US what was a county in 
1850 may be another county in 1860 and still another county by 1870. The house 
did not move but the boundaries did.
   
  
   
Marie
 
Marie Varrelman Melchiori, Certified Genealogist Emeritus
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In a message dated 8/1/2019 6:24:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
wrlinh...@gmail.com writes: 
   
  
     
I do agree.   
  
  
   
My standard is:   [1. local jurisdiction/repository i.e.township, village, 
city, etc], 2.County, 3.State, 4.Country  
  
and apply to other countries similarly by always using three commas for all 
locations [usually each has a repository of genealogical data] .  The entry 
might between comma's might be null if I don't have the information.  For 
example born in USA might be ", , , USA".  I know I have some research to do 
but I only record what I have from that source.
   
  
   
For folder hierarchy and some naming situations I reverse the order but always 
hold to 4 elements for location.  I don't believe I have ever had an exception. 
 I am sure I will learn about one here.  So far this works for me. 
   
  
   
Bill
    
  
    
On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 12:20 AM Roberta Schwalm <robertaschw...@gmail.com> 
wrote:
  
  
I do the same thing, Shirley.  Most of my ancestors are from Scotland, Ireland, 
England, Germany and a spattering of French.  The only difference is I use 
"province" instead of State.
  
  
   
On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 9:05 PM Shirley Crampton <scshenders...@gmail.com> 
wrote:
  
  
I use Village, County, State, Country.  Hopefully there is no more than 1 
village of the same name in the County.  If the place is rural then I put the 
name of the township in the first position.
  
  
   
On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 5:47 PM Connie Laubach <bluecorab...@gmail.com> wrote:
  
   
Trying to decide how to input the location names – I have townships that are 
made up of villages and boroughs. How are others handling it?
 
I have thought of the following:
 
Village, township, county, state, United States
 
or
 
township-village, country, state, United States (I like this as  all villages 
within the township would be listed together)
 
 
 
Thank you, Connie.
 
 
 
 
   
  
  
      
  
       
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