Then one cannot find on a map if historic locations used. With many relatives
in West Virginia I have this problem. WV did not become a state until June 20,
1863. On top of that many counties within the state were divided over many
years, far too many for me to recall them all. Then there is the problem of
knowing locations but not dates so one cannot be certain of entries
Bill
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> On Aug 1, 2019, at 8:15 PM, 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
>> ______________________________ ______________________________ __
>> CG or Certified Genealogist is a service mark of the Board for Certification
>> of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified genealogists after
>> periodic competency evaluation, and the board name is registered in the US
>> Patent & Trademark Office.
>>
>> 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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