Another problem with locations in the US is change of county boundaries, state boundaries (in the early formation of our country), territories that came and went.... I have an ancestor buried in a cemetery that "moved" from one county to another after the burial. Fortuantely, *both* counties had the cemetery indexed!! Sherry *+*+*+**+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* On 2/25/01 at 12:24 PM Geoffrey D. Rasmussen wrote: >Hello list, > >I'm taking off my Millennia hat right now, and am writing to you as a >genealogist. This message relates to the idea of locations and how they >change over time. We probably have all experienced this. You find an >obituary which refers to some location that no longer exists. We then turn >to historical gazetteers to learn about this place in which our ancestors >once lived. We might learn that it was originally called Happyville, which >was organized in 1832. By 1850, Happyville was renamed to Happy Valley, >and >today it is known as Sundance. <snip>g To unsubscribe: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
