I am not familiar with AKA as used with names of people and don't even know if AKA provides recording more than one other name so am not sure this is pertinent, BUT, why not an AKA for locations? AND then bring in the suggestion that has been made for people's AKA: provide listing and sorting with and separatgely from regular names. ??? "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. > > A second example - you may learn that Happyville was a mining town, just > north of Allegheny River, and that the majority of settlers came from > Sherwood, a town 15 miles north of the state border. > > First a question, then a suggestion for a future Legacy feature. How do > others keep track of this information? > > Now the suggestion. I'd love the locations in our master location list to > have a "notes" section, meaning, a place that I can record anything about a > certain locality. This is where I would type the above information. Now, > if I ever have a question about a certain locality, it will be explained in > Legacy attached to its locality. These notes would then, if desired, print > as an appendix to my reports, after or before my surname and locality > indicies. > > I guess I'm just thinking out loud here, but I'd appreciate your comments. > > Thanks, > > Geoffrey D. Rasmussen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp -- frank g. higgins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
