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John
From: Jessica Morgan
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 7:43 AM
To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations: towns in multiple counties?
I have one that straddles state lines. Springhill, Webster, Louisiana - or
Springhill, Columbia County, Arkansas.
To make it even worse, the Springhill Cemetery there NOW is in Louisiana. The
ORIGINAL is in Arkansas.
So when I have this issue I include in the NOTES section, a blurb about the two
similar, but different, locations, and in parenthesis I include any postulating
on my part; ex (probably Webster Parish, but not confirmed 2/17/15).
I also have this issue with Shiloh Cemeteries, as there are about a dozen
within fifty miles of each other, all in different towns and varying parishes
in Louisiana. So I just make very detailed notes.
If I have an absolute confirmation, I put that in the appropriate field, but if
there is any doubt, I always add the other possible locations to my notes so I
don't continue to postulate without results.
Jessica
Jessica Morgan
Sr Engineering Technologist, Black Stone Minerals
Chair, SPE GCS Petro-Tech Study Group
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On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Jay Wilpolt <jaywilp...@aol.com> wrote:
Jerry,
She is talking about cities that are in two counties.
Like New London, Wisconsin
do you use New London, Outagamie, Wisconsin
or New London, Waupaca, Wisconsin.
It's about 50/50 land spread between the counties.
and Appleton, Wisconsin
could be Appleton, Calumet, Wisconsin
or Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin
even tho' less than 4% of the city is in Calumet County (and it's the county
seat for Outagamie. )
which one should you use when you may have documentation but no distinction
to which county it should be.
Jay
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Jerry in Michigan <bearjerca...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Anne, are you speaking about the source only or the location formatting?
For those of us who use the four division location name (to promote proper
sorting), I would do something like this:
Detroit, , Michigan, United States
To each his own, but I always leave the spot for the missing county between
commas and put appropriate notes in the adjacent notes field.
Jerry Boor,
MerriamFamilyTree.org
On 02/17/2015 11:49 AM, Anne Scott wrote:
I went to record an obituary source late last week and wanted to add the
city name and county name of the newspaper to my source record.Â
Unfortunately, the city straddles multiple counties. After a bit of research,
I discovered that there are many towns and cities in Colorado that straddle
county boundaries.Â
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For my specific case, the newspaper is modern so I can look up the street
address and record the appropriate county based on the newspaper address.
Â
What suggestions does this group have for handling this situation when
all you have is a city/town name?
Â
Anne
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