I have a question about European locations, and England locations in particular. I've lived in several countries so I understand that every place is different, and no one way is better than another. They are just all unique to the culture that developed them.
I've found a site, http://www.gazetteer.co.uk that attempts to do what I need, but it lists historic counties, administrative counties, districts, unitary authority areas, police areas, and country/region--more than I really need. Administrative County/District and Unitary Authority are mutually exclusive and appear to be political entities as does country/region. When I have a location such as Brooke, Kingsomborne, Southampton, England I quickly discover someone has given me bogus information. I did find a King's Somborne in county Hampshire, so I think I would list this as King's Somborne, Stockbridge, Hampshire, England. I did discover that King's Somborne is a parish in Stockbridge. So, am I correct in my thinking? This obviously doesn't fit the pattern of city, county, state, country since England doesn't have states or provinces, only counties. I would then want to enter some place like Saint Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, England as Leeds, Yorkshire, West Riding, England except here I see two problems. No parish, unless I want to consider Saint Peter as the parish, and I have an extra county location of West Riding. Now I don't have a pattern that would match up for a search. To do so I would have to leave a blank field between Hampshire and England in my first example. Now, while I've totally confused myself, I hope I have been clear enough that our friends from England will understand the issue and perhaps give some clarification. -- Jim Walton "...probe the past carefully and report it as it was, not as I wish it were" >From Evidence Explained by Elizabeth Shown Mills Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
