Alastair Lack wrote: > The answer to these questions depends upon what you are trying to > achieve. What you cannot achieve is a perfect answer. > The problem is that the way we name places is changing all the time. > You could argue that an address should be as it was when the person > lived there, but as has been pointed out, some of our favourite and > well known counties have disappeared or been altered several times. > Or you might want to be able to post a letter there to see if anyone > had any knowledge of the past of that house - when you only really > need the house name and postcode > Or you might want to pinpoint it on a map, where you clearly do best > with the lat/long or other coordinates. > As regards the village of King's Somborne, it's a beautiful village on > the river Test about 10 miles from here. We don't even seem to know > how to spell it - the local government website > (http://www.testvalley.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=330) and all the > locals spell it as I have, whereas GenUK seems to have a different > spelling. Not helpful! > To see it on a map look at google maps. There you will find the > correct postal address listed; for more detail you can go to the Royal > Mail postcode finder. That's probably your best guide to how to record > it. But it won't necessarily fit with the US system, as Ron has said
Alastair, For information only, I do record the location as it was at the time of the Event. As you point out this does mean that some of my locations are in a county other than that which applies today - near where I live border changes between Lancashire and Yorkshire are common. The Wars of the Roses continue today <grin>. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ ____________________________________________________ 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
