Scott, England, Scotland and Wales are countries, Northern Ireland is a Principality (as it Wales, also), all are part of the UK which is a *Kingdom*, that is not the same as a country. Would you say that Europe is a country? The relationship between the consituent countries of the UK is comparable with that of France and Germany to Europe, except that we have a queen and not a president. One doesn't say France, Europe!
Please see my blog at http://bit.ly/8VDqTc which gives references to other documents. We do not use England, UK, because, to repeat, *England* is the country; similarly for the other constituent parts of the UK. Ron Ferguson Scott Hall wrote: > I follow the four field convention also and do as you do with double > or even triple commas if I only know part of the location. > > If I have additional information like "of" I wouldn't include it in > the location field. That information would be in the notes. > The Geo-locator is good, but it does have a few problems. I do like > the County verifier, which helps me make sure I'm recording corrrectly > on the date of the event. It would be nice if it woudl accept things > like X (now Y) to record the current locations, and I'd love it if it > did more than counties -- for example countries (for example, England > and Wales were one country alone before 5/1/1707 when they merged with > Scotland to form Great Britian. The United Kingdom wasn't formed > until 1/1/1801 with the addition of Northern Ireland -- so for my > ancestors born in England in 1790 I'm careful to but England, Great > Britian, but for those born in 1810 I need to put England, United > Kingdom. The County verifier, obviously by its name, doesn't help > ensure the accuracy here). > > Here's a related question or two- > 1. Do people use X (now Y) for legacy towns, states, counties or > countries? > 2. If you use the USA identifier, how do you record the country for > pre-1776 events? > > > Scott > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:21 PM, BearJerCares > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> May I please ask your opinion on the the exact format of locations >> (both born in and died in)? >> >> I have been trying to follow: >> City, County, State, Country >> >> format and if one is missing, I insert the extra commas like >> >> City, , State, Country >> >> I'm comfortable with that except when I know that someone lived at a >> certain city and I'm not sure the person was born there, it would be >> nice to be able to put that in the same field instead of having to >> put it in the extra notes or events fields. So, I've been putting: >> >> City, County, State, Country, Of >> >> This will build an extra set for locations in Legacy, but the >> advantage is it is in plain view in the basic information. What is >> your take on the best way to do this type? >> >> Thanks >> >> Jerry in Michigan 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
