How one enters the name of a county, or any other area for that matter, is not laid in stone, and can be entered as one wishes.
However, it is convention to use the applicable to the date. I also find this the most useful, especially for census information. So, I use it. We have the situation in England with the 1841 census where a person may be recorded as being born "out of county", this I record as "<not Westmorland> so that it stands out. Ron Ferguson -----Original Message----- From: Cheryl Rothwell <[email protected]> Sent: 09 September 2010 19:00 To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] County Name Changes How do you handle county names that change? The county was Jones and then became Smith. I have some that have three names and one that has had four. In no case are all records under the same county name so I need to indicate the various names. I have been doing Jones nka Smith but that isn't recognized as a legitimate county. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [The entire original message is not included] 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
