I've struggled with this myself and finally have decided to abandon the "four comma" standard. For me, this means not using the County Verifier. You can still verify the county manually, however.
If you can get over not having the verifier, one option is to use something like Jones (now Smith). You could also just put Jones and put Smith in the notes. What is more challenging to me is when town lines changed, which is just a common as county lines. Villages and towns also change their organization (for example from village to city). It seems the only way to get it right is to research the history of each location. Anyway, my suggestion to you is to use the nka standard that you are already using, and verify the county manually. Scott On Sep 9, 2010 5:34 PM, "Ron Ferguson" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > 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
