I don't know what the county verifier is - the warning I got that it wasn't a county? I am trying out Legacy, thinking of switching from another program. I do have a little program that I used to check counties so I could do without the verifier. The majority of my database involves one county so I am not in doubt. My issue is some of the rest of them. Your suggestion is good for me.
Being farmers I haven't really had to deal with the town change issue. On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Scott Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > -- *Life may not be the party we hoped for but while we are here we might as well dance.* 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
