The Verifier is a tool that looks at dates attached to a location (USA only) and knows when each county in the USA was created. So if your date is for someone born in a place before the county existed, the program 'warns' you that that fact is wrong. You have to find out for yourself which county the place was actually in. That is why most of us that have Animap, use it. Rich in LA CA
--- On Thu, 9/9/10, Cheryl Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: From: Cheryl Rothwell <[email protected]> Subject: Re: RE: [LegacyUG] County Name Changes To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 3:44 PM 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 -- 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 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
