Thanks, Ron. I don't disagree with you on accuracy - just how that accuracy should be noted to keep the place names systematic with the computer age and GPS. But at least I think we got some good information out there. Thanks again for the history lesson for Great Britain where many of my ancestors came from also. --Jerry
On 9/29/2010 2:34 PM, Ron Ferguson wrote: > Jerry, > > Clearly we are not going to agree on the subject of place names, and I do > not agree with what you say below either. Place names should be those used > at the time of the event, and not only from the point of view of accuracy. > Let us consider the town of Slaithwaite in Yorkshire, England, or rather it > was until the boundaries changed and its location became Slaithwaite, > Lancashire, England, much to the annoyance of the residents of the town - I > mean what were the Wars of the Roses for if not to protect our borders? > > Anyhow if one writes the location using the current county of Lancashire > then it will not easily be found in the 19c censuses as it was then in > Yorkshire. > > Not being a 100 years old, yet, I am not included in any censuses but should > anyone be bothered looking for me when they are published, the will see that > I was brought up in the Hamlet of Winton in Eccles, Lancashire, England. In > 1974 Eccles was merged into the City of Salford, so now the location is > Winton, Eccles, Salford, Lancashire, England. It doesn't look like much of a > change, but actually it is, because prior to 1971 Eccles was a county > borough with its own administration and police force etc. Now it is a > district of Salford, not the same at all and one will certainly not find > Eccles in Salford in the censuses prior to 1974. > > These are just a couple of examples, but the principle applies to all > historic data, it will not be found if one looks in the wrong place. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Jerry"<[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 6:28 PM > To:<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] PLACE NAMES > >> Hi Mary. I understand what you are doing. I just don't like it >> because it creates many different location names for the exact same >> place. Hence, we decided to modify the location, when necessary, by >> using the extra (+) note field. Just seems to me that if you want to >> find every person born in Detroit (like your example and where I live, >> by the way), it would be far better to have only one master name for >> that location. Fort Ponchartrain won't sort anywhere near Detroit in a >> long list of places either. But to each his own, as you say. >> >> Jerry >> >> On 9/29/2010 1:13 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> But unless the "event" took place in the modern UK, why would you even >>> consider putting it into the location field? The country such as England >>> should be the last entry in the location field. So my grandmother was >>> born in 1881 in: >>> >>> Saint Vincent Villa, Lynton, Devon, England >>> >>> And yes, although I am in the US and the majority of my locations are in >>> the US, I have chosen to completely ignore the 4-field location format. >>> This same grandmother is buried in: >>> >>> Elmlawn Cemetery - 3939 Delaware Avenue, Kenmore, Erie County, New >>> York, USA >>> >>> In addition, I always record the event location as it was at the time of >>> the event. I have entries for events that took place in each of the >>> following locations (listed latest to oldest), although they each mean >>> the same place, just at different times of history when the event took >>> place: >>> >>> Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA >>> Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Territory, USA >>> Detroit, Wayne County, Indiana Territory, USA >>> Detroit, Wayne County, Northwest Territory, USA >>> Detroit, British North America >>> Fort Ponchartrain du Detroit, New France >>> >>> Each of these is entered separately in my Locations master list. >>> >>> This works for me but let's all keep in mind that Legacy is very flexible >>> in almost all aspects. What works for me might not work for you! >>> >>> Mary >>> > > > > > > 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
