I always put the location as it was at the time of the event. I realize that in Europe places has really changed. My biggest ones are pre-Revolutionary War in the US and in Europe Prussia vs. Germany vs. Poland
michele From: Gene Adams Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 5:35 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] webinar comment Which brings up another issue. When you get back far enough, which is the better means of identifying locations? The current "modern" standard location as known today, or do you identify the location as it was known at the time of the ancestor. What is the correct identity to be used? You can place the correct lat/long for the location, but about the only modern term that could be added is "Europe or Asia or Africa" for someone unfamiliar with the various iterations over the centuries as political entities graduated from the Roman or Byzantine Empires, through the various feudal states and into the modern era. Which does the new family search routines prefer? Gene A Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
