And, of course, New Yorkers seem to treat the City as if it were some independent city-state. Many of the records that I have from my family's early years in America simply refers to neighborhoods and they do not even mention the state. One old letter to my grandmother is addressed to her, the name of the hotel she lived at, and "City". No street address, name of the "City" or state at all. Apparently the post office delivered it.
Anyhow, I think that the 4 name "American" convention is actually a western convention. Back east I do see a lot more variation. Not every location in the USA is a "city". In Ohio, when I was growing up, any populated place with less than 5000 inhabitants was a Village. After 5000 you could become a City. Also, in states that use the township system a specific location could be Deerfield (Twp), Mason (village or city), Warren (County), Ohio (State or territory), USA. Of course there are also Indian Reservations which can have interesting location names. And the pre-USA locations have been discussed several times on the list. -----Original Message----- From: steven perkins <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, Aug 26, 2011 4:11 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Location for Bristol England 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 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
