I do the same as Ron - eg 'Woolwich Reg Dist' (Registration District)' - not only because a child's birth can be registered anywhere, but also because registration districts cover a wide area. I have ancestors from Great Cressingham, which is a small village in the Swaffham (Norfolk) registration district, so if a birth is said to have taken place in Swaffham, it is not necessarily in the town of Swaffham itself. Hence I would record the birth as in Swaffham Reg Dist unless I had more specific information.
On 04/10/2011 00:44, Ron Ferguson wrote: > Erica, > I do not know about Australia, but in England it has never been > necessary to register the birth in the place where the child was born. > For marriages and deaths it is true to say that these events are > registered in the place of the event. Thus, a registration district does > not necessarily include the place of birth. > When I do use them I include the Words Registration district after the > name eg. Barton upon Irwell registration District, Lancashire, England. > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > *From:* Erica Portelli <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, October 03, 2011 11:21 PM > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Subject:* RE: [LegacyUG] Advice on name for 'probable' town > > I’m probably not doing this the ‘correct’ way but it works for me – if I > find a birth on, say, the New South Wales registry office online index, > it will give the district where the birth was registered. Assuming the > parents went to their closest registry office, I give the birth location > as that town plus the word ‘district’ so a birth location might read: > Burwood district, New South Wales, Australia. It just shows me that they > were probably in that general area at the time of the birth. Of course > this also adds “Burwood district” to my locations list, but that doesn’t > particularly worry me. > > Cheers > > Erica > > *From:*Rob Vader [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, 4 October 2011 6:12 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Advice on name for 'probable' town > > Hi, > > I would like the view of the users of this forum on how to register a > 'probable' town. So someone is born (ofcourse always....) but it is nopt > entirely sure in what town. If I now would note down in Legacy (e.g.) > "London?" or soemthing like "prob. London" then it would enter as > another town/city than London. That is not what I want. Is there > something similare for names of cities like approximate dates? Or how > would you advice? > > -- > Greetings, > Rob Vader > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > 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 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
