Thank you very much. I will look up the archives. Merry Christmas Daphne Eze
On 2011-12-23 2:48 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > On 23/12/2011 21:16, Daphne Eze wrote: >> I am cleaning up my locations list and have some questions. >> >> Format >> Country, State/Prov, County, City >> >> I understand this format for Canada and the US. But for England, >> Ireland, and Wales my understanding breaks down. >> >> Is it United Kingdom, England, County, City and where do parishes fit >> in? Or is it England, County, City? I'm confused! >> >> Also how do you handle cities or parishes that have changed counties >> since the event such as a christening? > If you look in the Archives for this group you will find dozens of > messages on this topic. > > In a nutshell, England is the country and the next element is County but > there are many instances where you will not be able to fit an > English/Scottish/Welsh location into the "standard" 4 fields. > > The "correct" way to record locations is as they were at the time of the > event and I think most people do it that way, but many will add a note > somewhere to record the name change(s). > ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4698 - Release Date: 12/23/11 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
