Locations should always be entered as they were at the time of the event. You can add notes about changes in notes for the location in the Master Location List or in the notes for the event Location Notes can be included in the Location Index in a report.
I's always interesting to read of how much a town has "moved" around. In the US we just see county or state boundaries change around a town not whole countries, thankfully! Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Ray Rhoads <[email protected]> wrote: > This may not be the right place to ask this question but here go’s anyway. > > When entering a place name for an event, (birth, death etc.) that took place > in a foreign country should you use present day locations or the location at > the time of the event? > > My reason for asking is that my mothers family comes from an town in present > day Germany. However they came to this country before there was a Germany. > Although the events always occurred in the same town that town at times was > part of different Countries or Kingdoms. I have cases where people were born > in Bavaria, married France and died in Prussia and in between lived in > another kingdom but never left the town. > > Your thoughts would be appreciated > > Ray Rhoads 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
