Thank you Brian! This will help a lot. So far I've been using google and it doesn't always pull up what I need. I've bookmarked the link Peggy
>________________________________ > From: Brian/Support <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 4:35 PM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Locations - Townships; census > >Peggy, > >Here is a link to Official Canadian GeoNames web page. >http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/search/index_e.php This has links >to a search form for names and will return the name of any locations in >Canada along with the geographic coordinates. It even includes >historical place names for places which are no longer used. A search for >Ferris in Ontario returned two current names and, using a search of >rescinded names revealed that Ferris was a township at one time but is >now just an unincorporated area in other words it has no local government. > >Brian >Customer Support >Millennia Corporation >[email protected] >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > >We are changing the world of genealogy! >When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. >Thanks. > >On 26/04/2012 2:04 PM, Marg Strong wrote: >> It's probably just me. At this point, I don't know if I'll ever want or need >> the townsnip names. >> >> >> I've got a large group of Ontario locations that use the name; such as >> "Ferris"and sometimes "Ferris township" for the first field. I'm never sure >> if the record coming in from ancestry just was inconsistent, or if there is >> a town and a township and I shouldn't change it. I'll need to go back to the >> individuals and find out if its a town or township because for consistency I >> would always like to record "township" after the place unless it's a city. >> (Also I like to keep all the info I find about the place, in case I want it >> somewhere down the line.) >> > > > >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
