If I were you, I would totally ignore the "errors" that legacy or any other family tree program shows as for a correct location. They ALL use todays Postal locations. I use the suggested locations to get the spelling right if suggested and to maybe locate a "County" that the suggested place is in today as they changed over time. A lot of people in my databases are involved with events that happed before the area became a "State" so they happened in a "Territory". Many were born in the Territory, but married or died in the State.
Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == -----Original Message----- From: Brian Lehman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 4:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Appropriate ancestral town location Hello, I am working on fixing my Locations Lists, wrestling with a problem for a while and could really use some advice. My family comes from many small towns in Eastern Europe, the area known as Galicia. Today these towns are mostly located in the Ukraine. However, I prefer to record the "Location" as it was known when my ancestors lived there, late 19th century and back. So my locations look like, ex. "Mielnica,Borszczów,Galicia,Austria", but the "Geo Locations Database output is "Mielnica, , Ternopil's'ka, Ukraine My location, obviously is incorrect for me, as "Austria" didn't exist before WW I, Galicia was part of the "Austrian Empire". So my question to other LUG Galitzianers ...and all knowledgeable people, How should my ancestral towns be recorded? Austria isn't historically correct and Austrian Empire seems more like a political entity as opposed to a location. Thank you and I appreciate your opinions, Brian Lehman New York 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
