Perhaps it is too early in the morning for me, but I don't see what the problem is, exactly.
If the location does not read as you want it to, change it. If the Geo Location Database does not work as you would like it to, don't use it. Make your locations read as you want them to read, so they make sense to you and read in reports, etc, as you want them to. The power is in your hands. I have one town in my database that I can think of, off the top of my head, that changed fairly recently - and I can never remember which is the old and which is the new name until I go looking, each time it turns up in my researches (though you'd hope the research data itself would be correct, LOL!!). I have set up the two locations so that I can see at a glance what the situation is when I go to use either one: Campbelltown (Rongotea from 1895), Manawatu, New Zealand Rongotea (Campbelltown before 1895), Manawatu, New Zealand This is a very simple example, but it works for me. Perhaps you can work something similar into your locations if it would assist you? Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Brian Lehman said the following on 9/06/2013 11:34 p.m.: > 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
