Brian and others have brought up a most important subject. Place namesmay change over time. I do a lot of research in Canada, and in particular in the province of Ontario; all current names. However Canada, and the province of Ontario, did not exist until July 1 1867. The province of Ontario is made up of Counties, Townships, and in some cases Territories. Just to confuse things further, the boundaries of the counties, and townships have changes and in some cases, the names also.
Now, here is a Web site that may benefit some who are trying to come up with the official name of a current place. This Web site lists places from the the most detailed, then up to the country. The Web site is Called: *Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names** * The Web address is: http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/index.html It will take some time to study this Web page , but the results will, I believe, be useful. I hope the above is of interest. John Gregson Dawson Creek, BC, Canada --------------------------------------------------------------- On 12-Jun-13 1:42 PM, Jay 1FamilyTree wrote: > And dont forget to consider if you ever want to have locations mapped > automatically, you need to use a current day name (in most cases) > > Just something to consider. > > > > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Brian Lehman <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Thanks for the replies everyone, > When I write a Location, "Mielnica,Borszczów,Galicia,Austria", which > represents the location, pre WW I, > every part of it is appropriate to me, other than Austria, as it > didn't > exist, it was the Austrian Empire. > Writing, Mielnica,Borszczów,Galicia,Austrian Empire, just looks wrong > for a location, > matter of opinion, I know, but if Wendy and others have a "Location > type" such as, Campbelltown (Rongotea from 1895), Manawatu, New > Zealand, > may be I need to rethink how I look at my location list. > Thanks again for the input. > Take Care, > 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 -- John. [email protected] 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
