Randy, I am sure that there are lots of errors like this. Legacy obtained the GeoDB sources a number of years ago and they were the best available at the time.
Think of the data as "Modern, semi-historical". All of the English towns seem to be listed with their more or less historical counties, even if those counties no longer technically exist. Also, know that you will see spelling differences between Bing, GeoDB, and Wikipedia. Sometimes, you just need to accept that the location data you get is just clues and you have to research the locations a bit yourself. My Australian friends like to tell me that Australia does not have counties. Yet, I do find historical records to counties or districts. Adelaide is a city, but it is also a district that encompasses lots of town, villages, neighborhoods. Sometimes you just have to be flexible... What is important is that you create your own standard for how locations are to be represented in your family files and then stick to it. Do not jump around calling the same place by a dozen different ways or spellings. john. At 03:32 PM 12/3/2013, Randy Clark wrote: >Vaasa was in Länsi-Suomi province Finland. Not >sure Finland has provinces any more. > > >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
