Kurt, I have an excellent site which shows how to work this out. However, it is the middle of the night here, and I am on my mobile in bed!
Don't ask - I slept all evening. Anyhow I will be happy to send the URL in a few hours. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Kurt Kneeland <kurt-kneel...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >I could still use a good reference for finding correct names not just at top >levels, but down to the county/shire and town/village levels. > >Thanks. > > > >From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk] >Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 11:05 PM >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event > > > >Kurt, > >With respect it is our country, and our right to determine who we are and >where we are. > >We are a country with a long history and a multicultural one at that, which >does mean that we have inconsistencies in the way we name places. > >It is not in our nature to look down on the new world, who, like children, >think they know it all, and in their ignorance believe that they are always >right. > >You see we have no need, we know who we are. > >Ron Ferguson >http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > >Kurt Kneeland <kurt-kneel...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >OK, this little blurb explains why the British Crown Dependencies and the >British Overseas Territories are technically not part of the United Kingdom, >but they are part of “The Crown” and there is still some support and oversight >provided by the UK. I think it is still fair to treat them as second-level >entities under the UK umbrella. > > > >From: Boyd Miller [mailto:bo...@vodafone.net.nz] >Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 9:45 PM >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event > > > >Perhaps they should consider this. Britain for he uninitiated >http://explore.noodle.org/post/21512465875/because-one-must-know-the-difference-between-the > >Boyd > >On 6/12/2013 3:52 p.m., Bryan Pratt wrote: > >Ron, I think I’ll enshrine that reply on the wall. Said with monarchic >suave. I don’t think we’ll ever teach the Americans geography. Sufficient >to know that we know better. > > > >Bryan > >NZ > >(and thanks, Shirley) > > > >Sent from Windows Mail > > > >From: Ron Ferguson <mailto:ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk> >Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎December‎ ‎6‎, ‎2013 ‎2‎:‎21‎ ‎PM >To: Legacy <mailto:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> > > > >Oh, Aye, > > > >Thanks, Shirley. > > > >Ron Ferguson > >http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > > > >From: Shirley Richardson <mailto:shirleyr...@clear.net.nz> > >Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 12:39 AM > >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event > > > >Thankyou Ron, I was waiting for you to step in, knowing your explanation would >be far greater than mine. > > > >(I think shore was meant to be short) > > > >Regards > >Shirley > >NZ > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Ron Ferguson <mailto:ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk> > >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > >Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 1:17 PM > >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event > > > > > >Oh dear, John. There are times when I wonder where you are coming from. Take >your first two paragraphs, you mention Georgia as being an exception, you >may be right, I don’t know, or even care, but the rest of the world do not >know what states the abbreviations stand for. Then you go on “That said, >leaving out the country name in the US, is sort of chauvinisticâ€, well it is >not sort of chauvinistic – it is! > > > >You go on with respect to ourselves, The Brits, and Ireland: > > > >“I personally append country UK to England, Scotland, Wales, Northern >Ireland, Channel Islands, Isle of Mann, and Ireland (pre-independence) and use >those country names as States. (The GeoDB allows for this...) However, in the >shore name, I clip off the ", UK" as that reads better in reports.†> > > >Well, I don’t know what a “shore name is, perhaps an American GeoDB >invention to cover countries which do not fit the American pattern. But then I >don’t use the Geo9DB for anywhere outside of the USA, because for most >places it doesn’t work. > > > >You illustrate this perfectly by adding UK to its constituent COUNTRIES, and >even worse append it to two countries that are not, and never had been part of >the UK viz. The Isle of Man and the Channel Isles. > > > >For Information, We are The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern >Ireland. The geographical area (not political nor state) of Great Britain >comprises England, Scotland and Wales. Got it – A united *kingdom* – a >place united under a king (or to be non-sexist a monarchy). > > > >The Principality of Wales was created by William 1 who gave it to his son. and >subsequently Scotland in 1707 and Ireland joined, initially the Kingdom of GB >and subsequently the UK. > > > >I very much regret if the facts interfere with convenience, but then we have >never accepted the rewriting of history by anyone. > > > >Ron Ferguson > >http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > > > >From: John B. Lisle <mailto:leg...@tqsi.com> > >Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 8:48 PM > >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event > > > >Paula, > >I think with the exception of Georgia, the names of the states in the US are >different from any current country in the world, so the confusion should be >minimal when leaving out the country for US locations. > >That said, leaving out the country name in the US, is sort of chauvinistic. >but is reasonable if the bulk of your audience is US based. > >I personally append country UK to England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, >Channel Islands, Isle of Mann, and Ireland (pre-independence) and use those >country names as States. (The GeoDB allows for this...) However, in the shore >name, I clip off the ", UK" as that reads better in reports. > >Global organizations like FamilySearch will require the United States be >added. It is all personal choice in the long run, unless you are working as a >professional for a client and have to conform to their standards. > >The key is to be consistent. They you can change it more easily! > >john. > > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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). 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