By your reasoning (and apparently most traditional genealogists), what would be the location description for the place we call Boston, Massachusetts today if the event happened in 1690? or for New Orleans, Louisiana in 1802? or for Jacksonville, Florida in 1720?
After working for many years with master code databases, I am very familiar with the ability to have a current code/location easily converted to how it may have been designated in some other time frame or language. A good example is how AniMap works. In the university files, it is necessary to have codes that represent various things. The code 26782 might be interpreted as "Intermediate Math" from 1965 thru 1973 and then the same code meant "German Literature" from 1974 to 1992. By combining the code with the date the computer can easily and quickly report the correct interpretation. The same logic is done regularly with locations. It is much easier and usually more accurate to specify the current location than to try to determine the right designation for a long past time frame. I believe that computer programming will evolve that will resolve this genealogical school of thought difference in much the same way that it is used in industry and education. Ron Taylor On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 9:22 PM, Roger Lamprey <[email protected]> wrote: When recording the place of an event, we should record it as it was at the time of the event, rather than as it would be referred to today. In that case, how should we refer to the American Colonies as a group for events taking place before the United States became a nation (maybe just "American Colonies"?). And, at what date did the crossover from that name to "United States" take place? Thanks! Roger Lamprey ________________________________ 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
