The county list isn't currently savvy enough to recognize the change in state borders such as the one you stated. You just have to override it. Consider it as nothing more than a suggestion anyway.
For a *very* accurate record of county border updates use the Atlas of Historical County Boundary Project at http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/. It would be nice if Legacy updated the county list to leverage this data. Scott On Sunday, July 20, 2014, <[email protected]> wrote: > I recently tried to insert a birthplace as Dixfield, Cumberland County, > Massachusetts only to be informed that there never was a Cumberland County > in Massachusetts. While it is is true that Cumberland County and Dixfield > are in Maine, the state of Maine did not come into existence until 1820. > Since Cumberland County was founded in 1760 out of York County, > Massachusetts, I entered the data against the advice of the geo-database. > This is much like saying a county like Brooke County, West Virginia existed > in 1845 when the entire state of West Virginia had not yet exist. Anyone > else find errors in the geo-database or can point me to where I have made > an error? > > > 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
