Locations throughout Europe are a problem. Normandy, Anjou, Burgundy, Aquitaine, et alia, were all separate countries at one time. Italy, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire are even more confusing! The Norse countries, Lorraine, Alsace, Bavaria, Flanders. I could go on, but the point is boundaries change all the time - even now. Whether you add France to Alsace, whether you add Germany to Alsace, whether you keep it as a separate country, or whatever, is your choice. What you put in France today was once its own country, part of another country, part of a no longer existing kingdom, or whatever.
Computer programs do not accommodate political shifts. CE > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Rules for Entering Place Names in England and Canada > Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 12:41:32 -0500 > > Hi Jenny. You kinda lost me on that explanation. Do you mean that if > you are not sure of the country (i.e., Wales or England?), you just > don't put the country in your place name field at all? I'm confused, > but since sort order is paramount to me, if I had two choices for > country, I guess I would choose one and opt for an alternate place name > with the other country, with appropriate notations. Maybe I > misunderstood what you are saying. Jerry Boor, MerriamFamilyTree.org > > On 11/4/2014 7:12 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote: > > On 02/11/2014 17:26, gen_quest wrote: > >> If you ony know the registration district from bmd indices then enter > >> that followed by the county and country. > > Adding the county (and even the country) can be problematical. Many > > Civil Registration Districts incorporated Civil Parishes which were in > > adjacent counties. To take one example, the RD of Wrexham (Wrexham is > > and was in the Wales) included the sub-districts of Hope in Flintshire, > > Wales, Malpas in Cheshire, England and Ruabon in Denbighshire, Wales. > > > > In order not to mislead or create confusion, I never include the County > > or Country in a Location which is just a Registration District. > > 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
