Thanks, everyone, for the feedback. OK, Jessica, you lose. You have a much worse problem than the one I have. ;)
Sounds like I need to be more aware of where cities/towns can be in multiple counties. I had been laboring under the misconception that there was always a one-to-one connection between counties and cities/towns (at least for a given point in time). Silly me! Anne From: johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations: towns in multiple counties? Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 08:28:39 +1100 The Family Search “Standard Finder” may help: https://familysearch.org/stdfinder/PlaceStandardLookup.jsp John From: Jessica Morgan Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 7:43 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations: towns in multiple counties? I have one that straddles state lines. Springhill, Webster, Louisiana - or Springhill, Columbia County, Arkansas. To make it even worse, the Springhill Cemetery there NOW is in Louisiana. The ORIGINAL is in Arkansas. So when I have this issue I include in the NOTES section, a blurb about the two similar, but different, locations, and in parenthesis I include any postulating on my part; ex (probably Webster Parish, but not confirmed 2/17/15). I also have this issue with Shiloh Cemeteries, as there are about a dozen within fifty miles of each other, all in different towns and varying parishes in Louisiana. So I just make very detailed notes. If I have an absolute confirmation, I put that in the appropriate field, but if there is any doubt, I always add the other possible locations to my notes so I don't continue to postulate without results. Jessica Jessica Morgan Sr Engineering Technologist, Black Stone Minerals Chair, SPE GCS Petro-Tech Study Group ****************************************************************** On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Jay Wilpolt <jaywilp...@aol.com> wrote: Jerry, She is talking about cities that are in two counties. Like New London, Wisconsin do you use New London, Outagamie, Wisconsin or New London, Waupaca, Wisconsin. It's about 50/50 land spread between the counties. and Appleton, Wisconsin could be Appleton, Calumet, Wisconsin or Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin even tho' less than 4% of the city is in Calumet County (and it's the county seat for Outagamie. ) which one should you use when you may have documentation but no distinction to which county it should be. Jay On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Jerry in Michigan <bearjerca...@gmail.com> wrote: Anne, are you speaking about the source only or the location formatting? For those of us who use the four division location name (to promote proper sorting), I would do something like this: Detroit, , Michigan, United States To each his own, but I always leave the spot for the missing county between commas and put appropriate notes in the adjacent notes field. Jerry Boor, MerriamFamilyTree.org On 02/17/2015 11:49 AM, Anne Scott wrote: I went to record an obituary source late last week and wanted to add the city name and county name of the newspaper to my source record. Unfortunately, the city straddles multiple counties. After a bit of research, I discovered that there are many towns and cities in Colorado that straddle county boundaries.  For my specific case, the newspaper is modern so I can look up the street address and record the appropriate county based on the newspaper address.  What suggestions does this group have for handling this situation when all you have is a city/town name?  Anne 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://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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