On 3 Apr 2017 at 0:42, Ian Thomas wrote:

> It would be helpful to know the ways that location "descriptions" are used in
> a number of countries. The UK and USA examples/preferences are commonly given
> but other European and N/S American would be of interest to me. I noticed a
> distinct way that my aunt's address was given on her letters from 1950s/60s
> which is different than the USA pattern. 

I don't think ways of addressing letters should necessarily be used for 
locations of events. If people were married in a particular church, for 
example, the postal address of the church 20 or 200 years earlier would be of 
little use. 

In the UK, for example, the street name and number and postal code are 
sufficient for letter delivery. Town, villiage and county are unnecessary, 
but are nevertheless of interest to genealiogists. 

I find it odd that in the USA towns, and even quite small villages are 
referred to as "cities" for purposes of postal delivery. 


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Steve Hayes
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