In the beginning I tried to follow the empty comma standard, four
places, and no designations as regards township, county, etc. But it
wasn't useful and I found myself going back later and not knowing
exactly what the location was supposed to be -- having to look it up
again.
Now, I put those designations in the location list. Census records that
are in the "Washington Twp., DeKalb County, Missouri, USA" are listed
that way. I put cemeteries in the locations lists, too.
I took a hint from Elizabeth Shown Mills's summary of source citations:
The purpose is to help those coming later find the source. Same for
locations: The purpose is to record as much as possible where the event
took place. I didn't find the comma system sufficient to do that for me.
On 4/2/2017 7:31 PM, Brian Lightfoot wrote:
I started adding the additional word “County” to all my county
descriptors, regardless of if the city or township was also known. I
found that I have a great deal of ancestors in and around Ashland
County, Ohio so I noticed many docs from a variety of sources merely
stating “Ashland, Ohio”. But a close examination of the source itself
revealed some were from the city of Ashland, some were from the
Township of Ashland, and others were merely describing the county of
Ashland. I found other citations giving the location as “Ashland,
Ashland, Ohio” which by many others’ convention would seem to be
describing the city of Ashland in Ashland County but in reality was
describing the Township of Ashland (not all parts were within the
city limits) in Ashland County.
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