I did a similar thing with location names. I basically did it the way Brian
suggested. Bear in mind there may be people born in Colonial America (before
1783) but married or died when the country name was different. I have
individuals among my European ancestors whom have two or even three
different country names for events, even though they never left the town in
which they lived. Other levels of government (e.g. county or state) can also
have different names.
I think it is worth the trouble because it adds some social history or
historical context to your ancestors' lives and is in line with best
genealogy practice. You also learn a lot about the social history of your
ancestors while researching the changing jurisdictions and occasionally find
great sources in the process.
John
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From: Glenda Hall
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2018 7:09 AM
To: Legacy User Group
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Changing location name based on event year?
I agree with Brian Kelly. No quick fix. I periodically clean up locations
based on time of event.
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On Nov 6, 2018, at 2:49 PM, Brian Kelly <exma...@gmail.com> wrote:
Although you can use the Master Location List to edit a location and the
change will update all uses I do not think that will work for you because
the same place that has existed since colonial days needs two entries, one
for the colonial place and one for the post-revolution place name if it is
used for an event after 1783. In fact if there have been county name
changes over time you may need more than just two to adhere to the
standard of naming a place as it existed at the time of an event.
You can probably develop a work list using a search for all people with an
event date before 1783 then tagging those people to work on. As you work
through the tagged people, updating the place names to your colonial
standards, you can remove the tag.
Brian Kelly
On 06-Nov-18 2:06 PM, Dave Johnson wrote:
I have been laboriously cleaning up my locations in Legacy 9. I decided
that all events in the US that took place before 1783 should identify
"Colonial America" for the country. After 1872, all US locations should
identify "United States" as the country.
This may not make sense to some, but it is something that I want to do.
Does anyone know how this might be accomplished without changing them one
by one?
Dave
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