I always use the current geographic location and name today in each entry and in the notes, remark that the geographic name and country was different then than it is today. That way when a grandchild (or anyone) wants to find the place on a map is able to do so. Prussia is very hard to find, if you did not know where to look. Same thing with names of cities whose name has changed. Stalingrad, Linengrad don't make sense for someone born after the Cold War. Peking vs. Bejing. Same thing. Hoosierly yours, James G. Hermsen8108 Laura Lynne LaneIndianapolis, IN 46217 317-679-1466 cell317-881-4600 land line
On Thursday, August 01, 2019 08:43:54 AM EDT, mvmcgrs--- via LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> wrote: I hope you are not inserting the the added information if it is not in the document. The jurisdictions change over time. In the US what was a county in 1850 may be another county in 1860 and still another county by 1870. The house did not move but the boundaries did. Marie Marie Varrelman Melchiori, Certified Genealogist Emeritus ______________________________ ______________________________ __ CG or Certified Genealogist is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified genealogists after periodic competency evaluation, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office.In a message dated 8/1/2019 6:24:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I do agree. My standard is: [1. local jurisdiction/repository i.e.township, village, city, etc], 2.County, 3.State, 4.Country and apply to other countries similarly by always using three commas for all locations [usually each has a repository of genealogical data] . The entry might between comma's might be null if I don't have the information. For example born in USA might be ", , , USA". I know I have some research to do but I only record what I have from that source. For folder hierarchy and some naming situations I reverse the order but always hold to 4 elements for location. I don't believe I have ever had an exception. I am sure I will learn about one here. So far this works for me. Bill On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 12:20 AM Roberta Schwalm <[email protected]> wrote: I do the same thing, Shirley. Most of my ancestors are from Scotland, Ireland, England, Germany and a spattering of French. The only difference is I use "province" instead of State. On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 9:05 PM Shirley Crampton <[email protected]> wrote: I use Village, County, State, Country. Hopefully there is no more than 1 village of the same name in the County. If the place is rural then I put the name of the township in the first position. On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 5:47 PM Connie Laubach <[email protected]> wrote: Trying to decide how to input the location names – I have townships that are made up of villages and boroughs. How are others handling it? I have thought of the following: Village, township, county, state, United States or township-village, country, state, United States (I like this as all villages within the township would be listed together) Thank you, Connie. -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list [email protected] To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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