I think one should always the name of a location the way it is indicated in the
documentation.
If the name has change or if two locations have been merge, I use curly
brackets with the new name after the old name.
Ex. Romorantin {Romorantin-Lanthenay}, 41194, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de
Loire, France
(Note : I use 5 fields)
Georges
De : LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> De la part de
James G. Hermsen via LegacyUserGroup
Envoyé : 1 août 2019 09:26
À : mvmcgrs--- via LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]>
Cc : James G. Hermsen <[email protected]>
Objet : Re: [LegacyUG] Location names for Pennsylvania
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. Hermsen
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Indianapolis, IN 46217
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317-881-4600 land line
On Thursday, August 01, 2019 08:43:54 AM EDT, mvmcgrs--- via
LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]
<mailto:[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
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In a message dated 8/1/2019 6:24:51 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] <mailto:[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]
<mailto:[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]
<mailto:[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]
<mailto:[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.
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