Many People import into a NEW file to assess the quality of an online
resource. They then examine and correct data to meet their standards and
only transfer the good data into their working file. Those people will
experience the problem with locations described by Christopher Steward.
In my case I would probably just delete the imported file with an
assessment that the researcher's quality is unlikely to be satisfactory
if they do not follow such a basic standard as using locations as they
exist at the time of the event so the file will not be worth the review.
Brian Kelly
On 02-Aug.-19 6:27 a.m., James G. Hermsen via LegacyUserGroup wrote:
I recommend never to mass import other peoples work. I am careful
enough to know and understand exactly what I import from online.
Manually importing the information, one knows his information.
Hoosierly yours,
James G. Hermsen
8108 Laura Lynne Lane
Indianapolis, IN 46217
317-679-1466 cell
317-881-4600 land line
On Thursday, August 01, 2019 08:16:01 PM EDT,
Christopher Seward Sr. <[email protected]> wrote:
You are free to record as you choose, but keep in mind that if you
publish & share this information, your method goes against the standard,
and can cause issues.
An example for me was importing a person's info into my file. I kept
getting import errors stating the the location (birth place) did not
exist on that date (birth date). Now I have an issue, since this place
not only didn't exist when this person was born, but when it did exist,
it was in a different country than when he was born, thus making him
appear to be of one heritage, but was actually another.
I recommend ALWAYS putting the correct location in, and putting the
current name of the location in the notes.
On 8/1/2019 4:41 PM, James G. Hermsen via LegacyUserGroup wrote:
Yes, but in the notes. Most people I share my information with want to
know where the place is now. They, like Trump, have no regard for
history, and those who know their history, already know what the
original name is. Looking for documents, the current place will know
what jurisdiction they once were governed by. It is all about being
usable for current people. Otherwise, we would all be recording
everying in Latin like they once did.
Hoosierly yours,
James G. Hermsen
8108 Laura Lynne Lane
Indianapolis, IN 46217
317-679-1466 cell
317-881-4600 land line
On Thursday, August 01, 2019 01:22:29 PM EDT,
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
<[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
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]>
<mailto:[email protected]> *De la part de* James
G. Hermsen via LegacyUserGroup
*Envoyé :* 1 août 2019 09:26
*À :* mvmcgrs--- via LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]>
*Cc :* James G. Hermsen <[email protected]> <mailto:[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
8108 Laura Lynne Lane
Indianapolis, IN 46217
317-679-1466 cell
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
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] <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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