I believe that we should be bridging “what was” and “what is”. People like to know the history. Yet, it has no meaning if they can not relate to present day.
I take the approach of making a word modification to the location data. I primarily use the current location and then insert the original location in parenthetical notation (I.e. “formerly xxx township”). On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 9:17 AM Cindy Custer <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there an option/function in Legacy software that shows which counties > etc. were divieded/regrouped whatever on a particular date? > > > > I know that there is a troubleshooting option that indicates if a > particular county hadn’t been created until a certain year. I thought I > > Remembered an assist function on an earlier version of Legacy software > concerning counties. Maybe I’m thinking of another software. > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup *On Behalf Of *Bill Hoff > *Sent:* Friday, August 02, 2019 8:51 AM > *To:* Legacy User Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Location names for Pennsylvania > > > > Then one cannot find on a map if historic locations used. With many > relatives in West Virginia I have this problem. WV did not become a state > until June 20, 1863. On top of that many counties within the state were > divided over many years, far too many for me to recall them all. Then there > is the problem of knowing locations but not dates so one cannot be certain > of entries > > Bill > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Aug 1, 2019, at 8:15 PM, 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. > > -- > > 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]/ > -- Pete B
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