Re: [LegacyUG] How to record places with two different names

2012-03-29 Thread Gene Young
On 3/28/2012 11:06 PM, Tony Rolfe wrote: I have folk born in Little Stonham, Suffolk, England and in Stonham Parva, Suffolk, England. These are actually the same place and the two names seem to be used interchangeably, particularly in censuses. Similarly Great Stonham and Stonham Magna.

Re: [LegacyUG] How to record places with two different names

2012-03-29 Thread Mike Fry
On 2012/03/29 05:06, Tony Rolfe wrote: For Little Stonham, most references say Little Stonham, sometimes called Stonham Parva,... which seems to indicate that Little Stonham is preferred. However the church is always referred to as St. Mary's Church, Stonham Parva. Does anyone have any

Re: [LegacyUG] How to record places with two different names

2012-03-29 Thread Gene Young
On 3/29/2012 7:49 AM, Mike Fry wrote: On 2012/03/29 05:06, Tony Rolfe wrote: For Little Stonham, most references say Little Stonham, sometimes called Stonham Parva,... which seems to indicate that Little Stonham is preferred. However the church is always referred to as St. Mary's Church,

RE: [LegacyUG] How to record places with two different names

2012-03-29 Thread Michele Lewis
AKA's for locations? There is already notes area you can use to explain the particulars. Michele -Original Message- From: Gene Young [mailto:n2...@cfl.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 8:00 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to record places

Re: [LegacyUG] How to record places with two different names

2012-03-29 Thread Gene Young
On 3/29/2012 8:14 AM, Michele Lewis wrote: AKA's for locations? There is already notes area you can use to explain the particulars. Michele Which is where I put the information that they were also known as. Nowhere did I suggest that you create an alternate location titled also known as. I

Re: [LegacyUG] How to record places with two different names

2012-03-29 Thread jerrysemailgroups
Sent from my android device. On 3/29/2012 8:14 AM, Michele Lewis wrote: AKA's for locations?  There is already notes area you can use to explain the particulars. Michele Which is where I put the information that they were also known as. Nowhere did I suggest that you create an alternate

[LegacyUG] How to record places with two different names

2012-03-28 Thread Tony Rolfe
I have folk born in Little Stonham, Suffolk, England and in Stonham Parva, Suffolk, England. These are actually the same place and the two names seem to be used interchangeably, particularly in censuses. Similarly Great Stonham and Stonham Magna. For Little Stonham, most references say Little

Re: [LegacyUG] How to record places with two different names

2012-03-28 Thread Jerry
If you don't mind showing more than one place name that is really the same exact location on the map, then you can use whatever variations you have. On the other hand, if you are like some of us who don't want to use extra place names unnecessarily, why not just explain the variations in the