RE: [LegacyUG] Locations: towns in multiple counties?

2015-02-19 Thread Anne Scott
between counties and cities/towns (at least for a given point in time). Silly me! Anne From: johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations: towns in multiple counties? Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 08:28:39 +1100 The Family Search “Standard Finder

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations: towns in multiple counties?

2015-02-17 Thread Robert57P_gmail
sers.com > <mailto:legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Locations: towns in multiple counties? > I have one that straddles state lines. Springhill, Webster, Louisiana > - or Springhill, Columbia County, Arkansas. > To make it even worse, the Springhill C

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations: towns in multiple counties?

2015-02-17 Thread johnbernacki1
The Family Search “Standard Finder” may help: https://familysearch.org/stdfinder/PlaceStandardLookup.jsp John From: Jessica Morgan Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 7:43 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations: towns in multiple counties? I have one that

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations: towns in multiple counties?

2015-02-17 Thread Jessica Morgan
I have one that straddles state lines. Springhill, Webster, Louisiana - or Springhill, Columbia County, Arkansas. To make it even worse, the Springhill Cemetery there NOW is in Louisiana. The ORIGINAL is in Arkansas. So when I have this issue I include in the NOTES section, a blurb about the two

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations: towns in multiple counties?

2015-02-17 Thread Jay Wilpolt
Jerry, She is talking about cities that are in two counties. Like New London, Wisconsin do you use New London, Outagamie, Wisconsin or New London, Waupaca, Wisconsin. It's about 50/50 land spread between the counties. and Appleton, Wisconsin could be Appleton, Calumet, Wisconsin or Appleton,

Re: [LegacyUG] Locations: towns in multiple counties?

2015-02-17 Thread Jerry in Michigan
Anne, are you speaking about the source only or the location formatting? For those of us who use the four division location name (to promote proper sorting), I would do something like this: Detroit, , Michigan, United States To each his own, but I always leave the spot for the missing county betw

[LegacyUG] Locations: towns in multiple counties?

2015-02-17 Thread Anne Scott
I went to record an obituary source late last week and wanted to add the city name and county name of the newspaper to my source record. Unfortunately, the city straddles multiple counties. After a bit of research, I discovered that there are many towns and cities in Colorado that straddle cou