On Sat, 20 Jun 2015 11:55:24 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John) via" <[email protected]> wrote: >Would need the ability to enter place histories, though. A huge change! > >I'm using BK in the year 2045. I enter someone born say in 1950; I start >to enter Newc, and select "Newcastle, Northumberland, England" from the >choices that pop up. > >I enter their death in 2010. I select "same as above" for the location, >and "Newcastle, Tyne & Wear, England" appears ... > >Similarly for places that change name rather than county (or country!): >wasn't Brighton called Brighthelmstone at one point? And Aachen used to >be Aix-la-chapelle, of course. > >It would avoid all the angst about how to enter placenames that have >different names and details over history, but are the same place, if the >prog. itself could be told about the changes (what and when), and >automatically show the correct one for the event being entered. > >Well, I can dream, can't I - it won't be our concern (-:! Change of name and history to the location has been asked for , in a long time. You can add history f a lolcatikon at the present vesion of BK7, but it does not handle the fact the border of countries and smal and large area are merged during the time of livin.g The capital of Norway, Oslo was previous a litke place and then becomes Kristiania, before it then was renamed Oslo, and the naibouring area become a part of the new Oslo -- Otto Jørgensen http://home.online.no/~otjoerge/ All email is checked by NIS2014