Since the discussion several weeks ago on resolving place names, I've been slowly working my way through my FTM database, revising the Residence entries and other location-related facts to be consistent with the Place Name Authority. One facet I'm still wrestling with is how best to enter U.S. Postal Service mailing addresses. The problem is that the USPS address might not clearly reflect the geographic location in terms of city or township. For example, a sample address in our area is 2401 Cavendish Drive, Alexandria, VA 22308. Not only is that address not located in Alexandria, it is in a different county from Alexandria, namely Fairfax County. Similarly the USPS address can indicate a city or town that is not in the same township as the location designated by that address. Thus, the Place Name Authority cannot accurately reflect the location for the USPS address. At this point one option I have considered for entering USPS addresses is by using just the Description portion of the Address fact. Putting the USPS address in the Place portion of the Address fact creates a PNA conflict. I guess another option is to put the entire USPS address (including street number, street name, city, state, and zip code) in the Description portion of a Residence fact. Any suggestions on a better approach would be greatly appreciated. Jim Hoke ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:08:30 +0000 (UTC) From: Drew DUBLER <drew@drucifer.net> Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Resolving Place Names To: Debbie <growingatree@hotmail.com>, "ftm-tech@rootsweb.com" <ftm-tech@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <930359453.951713.1424974110669.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I use RESIDENCE for Town, County, State, Country. I use ADDRESS for Street. I use POSTAL CODE for Zip Code. I use CENSUS for Wards, Assembly Districts. . I'm thinking of adding BUILDING NUMBER as I have lots of families living on the same block in New York City. ?Drew Cold Spring, Putnam Co., NY O|||||||O Modeling the New York Central in N Scale and Trainz Backyard Birding & Gardening in the New York Hudson Valley Genealogy HERLIHY, GOULDING, GREENE, LALIME & LENT, LYNT, van LENT Homepage: http://drucifer.net/index.html