On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:02:35 -0400 singhals opined: >Tom Wetmore wrote: >> Cheryl: "I came down firmly against including the parish name. This >> week that viewpoint hardened even more, thanks to a >> relative-by-marriage who died about a year ago." >> >> Tom's translation: "Don't record parish names." > >I believe the last paragraph of that OP mentioned the >inclusion or omission of the word "parish"? > >Cheryl > Of course, here in the US we have to distinguish between church parishes and those occupying the place of counties in the Pelican State. A flat "prohibition" is bound to turn around and byte you on the nether regions. And let's not forget the Old Dominion, which has cities and counties as separate-but-equal political entities. Yeah, I understand, your problem is with Swedish political/ecclesiastical subdivisions, about which I have no opinion (Hey, I've got enough problems with Finnish places and surnames - which followed (or maybe not) Swedish practices up to about 1900.) I guess what I'm saying is that so long as you are (able to be) consistent in how you enter place names, it doesn't really appear to make much of a difference. Yeah, it'd be nice to be able to enter city, political subdivision, higher political subdivision, still higher ps, country, or some such, but ... Explanatory notes are always helpful to the reader. My US$0.02 and I'm sticking to it. Sufferin' Ol' Bob -- Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas ----- Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bob Melson wrote: > On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:02:35 -0400 singhals opined: > >> Tom Wetmore wrote: >>> Cheryl: "I came down firmly against including the parish name. This >>> week that viewpoint hardened even more, thanks to a >>> relative-by-marriage who died about a year ago." >>> >>> Tom's translation: "Don't record parish names." >> >> I believe the last paragraph of that OP mentioned the >> inclusion or omission of the word "parish"? >> >> Cheryl >> > > Of course, here in the US we have to distinguish between church > parishes and those occupying the place of counties in the Pelican > State. A flat "prohibition" is bound to turn around and byte you on > the nether regions. And let's not forget the Old Dominion, which has > cities and counties as separate-but-equal political entities. > (g) And hail to the soul who can tell a parish from a Parish while speaking! Stipulated on Virginia. And you cannot imagine how tired I get of trying to convince people accustomed to using township records (rather than county or state records) that despite the designation on the census page, Virginia and West Virginia do not have townships. We have districts, and if those districts are used for anything other than reporting filters and real-estate designators, I've never known a Virginian who could tell me what that use is! Or the number of times I've had to explain that in Washington DC, the letters NW, SW, NE, and NW *MUST* be included in addresses if you want the thing delivered. (or, the number of times I've had to have North South Temple West translated!) > Yeah, I understand, your problem is with Swedish > political/ecclesiastical subdivisions, about which I have no opinion > (Hey, I've got enough problems with Finnish places and surnames - which > followed (or maybe not) Swedish practices up to about 1900.) > > I guess what I'm saying is that so long as you are (able to be) > consistent in how you enter place names, it doesn't really appear to > make much of a difference. Yeah, it'd be nice to be able to enter > city, political subdivision, higher political subdivision, still higher > ps, country, or some such, but ... Explanatory notes are always > helpful to the reader. As I've said before, here, if I'm not mistaken, my street address is (religiously) in 3 church parishes, an LDS Ward, is "served" by 8 other Christian denominations and a couple independent congregations, as well as three Jewish congregations and two Hindu temples. It has a EMT designation, a real estate designation, a water-company designation, an electric company designation, a natural-gas company designation, a postal address. However unique that combination of designations IS, no one wants them in a PLACE NAME field. And, I'm blinked if I can see the usefulness of any of 'em 80 years from now...when they will ALL have changed. But, if you want to put them in the notes (i.e., record them), your time, your database. But for the love of Mike don't send me "4t7s49" as a place and expect me to know at a glance which company uses it as a designator. Cheryl