Tom Wetmore wrote: >> Isn't that where I came in this round? I did not know and >> was unable to discover whether "word" was a house-name, a >> church parish, a town, a district, or what-the-flip. I was >> all too aware that it could be any of 'em or none of 'em. >> Having a list that verified it could be any of 'em wouldn't >> have been helpful in the least. > > If you don't know anything about a place name, not even what > kind of a place it is, you don't. What is your point? All a place > authority can do in that case is give you a full list of > resolved locations that it knows about that has your word as > one of the locations' name components. If you're lucky the > list of locations may give you a clue. I found that most folks saw my point. It has zip-city to do with hierarchies and list authorities. It has quite a bit to do with communication between genealogists.