"D. Stussy" wrote: > On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Kevin Shelly wrote: > >"D. Stussy" wrote: > >> On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Robert Heiling wrote: > >> >"Henry F. Brownlee" wrote: > >> >> On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 21:20:21 GMT, "D. Stussy" <kd6lvw@bde-arc.ampr.org> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> >I would find BOTH of those wrong, as it does not indicate the COUNTRY. > >> >> >Locations in the USA MUST SAY SO to be correct. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> Perhaps for those who do not live in the USA. But for those of us who do, it > >> >> is a given. And I doubt even those in Great Britain (oops - the UK) will > >> >> think that New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana is other than in the USA. > >> >> But then, I have been wrong once before. > >> > > >> >But what do you put down for country if the event predates the Louisiana > >> >Purchase?<g? > >> > >> I use the MODERN name if the place has one. Why? It makes it alot easier to > >> find on a map should one want to GO there. My database allows notes for place > >> names, so I list all alternate names (if relevant) it was known by there (or if > >> it were a place part of a neighboring town, the other town's name, so as to > >> note that records may be found "over there; not here"). > > > >But, I sometimes find it useful to use the county that was correct at > >the time instead of the current county. When looking for records > >relating to that event, you need to know which county courthouse to look > >in or which county's census records to use. > > So? That information would be in the NOTE attached to the place name, at least > in my database (since such is supported and as I said above). NOTE's are always important when clarification might be needed. When filling in the fields of city, county, state, country even though "city" might be some small Minnesota town or small French village and "state" may be a Bundesland, or "county" might even be a parish<g>, there is still a date attached to the entry. What then does that date refer to? Bob > >> So, as an example: > >> New Orleans, Jefferson [Parish], LA, USA > >> would be used even for those events prior to 1803 when it was still owned by > >> France (Parish is used instead of County in Louisiana), or > >> Newbury, Essex, MA, USA > >> would be used even in 1639 when it was chartered under colonial rule by > >> England. > >> > >> ONE NAME for a place makes things easier.....