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). >> 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.....