The generally accepted way to enter places is to enter them as they were at the date of the event. If a municipality was in County A in 1824, any records would most likely be found in county A even though the municipality is now in county B. Skippy wrote: > > > What is the proper way to indicate a non county > > > area? I'd like to be able to save other researchers the extra work > > > if possible. > have a couple in my family tree that married in Tazewell, > Illinois, USA in 1824. In 1823 this would have been Sangamon > County, in 1824 it became a non county area and in 1827 it became > Tazewell County. This does not make sense to me. Are you making these assumptions from what is contained in records you have seen or what a history of the political subdivisions of Illinois contains. I suggest that you pose your question on an Illinois list. bob gillis > > > Skippy <[email protected]> > > > > > I generally use the location that represents today---so that future > > searches make sense. I then explain the rest in the notes. > > > > Wayne Howell <[email protected]> > > Gensearch > > Thanks for the reply. That's pretty much what I've been doing. I'm > just trying to learn the "right" way as I go <g> > > Nora