Like it Ken. But hey, there is no 'right' way. We are researching as a hobby not, usually, as some academic exercise. Do what suits you. I almost always use Chapman codes, State and Province codes. Why not? I know what they mean, and don't get confused. My wife was born in Bath, Somerset UK. We married in Bath, Avon UK, and my in-laws subsequently died in Bath, BANES (Bath and North East Somerset) UK. All the same place; different times; different designations. My records show, for all four events on UK exclusive tree, 'Bath SOM' - suits me. Roger Goacher Researching the surname Goacher & variants anytime anywhere www.goacher.org -----Original Message----- From: Ken Toll Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2017 10:33 AM To: Goons mailing list Subject: Re: [G] Place Names Marie, Just a contrary thought... - IF - I leave the locations somewhat ambiguous, perhaps visitors will get in touch, rather than rob the data and run! ...And just maybe I'll learn something from their research as well... Ken --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Just to repeat so no one is in any doubt. the "Historic County" Boundaries WERE NOT CHANGED in 1974. What was changed was the "Administrative County" Boundary. So Bath is still in the "Historic County" of Somerset as it always has been. But yes will of moved from the "Administrative County" of Somerset to the "Administrative County" of Avon to the "Administrative County" of Bath & North East Somerset. So when applying the term "County" need to be absolutely sure if talking about an "Historic County" or an "Administrative County". So where records are to be found could depend on which "Administrative County" a particular place was in at a certain time. But it will still never of moved from the "Historic County". So when doing recording of places need to be sure if you are referring to the "Historic" or the "Administrative" County. I suspect that most of us use the "Historic County" when recording the places. Except possibly for London. As the "Administrative County" of London is made up of parts of Middlesex,Surrey,Kent,Essex etc and it's Boundaries constantly change. But is constituent parts are still within the old "Historic Counties" Tim Treeby. On 11/03/2017 14:00, Roger Goacher wrote: > Like it Ken. > > But hey, there is no 'right' way. We are researching as a hobby not, > usually, as some academic exercise. Do what suits you. I almost > always use Chapman codes, State and Province codes. Why not? I know > what they mean, and don't get confused. > > My wife was born in Bath, Somerset UK. We married in Bath, Avon UK, > and my in-laws subsequently died in Bath, BANES (Bath and North East > Somerset) UK. All the same place; different times; different > designations. My records show, for all four events on UK exclusive > tree, 'Bath SOM' - suits me. > > Roger Goacher > Researching the surname Goacher & variants anytime anywhere > www.goacher.org > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus