My own opinion is the same as Ken's. Always give the place of birth, marriage and/or death as that place was known at that time. Then add a note with the present day name of the place. Good question. Thanks!! At 03:12 PM 11/12/2000 -0500, you wrote: >In a message dated 11/11/00 10:25:06 AM Eastern Standard Time, >julie0521@earthlink.net writes: > ><< Subj: HCC lookup > Date: 11/11/00 10:25:06 AM Eastern Standard Time > From: julie0521@earthlink.net (Julie ) > Reply-to: julie0521@earthlink.net > To: kwsroots@aol.com > > Ken - Rather than a look-up, I have a general "how-to" question that you > may be able to help me with. My question is how to handle historical place > names that have changed names. > > One example would be the city of Osnabruck. Today it is a city in Lower > Saxony in Germany, but it had a tumultuous history: > > until 1801, Osnabruck was independent and ruled by a Prince Bishop. > In 1801, it was overrun by the Prussians > In 1803, it was invaded by Napoleon's France > In 1805, the Prussians were back > In 1806, the French returned and Osnabruck was part of the French Empire. > In 1814, it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Hanover. > > What would be the proper way to record the life events, recognizing the > geo-political boundaries of that period: > > Person 1 born 1624 in Osnabruck > Person 2 born 1802 in Osnabruck, Prussia > Person 3 born 1804 in Osnabruck, France > Person 4 born 1815 in Osnabruck, Hanover. > > or record them all with today's boundaries--Osnabruck, Lower Saxony, > Germany? > > I know that this request is a bit outside of you normal scope for volunteer > look-ups. I have unsuccessfully searched for the answer and thought you > may be able to steer me in the correct direction. Thanks for any help that > you may be able to provide. > > _Julie >> > >Hi Julie, > >I'm afraid I don't know how much help I can be. Saying "this request is a bit >outside of your normal scope" is like saying the election results in Florida >are a bit unsettled. > >In any event, I'm sending a copy of your request to the Mail List in hopes >that there are others who may better help you. > >One possibility of accommodation, using your example for Person 2, would be >to say that Person 2 was born 1802 in Osnabruck, Prussia, and then add >parenthetically "(present day Osnabruck, Lower Saxony, Germany)." > >Huron County, Ohio, in its formative stages in the early 1800's, had >townships going hither and yon, combining and separating, some being annexed >to adjacent counties. Ruggles township, for example, was part of Huron County >until 1846 when it became part of adjacent Ashland County, Ohio. So, as >another example, it might be acceptable to say, that in 1844, "Jacob Smith >settled on section 2, lot 27 in Ruggles Township, Huron County, Ohio (present >day Ashland County, Ohio)." > >Hope you get some good suggestions from the Mail List. > >Regards, > >Ken Shute, in MD (kwsroots@aol.com). > > >==== OHHURON Mailing List ==== >SEARCH the OHHURON-L "archives". >All past posts to the mailing list can be found at >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >Just type OHHURON in the box. >Then search on any keyword(s) you wish. Peace, Judy Chapin Kelble President Huron County Chapter / OGS List Owner Huron County Chapter / OGS mail list Webmaster Huron County Chapter/OGS http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohhuron Assistant State Coordinator OHGenWeb http://www.scioto.org/OHGenWeb