Rod, I and others have mentioned that we record our ancestors place of birth etc the way it appeared at the time. just as important is to use an Atlas from that period, ie, the Phillimores Atlas, as it details little hamlets and towns no longer in existence or not mentioned in modern day times. Yorkshire is divided into Ridings in the Phillimore Atlas, and apart from that, it lists when events, such as Christenings, Weddings and burials took place in a Church and also when the Church was in existence, all these things are important when looking for say a baptism of someone who you knew to have been born in Tim Buck Too, you cannot automatically put they were baptised in Tim bucktoo as there may not have been a Church there at the time, so this is where the Phillimore Atlas is very useful. It will state whether or not there was a Church in existence and when the vents started as some Churches may have had say Baptisms but not weddings or burials at the time it was first buil! t. The Atlas also shows repositories for different records you may need.It comes on CD now and would have been updated from the Had copy. Not much point looking into a modern atlas for your ancestors movements becasue of all the baoundary changes, name changes, tha t have taken place since your ancestors time. Edie ------------------------------------------ From: Rod Moulding via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> To: gwil_lee@msn.com; yorksgen@rootsweb.com; Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] Sculcoates I've been watching this thread, which is (as Peter says) rather important. I've been surprised that no-one has enunciated the simple principle that so many of us follow: this is, record a place or address as it was at the time the event referred to happened.