I am more inclined to use the name of the place according to the years it was called a certain name and not what it has become since. It can be said that the place name has changed since to such and such, but at the time of say 1850 it was called such and such. Maybe easier to write a note to explain the name had changed. Borders changed as well even if the place name hadnt at that time. I always put say Halifax, WRY, England or UK, mainly as there is a Halifax in Canada and other places. So to put in England is important. In Australia a lot of English County names and towns are used as is in America so I think UK or England is important otherwise as someone else pointed out international reseachers could be confused. For instance, when our family came to Tasmania the earlier records said they lived at Morven, Van Diemans Land in 1856 , in 1857 it became Tasmania, even though they were the same area but with a name change, I would call them what they were at the time. ! I wouldnt call it Evandale in 1856 because that is what it had become in 1857,it would have been written as Morven or Evandale, Van diemans land as that is what Tasmania was called until 1857. Consistency of how you write a place especially in a program is important in the source citation, otherwise you end up with a lot of different citations for the same place and they build up. I am told that if you use 'Create a Book' to publish your book for the family, 'Create a Book' makes you go back and correct any errors or inconsistencies. That takes time. A friend who has written three books now from Create a Book had to correct repeat records. Edie ------------------------------------------ From: gillian via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> To: ovington.one@gmail.com; yorksgen@rootsweb.com; Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] Sculcoates I tend to go with the record rather than the riding as many if not most of my paternal family are around York and so change area like a yoyo so as said previously it's York, Yorkshire I look at the issue as how would my children interpret my findings if they ever decide to have an interest Gillian Cattell Off to York on Sunday ?