I would agree with Peter I record the place name as found in the period Some places simply didn't exist in the period of the event so why would I record it there I guess the addition of England or whatever country of origin, becomes more important if you are in another country, personally I only record the country if its in the original record or the person is in another country, such as the USA or Australia etc Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 31/03/2016 08:25, Peter J Richardson via wrote: > Hello Kathryne, > > I try to record the information that was correct at the time that the event > was recorded. My great great great grandfather married there in 1816 and I > have recorded it as being Sculcoates, Yorkshire East Riding. If I had an > event to record after the Ridings disappeared that would mean that > Sculcoates would be recorded non-uniformally. > > Another example that occurs in my family is some of the areas of southern > Sheffield. Back in the 1840s they were in Derbyshire, then they became part > of Yorkshire West Riding, then the metropolitan country of South Yorkshire. > I would try to use the one that was relevant to the event being recorded. > > Regards > Peter --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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 ???? Sent from my iPhone > On 31 Mar 2016, at 09:31, Nivard Ovington via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > I would agree with Peter > > I record the place name as found in the period > > Some places simply didn't exist in the period of the event so why would > I record it there > > I guess the addition of England or whatever country of origin, becomes > more important if you are in another country, personally I only record > the country if its in the original record or the person is in another > country, such as the USA or Australia etc > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > >> On 31/03/2016 08:25, Peter J Richardson via wrote: >> Hello Kathryne, >> >> I try to record the information that was correct at the time that the event >> was recorded. My great great great grandfather married there in 1816 and I >> have recorded it as being Sculcoates, Yorkshire East Riding. If I had an >> event to record after the Ridings disappeared that would mean that >> Sculcoates would be recorded non-uniformally. >> >> Another example that occurs in my family is some of the areas of southern >> Sheffield. Back in the 1840s they were in Derbyshire, then they became part >> of Yorkshire West Riding, then the metropolitan country of South Yorkshire. >> I would try to use the one that was relevant to the event being recorded. >> >> Regards >> Peter > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message