Re: Locations (was: Re: FamilySearch introducing errors)

From	knuttle <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net>
Newsgroups	soc.genealogy.britain, soc.genealogy.computing, soc.genealogy.misc, alt.genealogy, england.genealogy.misc
Subject	Re: Locations (was: Re: FamilySearch introducing errors)
Date	2021-10-30 18:06 -0400
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On 10/30/2021 10:38 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Oct 2021 at 08:51:32, knuttle <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> 

> [I'd rather switch to top-down - country, state/province/county, place - 
> because then location lists would come in a sensible order (all the 
> England places together, ditto all the US ones) rather than listing New 
> Jersey, New York, and New Zealand next to each other - but can't, 
> because in the software I use (Brother's Keeper) the autocomplete 
> function for locations (F8) currently is only starts-with rather than 
> contains, so I'd have to scroll through all the England places.]

It would be nice to be able to search on each of the segments of the 
place name.   ie if the location is:Milan Twp. Allen Co, Indiana
It would be nice to be able to search on Milan or Allen or Indiana.

> Actually, that's one slight snag with your "use the modern name" policy 
> - when there's a major border move, and/or completely new county, what 
> was the modern name ceases to be so, so global changes are needed. 
> Probably less of a problem in the US as I don't think state boundaries 
> change much. (I don't know about US counties.)

There is one major situation like this in the US.  That is the state of 
West Virginia.   Prior to the 1860 this whole state was part of 
Virginia.  Because the citizens of that area prefered the Union they 
stayed with the north, and became a new state.

Again I handle this location like others,  If I have an ancestor whose 
home was in Virgina in 1850 and it became West Virginia after the 
1860's, I list the location as West Virginia. With a note.

I have family who originated in Germany, I can find their German home on 
the map, but have much difficulty during research indentifying the 
historical area, or more important find the historical area on a modern map.

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FamilySearch introducing errors Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2021-10-29 10:07 +0200
  Re: FamilySearch introducing errors Ian Goddard <ianng@austonley.org.uk> - 2021-10-29 09:48 +0100
    Re: FamilySearch introducing errors Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2021-10-30 06:54 +0200
      Re: FamilySearch introducing errors Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> - 2021-10-30 08:38 +0100
        Re: FamilySearch introducing errors Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2021-10-31 20:32 +0200
      Re: FamilySearch introducing errors knuttle <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> - 2021-10-30 08:51 -0400
        Locations (was: Re: FamilySearch introducing errors) "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-10-30 15:38 +0100
          Re: Locations (was: Re: FamilySearch introducing errors) knuttle <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> - 2021-10-30 18:06 -0400
      Re: FamilySearch introducing errors Ian Goddard <ianng@austonley.org.uk> - 2021-10-30 16:02 +0100
        Re: FamilySearch introducing errors "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-10-30 16:23 +0100
          Re: FamilySearch introducing errors Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2021-10-31 20:34 +0200
        Re: FamilySearch introducing errors Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2021-10-31 20:26 +0200
      Re: FamilySearch introducing errors Ian Goddard <ianng@austonley.org.uk> - 2021-10-31 17:25 +0000
    Re: FamilySearch introducing errors Ian Goddard <ianng@austonley.org.uk> - 2022-02-14 23:23 +0000
      Re: FamilySearch introducing errors Daniel65 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2022-02-15 22:42 +1100
      Re: FamilySearch introducing errors Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2022-02-16 07:45 +0200
      Re: FamilySearch introducing errors cecilia <myths@ic24.net> - 2022-02-16 09:34 +0000
      Re: FamilySearch introducing errors Nigel Reed <sysop@endofthelinebbs.com> - 2022-02-22 14:15 -0600
        Re: FamilySearch introducing errors Ian Goddard <ianng@austonley.org.uk> - 2022-02-23 15:45 +0000
          Re: FamilySearch introducing errors Nigel Reed <sysop@endofthelinebbs.com> - 2022-02-24 17:34 -0600

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