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From: "Germanna" <>
Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] (1819)Germanna Colonies, History of
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:27:36 -0500
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John points out a true dilemma that we all face from time to time.
I think he is right on both points.
Birth, marriage and death places should always be recorded in the context of
the time they occurred, then a note placed in the proper place to indicate
that although the name changed the place remained the same. Using
parenthesis as EdrieAnne suggests, although she completely understands the
system, can lead to confusion for the researcher who sees this years later.
For instance, suppose someone is reading her information in the year 2054,
and they see that John Doe was born in Orange (Culpeper) (Madison) county.
Does this mean that the author wasn't sure which county it was? Or does this
mean that the person was born in the village of Orange, or Culpeper in
Madison county? So to avoid any confusion it is always best to put only the
information requested in the computer forms and then make a note in the
notes section as to the correct information in the forms.

Now as to the Hebron Church dilemma, it is hard to say which is correct and
easiest for all to understand. Of course one could print the title of the
Book as "Baptisms in the Dutch, German Lutheran, Lutheran, Madison Lutheran,
Hebron Church" this is obviously too long and would take up the entire page.
Also it would look like John had written a book on the baptisms in five
different churches. Another option would be to title the book "Baptisms in
the Church now known as Hebron Church". But again this can be confusing.
There may be no answer to this dilemma.

As an example of this one I offer the following: I grew up in Miami in the
1950s and 60s. We always marched in the Orange Bowl Parade. In the late
1960s they changed the name to "The King Orange Jamboree Parade", later they
came to their senses and changed it to "The Orange Bowl Festival Parade".
Now in my feeble mind it was, is, and always will be the Orange Bowl Parade.
The same is true of the world famous football game of the same name. It was
the Orange Bowl Game for 50 years, until Blockbuster Video bought
sponsorship of it in the 1990s. Obviously the correct name of the game is
now The Blockbuster Bowl, but for anyone of our age range, if you mention
the Blockbuster Game, we are going to wonder what you are talking about,
while if you refer to the Orange Bowl Game there is no question in our
minds. In another 50 years no one will have ever heard of the Orange Bowl,
but for now it poses a dilemma.

So, contemporary references to Hebron Church are easily understood, simply
because interest in the history of this church has, in the 20th century been
referred to as Hebron. Again a note can be included (as John does) in the
forward, as to the former names of the church in question.

Any other thoughts on this?

Thom
"Old People are like Libraries On Fire, we must read their books before it's
too late."
Researching: Alligood, Blizzard, Council, Cross, Downen, Faircloth, Farmer,
Grissom, Hunsaker, McMillan, South, Thaggard, Wallace, Yeager.
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From: "John Blankenbaker" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 9:44 AM
Subject: [GERMANNA] (1819)Germanna Colonies, History of


> The eighteen hundred and nineteenth note in a series on the Germanna
Colonies
>
> Recently a question was raised as to what county should be used to
identify
> where events happened. For example, a man could be born in a house,
married
> in the same house, and die also in the same house. Suppose when the birth
> occurred that the house was in Orange County, when the marriage occurred
> the house was in Culpeper County, and when he died the house was in
Madison
> County.


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