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From: "Dennis Przybyla" <>
Subject: Re: [RMagic] Place Finder
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 09:25:14 -0800
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This is a good reason to have everything spelled out completely. I have been
going through my database and making sure that full names are used and that
they are correct for that time period.
Thanks,
Dennis Przybyla
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Thompson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: [RMagic] Place Finder
> I found that if I spell out the state, I don't need to add the country.
It was because of
> this that I was searching in the wrong place for the past year and half.
I thought that
> they had meant Connecticut when they meant Canada. It was Cn and it never
crossed my mind
> that it was not where most of my other ancestors lived. I finally found
the proper
> location when I located them in the census reports. Now I can start all
over. If the
> location is not of the usa, then I include the country.
>
> Keith Thompson
>
> Dennis Przybyla wrote:
>
> > This is ok for a database you are not sharing but if people share there
> > database an don't include the country then it will be confusing for
people
> > who don't live in the same country as you. Americans are not the only
ones
> > doing genealogy. If I got a database from someone from France and they
> > didn't put the country name because it was assumed to be in france but
they
> > had other contries included (Maybe even some information that was
inported
> > from a person who assumed all their records were from USA) then it would
get
> > really confusing.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dennis Przybyla
> > Chairman - FanCC Core Council
> > Team Leader - Netbook of Equipment
> > Team Leader - Netbook of Spells and Magic
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Betty Stokes" <>
> > To: "Dennis Przybyla" <>
> > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 6:52 AM
> > Subject: Re: [RMagic] Place Finder
> >
> > > I agree except about USA. All places in my database are assumed to be
USA.
> > > If something comes in USA, I delete it. It takes up space and place I
want
> > > for something else. If I had foreign families, I would probably use
it.
> > What
> > > I do is use the foreign place names (I either haven't found them, or
don't
> > > have any until about 1830 on some one of my husband's families and on
> > mine,
> > > I either haven't found them or I don't find them until the 1700s.
> > >
> > > Betty
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Dennis Przybyla" <>
> > > To: <>
> > > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 2:39 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [RMagic] Place Finder
> > >
> > >
> > > > I agree with using the name of the place at the time of the event. I
am
> > > > working on a document that will help me figure out what county it
was
> > > before
> > > > it changed to what it is now. I am very interested in the program
Bruce
> > > > pointed out (Only if I had the money now).This is very important to
me
> > > > because the event happened in one county and not another. and Yes I
have
> > > > different events in the same city that occur in different counties
> > because
> > > > they have changed. I think any real genealogist would use the real
facts
> > > and
> > > > not throw something together because that is what it is now. This is
how
> > > > things get confused. I also think they should be correct on States,
> > > > Territories, and Countries. I find more genealogy data that do not
have
> > > > complete place names. Most of them forget to add United States of
> > America
> > > to
> > > > places in that country. And remember the USA didn't exist before 4
July
> > > 1776
> > > > (I have seen people use USA before this date).
> > > >
> > > > If you are going to record an event make sure it is correct.
> > > >
> > > > By the way the Place Finder Database is the current data not
historical
> > > > data; however it has some historical sites in it.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Dennis Przybyla
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Debbe Hagner" <>
> > > > To: <>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 6:43 PM
> > > > Subject: [RMagic] Place Finder
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Is that Place Finder base on modern name of towns and counties....
> > > > >
> > > > > I notice that I typed Fussville.... and it showed up as Waukesha
Co,
> > WI
> > > > which is correct in the OLD days BUT later it was incorpated into
> > > Menominee
> > > > Falls... You will not
> > > > > find Fussville on the map.
> > > > >
> > > > > West Bend show up as West Bend, Palo Alto, Iowa BUT County line is
> > > divided
> > > > in the middle of the town... So it is West Bend, Kossuth, IA and
West
> > > Bend,
> > > > Palo Alto, IA
> > > > >
> > > > > Atlas is listed as Altas, Genesee, MI But it was also called
Atlas,
> > > > Lapeer. MI
> > > > >
> > > > > Bruce is it possible to put date on these or indicate that these
are
> > > > modern names....
> > > > > We should use the name of the town and county it is AT THE TIME OF
THE
> > > > EVENTS.... and not the modern names of the Town, County, State.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyone find any errors in the Place Finder??
> > > > >
> > > > > Debbe
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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