Early on May 3, 2020, Steve inquired, via email:
"I'm looking for some sage (meaning an opinion other than my own) advice
on ... names. ... Might there be a "Family History Learning Moment" coming up?"
In response, instead of saying "yes, there are many Family History Learning Moments associated with people and place names," Michael Dindinger wrote, on the 3rd of May, 2020 via email, advice on the Names of Persons, Names of Places, and even how Dates work so that people can figure out what is what:
Steve considered this pure gold, so he broke the email down into a four post series, of which this one forms an introduction. Other than the formatting, minimal changes have been made to Michael's thoughts on this important and often misunderstood series of topics, namely how best to record the names of people you are interested in, the places they lived, worked, or visited, and when all the events occurred so that it is understood by future generations. Without futher ado, Heeere's Michael!
Family History Learning Moment
by Michael W. Dindinger, via email on 3 May 2020
This is a topic that may need some pondering and action as you suggested. Let me give some basics for our members to consider regarding names, places, and dates. These suggestions should not be taken as a hard rule – but works for me.
Intro - This Post
Suggestions for recording the Names of People
Suggestions for recording Place Names
Suggestions for recording Dates
There are certainly more current rules. I would have to do a bit of researching as I have not looked at this topic for a number of years. The key is the different softwares used. Likewise, it depends on the data you have in the large systems i.e. Ancestry, FamilySearch, MyHeritage, and FindMyPast.
"I'm looking for some sage (meaning an opinion other than my own) advice
on ... names. ... Might there be a "Family History Learning Moment" coming up?"
In response, instead of saying "yes, there are many Family History Learning Moments associated with people and place names," Michael Dindinger wrote, on the 3rd of May, 2020 via email, advice on the Names of Persons, Names of Places, and even how Dates work so that people can figure out what is what:
Steve considered this pure gold, so he broke the email down into a four post series, of which this one forms an introduction. Other than the formatting, minimal changes have been made to Michael's thoughts on this important and often misunderstood series of topics, namely how best to record the names of people you are interested in, the places they lived, worked, or visited, and when all the events occurred so that it is understood by future generations. Without futher ado, Heeere's Michael!
Family History Learning Momentby Michael W. Dindinger, via email on 3 May 2020
This is a topic that may need some pondering and action as you suggested. Let me give some basics for our members to consider regarding names, places, and dates. These suggestions should not be taken as a hard rule – but works for me.
Intro - This Post
Suggestions for recording the Names of People
Suggestions for recording Place Names
Suggestions for recording Dates
There are certainly more current rules. I would have to do a bit of researching as I have not looked at this topic for a number of years. The key is the different softwares used. Likewise, it depends on the data you have in the large systems i.e. Ancestry, FamilySearch, MyHeritage, and FindMyPast.
