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Showing posts with label Place Names. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Place Names. Show all posts
Part 3 - Test of the Best
Names of Foreign Places
Hello all,
Last year, Michael Dindinger made an excellent post on place names. Mostly, the rules he cites are valid for foreign and domestic places. That post may be reviewed, here. Later in the year, Steve Averill made a presentation on place names. That post is here - the slides discussing place are 14 through 34. During the presentation, Diane Carter made the excellent point that different lineage societies have different requirements about how to record place names. Notes and detail comments can accommodate these differing requirements without confusing people looking at the family history.
Today, we take a look at a specific example of foreign place names - in this case, Sweden. The same principles would apply to Czech or English or Norwegian place names. In particular, I look at the case of Anna Eleonora Eriksdotter (American name was Anna Elenora Erickson and later, Anna Norland).
Person and Place Names Presented in August at NBGS Zoom Meeting
Hello all,
I plan to publish the proceedings of our August meeting as an embedded video, but I'm not there yet. In the meantime, a pdf in Google Docs of the charts may be accessed below.
Persons, Places, Dates and Keeping Things Straight
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!
"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!
Place Locations in Genealogical Research
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Family History Learning Moment
by Michael W. Dindinger, via email on 3 May 2020
Places - Four basic rules govern the entry of place names:
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Family History Learning Momentby Michael W. Dindinger, via email on 3 May 2020
Places - Four basic rules govern the entry of place names:
1. Always enter the place name as known on the day the event took place in the place name field. Never use “formerly” or “now” in a place name field. Getting It Right: Data Entry Standards for Genealogists © 2010 Judith Schaefer Phelps 4 [ Like I stated previously, there may be a better source on this now]
