Re: [Gramps-users] Place names in GRAMPS

[Tom W. <to...@ad...>]

Ahh, yes it is easy when you are dealing with the USA, I also list City, 
County, State, Country, but not all places in the world fit this model.  For 
instance have relatives who came from the former Prussian city (now Germany) 
of Stressow.  

So how do I list this?

Stressow, (I don't think there were counties), Provance of Saxony, Kingdom of 
Prussia, German Empire

Not all places fit this model and I am struggling with this.

A second quesiton.  Do people list places as they exist today or as they were 
called at the time of the event?  Many places have changes names or at least 
countries in Europe over the years.

Tom Weichmann

On Friday 07 September 2007 08:56, David and Janet wrote:
> As I see it - after much conceptual struggle!  ;-)
>
> A place is a geographic location on the earth.  A place is NOT the
> building or structure located at that point.  The land use is an
> appropriate note.
>
> The "place name" at the top of the Places window is simply a title to be
> used in reports and screens.  Enter it as you wish to see it.  In order
> for the automatic place name filling function to be meaningful there
> should be some generality here.  Once a place is entered in the database
> try to use the automatic function to keep the display consistent and the
> number of places manageable.  It would be best if your place name was
> specific enough to actually find the location on the ground or on a map
> of the period in question.  I use the name as it was when the event
> happened.  Some examples from my database: Baldwinsville, Onondaga, NY,
> US of A or Plainville, Lysander, Onondaga, NY, US of A - village,
> township, county, state, country.
>
> The specifics of a place are entered below.  Bend the meanings of the
> fields to suit the custom of the country involved but keep them
> consistent (written?).  Although you do not have to enter anything in
> those places it is nice to be able to sort place names on a field for
> review.