Re: [Gramps-users] American County advice

[Dave S. <dav...@gm...>]

Hi Martin,

In this particular case, I'd Locate it  in Cape Girardeau county. Looking
at it's wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Girardeau,_Missouri
more than 95% of the city is in Cape Girardeau county.

Another thing to consider, are the records stored at the county level and
if so, which one.

In my part of the U.S., communities are only ever in one county. County
lines are easy to move.

I suppose you can put both counties in the enclosed by tab with no dates
and with Cape Girardeau county as the primary.

Dave

PS: I add the wiki page in under the Internet tab.

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Ron Johnson <ron...@co...> wrote:

>
> Typically in situations like this, the town is *predominately* in one
> county.  When there's less than a smidge in one county, I'd create a county
> Place named "Cape Girardeau and Scott".  Unless, of course, you know the
> address and can determine which county they actually live in.
>
> Wikipedia is really useful in these situations.
>
>
> On 03/22/2017 07:39 AM, Martnal wrote:
>
> I have a relative born in Cape Girardeau, a city in Cape Girardeau and Scott
> counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.
>
> How should I handle that, when I want to specify what geographic entity
> surrounds the city of Cape Girardeau?  Do I say it is individually
> surrounded by them both?  To clarify, do I make two entries under
> 'Surrounded by', or do I create a new entry for the two counties together?
>
> Thanks,  Martin
>
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