From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Feb 23 11:23:10 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1NINAjb006915; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:23:10 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1NIN9EU019032 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:23:09 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k1NFriFI013003 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:53:44 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k1NFriRH013002 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:53:44 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k1NEliFI012831 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:47:44 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k1NHGuWq025527 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:16:56 -0700 X-Envelope-From: treviawbeverly@houston.rr.com Thu Feb 23 10:16:55 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1NHGtjb025518 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:16:55 -0700 Received: from ms-smtp-02-eri0.texas.rr.com (ms-smtp-02.texas.rr.com [24.93.47.41]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1NHGq6S021766 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:16:53 -0700 Received: from oemcomputer (cpe-24-175-91-92.houston.res.rr.com [24.175.91.92]) by ms-smtp-02-eri0.texas.rr.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k1NHGZAQ001147; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:16:35 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <002d01c6389d$5002cea0$6401a8c0@oemcomputer> From: "Trevia W Beverly" To: "Shannon McKay Carroll" , References: Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] How to list city-county-state? Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:19:32 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1506 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com When we had this discussion a couple of weeks ago --- I think it was on this list --- we had a number of ways done by different people. Some of us, from the 'old school' - like me - maintain a natural way ... If speaking, would you say I'm from Yell Co, Dardanelle, AR or would you say Dardanelle, Yell Co AR? The important piece of info is the county .... because it is by that the records are searched for.... if you have the city/town, all well & good..... there was a time when county must have been abbreviated cty but I think when genealogy came into play most people went with Co and the official two-letter cap for the state ... The use of Co should not confuse people with CO (Colorado). I go with Dardanelle, Yell Co AR Consistency is important, and I'd take the time to clean up my records ... not too difficult if you are using a genealogy program ... -twb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shannon McKay Carroll" To: Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 8:24 AM Subject: [ROOTS-L] How to list city-county-state? > Which is the correct way to list a person's place of birth, residence, > death, etc? Should it be city, county, state, or county, city, state, or...? > > For example, do I list Yell County, Dardanelle, Arkansas? Or is it > Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas? I have been inconsistent in my notes, and > fear I must go back in and clean up...! > > Thank you, > Shannon in Connecticut