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From RootsWeb Review: Vol. 6, No. 30, 23 July 2003. - "Putting Your Ancestors in Their Places" By Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com (Article encourages the elimination of abbreviations in place names.)
"The general rule about recording localities (places) is to start from the smallest and go to largest: village/town, then county/parish, then province/state, and finally the country. If you know only the town or city in which a genealogical event occurred, consult a gazetteer to find the name of the county, parish, province, etc. that it is in.When you know the
U.S. town, but not the county, type in the name of town and
state here:
http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi
Lost in the British Isles? Here is its
country and county codes:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Regions/Codes.html
Looking for Maps, Gazetteers &
Geographical Information?
http://www.cyndislist.com/maps.htm
Stumbled over an abbreviation you can't find
the answer to? Check "Abbreviations Found in Genealogy"
here:
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Abbreviations_Found_in_Genealogy_Records
See also Dictionaries & Glossaries on
Cyndi's List:
http://www.cyndislist.com/diction.htm
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