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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Recording Townships
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 09:20:59 -0400
References: <614C5AB620A41B4EB9F5A388AAEC730624FCFE@indymo2.reillyind.com>


"Wesley, Debbie" wrote:
>
>
> I have to admit - while there has been interesting discussion around which
> parts of the country are more dependent on township records, I am still
> curious as to how many of you who depend on the township records record
> them. I am thinking of
>
> City: Cynthiana, Smith Twp.
> County: Posy Co.
> State: IN
>
You can put Cynthiana in the Detail or combined with the township in the
City field, The report output will look the same.

I put villages, hamlets and other unincorporated places in the detail
and incorporated municipalities in the City.

You can put a church or cemetery and a village in the detail: The Third
Parish Church, Annisquam, Gloucester, Essex County MA.

>
> Also I have not been consistant in my place entry as to abbriviations and am
> planning on cleaning up there. Any comments on the virtues of
>
> Smith Twp., Posey Co., IN
>
> as compared to
>
> Smith Township, Posey County, Indiana
>
> The first takes less room - the second reads better. Who uses what and why?
>

I like the spelled out Township and County. The extra file space is
minisule as each place combination is a speparate entry in the place
file and is not repeated in each tag.

I started a long time ago using the state abbreviations: MA or NS. I am
now creating short place names with the full state name: Massachusetts
or Nova Scotia. The SPL should be called Alternate Place Name.

bob gillis

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