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Place naming convention

By John O |
Genealogy Chat

Hi all, I am tidying up my tree a bit in conjunction with Family Tree Maker (FTM). Part of the clean up operation is place names. I was just wondering how people recorded Walton on the Hill, or Walton-on-the-Hill? FTM has the latter offering.

Another sticking point is Ireland and I was wondering if people record a location as Ireland before 1922 and then Northern Ireland after independence. FTM only has Northern Ireland. I know I'm probably being picky, but I treat them differently before and after and as they were or are known. 

Also, for the likes of Kirkdale, Everton, Fazakerley etc, do they just record Liverpool, Lancashire, England or Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England (or Merseyside after 1974!), or if a census return had West Derby, Lancashire, do you go with that?

Just interested to see how other people do things!

Thanks, John

 

I don't think I've used Walton on the Hill, but I might be lazy and not type in the hyphens, does it add your input to its database once you have used it once?

I always use Kirkdale, Everton, Fazakerley etc. followed by Liverpool or Lancashire, I consider them different places but within the bounds of Liverpool.  If I didn't enter the suburbs into my tree I wouldn't know which part they lived/were born in etc. 

West Derby, if listed on a census I always thought meant the village/town of West Derby, it's only different in my mind when it's the Registration District, so yes West Derby, Lancashire.

 

Thanks Mary, they were my thoughts. Liverpool is too big to not split down by district. I know a lot of the bMDs come under West Derby Registration District but again that is too broad an area and need a more local identifier.