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Re: Alternate Place Names - Proper Documentation

Marco Scavo  (View posts) Posted: 16 Nov 2012 12:45AM GMT
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Beth,

An addendum, and one I'm feeling a bit silly about omitting from my first response. Back in the days of handwritten family group sheets and typewriters, which wasn't so long ago, many genealogists used historical place names with references to their contemporary names/jurisdictions in parentheses, thus...

Marienthal, Russia (now Marienka, Ukraine)
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Marienthal (now Marienka), Russia (now Ukraine)
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