TMGW Place Styles

The Place Style may be used to format the output for reports.  Labels of place fields may be customized and thus help remind the user what data should be entered into which place field.  The US Standard Place Style may be used for almost all places although the user may need to make adjustments o regarding what data is entered in which field and thus the Style may not be completely satisfactory.  Thus, the user may wish to create Custom Place Styles for more specific uses.  These may be for different countries, different geo-political units of a country, for specific business places, different styles for different time periods of a country, etc.  The following Custom Place Styles have been suggested by various users:

• Suggested by Teresa Elliott:

  Churches	<at [Church]> in <[City]><, [County]><, [State]><, [Country]>
  Cemetery	<in the [Cemetery]> located in <[City], ><[County], ><[State], ><[Country]>
  Hospital	<at [Hospital]> located in <[City], ><[County], ><[State], ><[Country]>
  Funeral Home	<at the [Funeral Home]> in <[City], ><[County], ><[State], ><[Country]>
  Waterway	<on the banks of [Waterway]> located in <[City], ><[County], ><[State], ><[Country]>
  School	<from [School]> located in <[City], ><[County], ><[State], ><[Country]>
  Newspaper	<in the [Newspaper]> printed in <[City], ><[County], ><[State], ><[Country]>
  Nursing Home	<in [Nursing Home]>located in <[City], ><[County], ><[State], ><[Country], ><[Postal], ><[Phone]>
  Military Base	<on [Military Base]> located in <[City], ><[County], ><[State], ><[Country]>
  Note:  These Custom Style include text (other than punctuation) that is not within square brackets.  The use of Templates like these will cause TMG to ask if you really want to save the Template.    Users of Second Site should keep in mind that hyperlinks will include the text outside of the square brackets which may or may not be need to be considered.  If the text is not desired in hyperlinks, you can remove the text from the Place Style(s) and enter it in the appropriate Sentences in TMG. Note that these Custom Styles do not include some of the place fields after Country (Postal, Phone, LatLong, and Temple).  If these are desired, add them as needed. Any data entered into a field that is not included in a Style Template will not be printed. While these are primarily for use in the US, they are good examples for use (with changes) in other countries)

   

• Canadian place considerations:

  Canadian places will change from province to province.  Thus no single Canadian Place Style will be suitable for all places although a generic Place Style could be used for most places with one or more of the place fields being left blank.  The Canadian Geonames Database has a table at http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/info/location_e.php which shows how each province is divided into geographic and/or administrative locations.  Any Custom Place Styles sent to me that are created for use with Canadian places will be added here credited to the person developing it.

• Suggested by Nicholette Hart

New Zealand L3 = Suburb/Parish L4 = Town/City L5 = Province (as defined by NZSG) L9 = Northings/Eastings L10= Abbreviation	[Note on L10.  Nichollete doesn't use the Temple field.  Thus she changed that to "Abbreviation" in all her Styles and entered the 3 digit Chapman codes for region and country (using the 2 digit state code for US ones)]. [Note:  Chapman Codes are standard abbreviations for British and Irish counties as well as other countries. Each comprises of three letters and they are widely used in genealogy.].
Scotland L3 = Parish L4 = Town/City L5 = County L10= Abbreviation
Ireland L3 = Townland L4 = Parish/Town L5 = County L10= Abbreviation

 

• Suggested by David Murray

England                                Example: L2 =  Detail                 Godmond Hall L3 =  Village/Area       Burneside L4 =  Town/City          Kendal L5 =  County               WES         [std. abbrev. for Westmorland] L6 =  Country              England     [rarely entered if it's England] L7 =  Postcode                             [rarely used but helpful at times] L8 =  Phone                                  [even more rarely used] L9 =                                             [Currently not used]     L10=  Sequence           1

[Note on L2 and L3. Making this distinction also allows entry of village or district names which have over the years come to be incorporated into larger towns or cities; or as in the above example, old townships or chapelries which used to be part of a larger parish - e.g. in the 17th/18th centuries Burneside was a chapelry within the parish of Kendal]. [Note on L10. This relates to David's method (used successfully for several years in TMG 3 and 4) of recording census data. Not being interested in Mormon temple addresses, he uses this field (previously he used L9) to indicate the sequence in which to show the people in, say, a census report, or a taxation list. In the example he might ask for all the people shown at Godmond Hall in the 1861 census and the report would be sorted to show the people in the same order as the original census return; or he could ask for a report listing the people in, say, a Corn Rent or Land Tax list for a particular place and it would be printed in the same order as the original document].

 

• Suggested by Caroline Gurney

  UK Caroline has created sixteen Place Styles for use in her projects.  These are: UK Place Style Census India Parish Address Court Church of Ireland Registration District Business Graveyard Ireland - Civil Repository Cemetery Hospital Ireland -  RC University See her web site at http://www.gurney.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/TMG.htm

   
• Standard UK Place Style (as used in the TMG UK Edition)

UK Edition Standard Place Style L1:     Addressee L2:     Detail L3:     Village/Area L4:     Town/City L5:     County/Region L6:     Country L7:     Postal L8:     Phone L9:     Coordinates L10:    Temple

<[Addressee], ><[Detail], ><[Village/Area], ><[Town/City], > q<[County/Region], ><[Country], ><[Postal], ><[Phone], ><[Coordinates], ><[Temple]>

• Suggested by various persons

  Scotland L1:     Street L2:     District L3:     City/Parish L4:     blank L5:     County L6:     Country L7:     Postal L8:     Phone L9:     Latlong L10:   Temple	<[Street], ><[District], ><[City/Parish], ><[County], ><[Country], ><[Postal], ><[Phone], ><[LatLong], ><[Temple]>   Note:  [L4] is not used
  France  L2 = Village or Commune L3 = Échêvé (diocese) or Canton L4 = Arrondissement (Quarter or District) L5 = Department or Province L6 = Country L7 = INSEE Code L8 = Department L9 = LatLong L10=Diocese	[Note on L5.  In come cases, Region might be used instead or in addition]. [Note overall.  This is a composite of a number of suggestions.  Much will depend on the period in question as to which versions might be better.  This is especially true of the more historic periods.]. [Note: When using L8 as Department then L5 is only the Province
  Norway L1:     Addressee L2:     Farm L3:     Parish (or Sokn [sub-parish]) L4:     Kommume [County] (or Prestegjeld [parish]) L5:     Fylke [Municipality] (or Deanery) L6:     Country L7:     Postal L8:     Phone L9:     LatLong L10:   Temple	[Note: It is suggested that Start and End Dates be assigned to placed in the Master Place List since farms and parishes often change locations regarding the larger divisions]. [Note:  You may wish to have multiple styles - one as shown and the other using the parenthetical labels]. [Note:  Sub-farms (bruks) may also be include in the farm field

 

• Suggested by Fred Rump and Jos Ykema

  Fred Rump suggests for Germany up to 15th century to 1806: L1 - Bauerschaft - farm group L2 - City or Village L3 - Kreis, Landkreis or Kirchspiel (parish) - County L4 - Amt or Oberamt - Administrative district L5 - Principality - name of kingdom, duchy or other principality L6 - HRE or Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation	(The German Empire consisted of kingdoms, principalities, duchies, counties, other lordships, and (Free Imperial Cities). The Empire's territorial extent varied over its history, but at its peak encompassed the territories of present-day Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Belgium, and the Netherlands as well as large parts of modern Poland, France and Italy. At the time of its dissolution it consisted of its core German territories, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia, and smaller parts of Italy, Poland, and Croatia.)
  Jos Ykema prefers the format below as the normal Style: Stadt (City), Kreis (Municipality), Bundesland (State) and Land (Country). L3 = Stadt Oettingen L4 = Kreis Kreis Donau-Ries L5 = Bundesland Bayern L6 = Land Deutschland
  As a variation of the above, an independent city might be entered as: L3 = Stadt Zweibrücken L4 = Kreis Kreis Zweibrücken L5 = Bundesland Rheinland-Pfalz L6 = Land Deutschland
  Alternatively, the L4 field could be used for the Regierungsbezirk (Government region), viz: L3 = Stadt Bayreuth L4 = Regierungsbezirk Oberfranken L5 = Bundesland Bayern L6 = Land Deutschland

 

• Suggested by Arleen:

  Poland under the German partition (first half): Village/Town (German name) Parish (Town name where church was located) Kreis (Like a county) Province Kingdom	The village/town name would be a German name.  The town anme would be entered in the parish field.  Kreis is an administrative unit similar to a county.
  Poland under the German partition (second half): Village/Town (Present day name which could be different) Gmina (Where vital records are located like a county) Powiat (District) Wojewodztwo (State) Country	The village/town would be the present day name which would be different.  The Gmina field would be used to recor where the vital records are located (similar to a county). Powiat is District. Wojewodztwo is the state.

• Suggested by Matthew Bielawa:

  Poland under the Austrian partition: House Number Village/Town Parish Province (always 'Galicia' (Polish) or 'Halychyna' (Ukrainian) Country (Austria-Hungary 1867-1918, Austria either 1772-1867 or 1793-1867 or 1795-1867: depending on where the village is and when it was annexed by Austria)

  The house number is found on most vital and cadastral records.  Vital record are kept at the parish level. For the language of the Village/Town name, you could use the language of your preference, either Polish or Ukrainian.  Or you could set up one key for the Polish spelling and one for the Ukrainian.  Or you could adopt a policy of using the Polish spelling for any place currently in Poland and the Ukrainian spelling for any place currently in Ukraine.  German spelling could be an option for the larger cities, such as Lemberg or Krakau.

   

• Suggested by Luc Matthijs for Belgium

  Belgium (1830-now) L2: street and/or house # L3: town/parish L4: municipality L5: province L6: country	Notes: - the county (canton) and region/state aren't useful in genealogical context (for Belgium). - municipality naming is unique on the provincial level (important for TMG/SS index lists). - house numbering can change with each census.
  Belgium (1814-1839)	Note: Netherlands period - use the Belgium Style above.
  France (1792-now) (Belgium was part of France in 1795-1814/5) L2: street and/or house # L3: municipality L4: county (= canton) L5: departement L6: country	Note: - in France the canton does have some administrative duties related to persons
  Belgium during French and German feudal period (before 1795) L2: street or house or farm or small place L3: seigneurie (local taxation - lower justice) L4: parish (BMD, ...) L5: castellany/Land/Pays/Roede (= responsible for the collection of the royal taxes) L6: Austrian Netherlands, Spanish Netherlands or Low Countries

   

• Suggested an unknown person:

  India L1:     Addressee L2:     Detail L3:     Village/Area L4:     Town/City L5:     Presidency L6:     Country L7:     Postal L8:     Phone L9:     Latlong L10:   Temple

  <[Addressee], ><[Detail], ><[Village/Area], ><[Town/City], ><[Presidency], ><[Country], ><[Postal], ><[Phone], ><[LatLong], ><[Temple]>

If you have created a Custom Style, let me know and I will post it here.  If your Custom Name or Place Style is different from the above, do let me know as I will note the differences.  These differences will allow everyone to see what others are using and may lead to discussion about the merits of each. This discussion may then result in a consensus for a de facto standard that most users will find helpful.

Comments to:  Lee Hoffman/KY

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