<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18876"></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV>One of the main reasons for recording places as they were when the event took place is to find the records of the event.  My ancestor lived in Morrow county and then in Noble County without moving because they split Morrow.  All land records that occurred before the split are in Morrow County Court House.  All land records after the split are in Noble County Court House.  If I just put Noble County for everything it would send researchers off in the wrong direction.  That is an easy example but some places have been through 5 or 6 County changes as well as a state change.  Knowing what the political entity is at the time of the event is as important as the date of the event, IMHO.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Julia Coldren-Walker</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>