<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18975"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Maybe this is a more appropriate topic for the rather silent SourcCitations list, because really it's an issue (historical/modern names) that's encountered more often in that area.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'd like to explore options for rationalizing the use of coordinates in conjunction with the use of place names.  Seems to me a few simple guidelines would allow someone to tell when coordinates were representative of  the whole township and when they referred to a specific, (almost) exact location within the township.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>then it wouldn't matter whether historical names or modern names were used as they would all be available by referencing the coordinates they share.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any discussion of this should probably start with the whole historical/modern name choice problem (and I have a good article bookmarked on that subject).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>anyone interested in this contact me off list and I'll give you the directions to the SourceCitation list.  I just sense there's not a lot of interest on these lists to take this into any depth.  Am I right?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Larry</DIV></BODY></HTML>