Unless I'm missing something, Reunion 10 doesn't seem to have a way to let you easily attach -- to the record field for a Place -- notes about the history of, and changes to that Place.
For example, Wokingham has been in Berkshire County, England since 1844, but prior to that, "the north of the parish of Wokingham was part of a detached portion, or exclave, of the county of Wiltshire," per Wikipedia.
I looked for a way to attach two paragraphs of this Wikipedia entry (of course along with my own note about the date I saw this on Wikipedia, the URL, etc) to the field for the Place, but no luck. I didn't want to put it in the Notes section for every person from Wokingham, as that seemed clumsy and time-consuming. Finally, I made a Log entry for it entitled "Wokingham County notes," but that feels unsatisfactory and far removed from where I'd like to easy access historical info about this Place.
As it stands, two different people living in that Place before and after 1844 should end up creating two different Place entries (to show the different counties), but it's the same place. But I suppose in my example I could put Wiltshire in parens after Berkshire and leave it as one Place, but that's clumsy too.
How do others handle this? It would be VERY NICE if the next update to R10 (or R11) would include a way to append historical information on a Place to the record entry for it, since it's so common for boundaries to change through time.
For example, Wokingham has been in Berkshire County, England since 1844, but prior to that, "the north of the parish of Wokingham was part of a detached portion, or exclave, of the county of Wiltshire," per Wikipedia.
I looked for a way to attach two paragraphs of this Wikipedia entry (of course along with my own note about the date I saw this on Wikipedia, the URL, etc) to the field for the Place, but no luck. I didn't want to put it in the Notes section for every person from Wokingham, as that seemed clumsy and time-consuming. Finally, I made a Log entry for it entitled "Wokingham County notes," but that feels unsatisfactory and far removed from where I'd like to easy access historical info about this Place.
As it stands, two different people living in that Place before and after 1844 should end up creating two different Place entries (to show the different counties), but it's the same place. But I suppose in my example I could put Wiltshire in parens after Berkshire and leave it as one Place, but that's clumsy too.
How do others handle this? It would be VERY NICE if the next update to R10 (or R11) would include a way to append historical information on a Place to the record entry for it, since it's so common for boundaries to change through time.
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