Re: Setting up names that change with time

> I have set up Hobart with alternative names as follows:
> Hobart Town - before 1 Jan 1881
> Hobart - after 31 Dec 1880

The second alternative name is useless. You have to create the first one
and to enter "after date" in the editor facing the town name in the main
place editor (button at the end of the place name field)

Le lun. 23 mai 2022 à 10:50, Tony Gordon <[email protected]> a écrit :

> I am trying to set up my place name hierarchy to capture a community
> and state that both have changed their name over time. I thought I
> could do it with the alternative names but I can't seem to get it to
> work.
>
> The place is now known as Hobart and it is in Tasmania, a state in
> Australia. Over time it has had a number of names. To keep it simple I
> want to adopt the following names:
> Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land prior to 1856
> Hobart Town, Tasmania between 1856 and 1880
> Hobart, Tasmania after 1880
>
> I set up Tasmania with alternative names as follows:
> Van Diemen's Land - before 1 Jan 1856
> Tasmania - after 31 Dec 1855
> and this results in name changes as expected depending on the time of
> an event.
>
> I have set up Hobart with alternative names as follows:
> Hobart Town - before 1 Jan 1881
> Hobart - after 31 Dec 1880
> This is where my problem is; the name doesn't change with the timing of
> the event, so e.g. an event in 1835 which should be in Hobart Town
> still shows as occurring in Hobart.
>
> In Preferences I have the 'Place format (auto place title)' checked,
> and the 'Date about range' set to 1.
>
> Am I doing something wrong, and if so what?
>
> Gramps 5.1.5 on Fedora Linux.
>
> Thanks
> Tony
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