Edit Domains: Help
This page presents a list of all of the top-level administrative domains within a country. These are usually called states or provinces. It permits adding, deleting, and modifying the descriptions of these administrative domains.
There is a selection list to choose between languages for the names of the domains.
For each domain there is a row in the table containing:
- A four- or five-character mnemonic code used by other tables to identify a domain. This field is read-only except on a line for adding a new domain. The value is displayed in ISO standard form with a hyphen between the country code and the state code.
- The full name of the domain in the selected language.
- If you are signed on as an administrator a button to delete the domain. Although the row is immediately removed from the display you must click on the button to actually delete the record from the database.
- A button to open the dialog for editing the list of lower level administrative units within the domain, such as cities and counties. For Canada and the United States the next lower level is normally cities and counties. For other countries this reinvokes this page to list instances of Domain within the higher level Domain.
- A link, made to look like a button, which opens the page for accessing the genealogical resources specific to the domain.
If you are signed on as an administrator at the bottom of the page there are three buttons:
- The button applies the changes you have entered on this page into the database. Note that pressing the Enter key while editing any input field also performs this function.
- The button closes the dialog when it is opened in the right hand side of the window of the Countries dialog.
- The button adds a new row at the bottom of the table, permitting you to add a state or province.
Observe that the only way to change the code identifying a domain is to add a new domain and then delete the old domain.
