Knowing the country of origin or nationality is a step toward finding an ancestor’s culture or ethnicity, but even recording an accurate name of the nation may immediately say a little more about an ancestor.
For example, Italy was not a nation-state until 1861. If an ancestor lived before then and you record their birth or other events as occurring in “Italy”, it is less accurate or genealogically “proper”, and it says less about the ancestor than it might. If however, you know the ancestor lived in the Republic of Venice and record that as the country/location, it is more interesting and immediately provides a little more “flesh on the bones” - period of history, culture and probable ethnicity. Different parts of what is now Italy have varying cultures, ethnic roots and histories, and the differences are especially different between the north and south. The Origins Report however does not recognise locations I use. I am not sure why and I have not bothered trying to find out. Perhaps it only recognises places like “Italy” rather than “Republic of....”. John From: M Sandvig Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 11:57 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ethnicity I changed 'christening' to 'Tribe'. On Oct 12, 2014 2:07 PM, "fersken" <fers...@verizon.net> wrote: Since the emergence of the Origin’s Report, I have been considering the difference between place of birth and ethnicity. I have Montaukett Indian ancestry in my background but on the Origin’s report, the only thing they represent is U.S. The Montaukett or Montauk people are a Native American tribe of Algonquian-speaking people from the eastern end of Long Island, New York. I have in my direct ancestry a chief of the Montaukett named Wyandanch. In the the second half of the 1650s, Wyandanch had acquired enough power and influence to be considered the main "alliance chief" on a Long Island by the colonists. My Origin’s Report shows United States and I began to wonder if Legacy 8.0 had any way of showing ethnicity? I could find nothing on the subject. In this 21st century in the United States, there are many who are of mixed ethnicities. While I understand the problematic concept of setting up a column to show ethnicity and the possibility of offending some people, I wonder if there isn’t some way to include race if the researcher wanted to. The census officially recognizes six ethnic and racial categories: White American, Native American and Alaska Native, Asian American, African American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and people of two or more races; a race called "Some other race" is also used in the census and other surveys, but is not official. The United States Census Bureau also classifies Americans as "Hispanic or Latino" and "Not Hispanic or Latino", which identifies Hispanic and Latino Americans as a racially diverse ethnicity that composes the largest minority group in the nation. Apparently, this concept of including ethnicity rather that place of origin is too “touchy” for any genealogical software company to touch. My question, therefore, is this: Is there any way I can indicate (other than in the notes) that some of my direct ancestors are Native American and not mix them together as United States? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
