I really didn't want to get into this. It is not a Legacy software issue, but...
I use, e.g., Cheshire, New Haven Colony, North America-British Empire. Other colonies and territories of North America, prior to becoming part of the United States, are appropriately named as Spanish, Dutch, or French. EdBurnet On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Kirsten Bowman <[email protected]> wrote: > Rich: > > I use "New France" for that early period (i.e. Grand-Pre, Acadia Colony, > New France) since nearly all of the people I've documented lived in Acadia > and, unfortunately, a lot of folks today don't know exactly where that was. > Hopefully adding New France will give a clue. > > Kirsten > > -----Original Message----- > From: RICHARD SCHULTHIES [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 4:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Some help from across the pond > > > Yes, but from 1600 - 1700, the act hadn't happened yet, and part of it was > French until 1763. I did have the the merge in 1840, and then the 1867 > action. Only a few family members were 'here' in those times. > RIch in LA CA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
