I try (not always successfully) to keep to the name of the place at the time of the event <G>
Eliz On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Maureen Lake <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello again, all, > > On to my second challenge. I checked through the archives as best I could, > but > I just couldn't figure out the best search parameters I guess, so here goes. > > Much to the diappointment of my DAR friends, my ancestors didn't come to the > US > until the middle of the 19th century, for the most part. They stayed in > Canada > (or Ireland, but I haven't found them) until all the major unpleasantness was > over with. But that means they were in Canada through all the name and > governmental changes. As an example, Louis Bourgois (b 1707) fled the English > occupation of Port-Royal, Acadia 1733 and resettled at Fort Ste-Marie, Acadie. > There they remained until he and his family round-up of the Acadians in 1755. > Louis took the loyalty oath and was allowed to remain in Fort Frederick in > Acadia. Louis died just before Fort Frederick was burned to the ground and > Fort > Howe, Nova Scotia was built to take its place. His children and grandchildren > would grow upa and die successively in Fort Howe, New Brunswick and Saint > John, > Saint John County, New Brunswick. > > > Louis himself doesn't exist, but his situation does, over and over again. The > conundrum I find myself with is this: Does anyone (or everyone) track these > changes, or do you go with the standardised, modern place names for most > places > outside the US? I know that sound US-centric to those of you outside the US, > but I only ask because of the county reminder thing-a-ma-bob. > > Thanks for your input. > > Maureen > > > > 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 > > > > 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
