Tony: Forego history? For shame! Isn’t genealogy all about history? How much extra effort or computer memory does it take to have two or three correct names for the same geographical location?
I can’t speak for Australia or Queensland, but in the US it looks ignorant to see it written that someone was born pre-1776 in “Massachusetts, United States.” Showing the location as Massachusetts Bay Colony is correct and perfectly understandable. For some very early dates where I know only the general location I do use “British North America” just to put the event in some context but if I have the name of the colony it serves in place of a country name since that was the highest local jurisdiction. Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: Tony Rolfe Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 10:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations. I'm not all that sure about American history, but I believe that before 1776 the United States didn't exist. What are now the states were British Colonies. Certainly, Australia didn't exist before Federation in 1901. My question is... If you have events which happened before 1776 in the Americas or before 1901 in the Australian colonies, do you still say that it happened in Norfolk, Virginia, America or in Norfolk, Virginia Colony? (I realise that a county should appear in there somewhere, but that's not the main point). What about Clermont, Queensland, Australia vs Clermont, Queensland Colony? Is it worth having two location names for the same place to get historical accuracy or is it better to simplify and forego history? 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 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
