Kay, Lots of discussion on this topic in the archives. Off the top of my head, search "old location names" or something like that. In summary (as I remember), most folks use the name of the location at the time of the date you're entering it with. Some "track" the name changes in the Location Master. May even be some Animap discussion in the archives. --Paula in Texas Researching: Adair Baker Beasley Benson Betz Bigley Blagrave Burton Chapman Clement Clough Coppernoll Costine Daulton Dinwiddie Doody Ellis Exline Field Floran Floyd Gates Goodale Gordon Gump Hale Harbaugh Hind Hopkins Hughes Hurdle Jones Klein Koyle Laswell McDonald Misner Passwaters Pelton Roberts Roche Ryburn Sanford Short Singer Sullivan Weller Williams
________________________________ From: Kay Fordham <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, December 27, 2012 3:26:34 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Early Locations I'm struggling with locations of my New England ancestors. The first issue is a person died in 1638 in Cape Cod. This was in Plymouth Colony at the time. Should I use North America as the overall location? I have Animap; however, it is somewhat of a pain to use in my opinion. For instance, I know what county the city is in today. The problem is that it may have been in several different counties between now and the time my ancestor resided there. I need to keep clicking backward in time to see the progression, and in some instances I am back to 1643 and there is nothing earlier in Animap. The New England Confederation was founded in 1643; the Dominion of New England in 1686, the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1692, etc. Is there an easier means to get from point a to point b? Thanks, Kay 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
