You might try "The Handy Book for Genealogists" by Everton Publishing Company, Inc. (Logan, UT). My edition is a 1982 version but it gives a short history of each of the states and when each county was formed and which county it was from.
Marie Marie Varrelman Melchiori, CG, CGL Melchiori Research Services, L.L.C. --------------------------------------------------------------- CG, Certified Genealogist and CGL, Certified Genealogical Lecturer are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists ® , used under license by Board-certified associates after periodic competency evaluations. In a message dated 3/27/2013 10:21:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Re-watching Geoff's earlier webinar on locations has led me to try to clean up my location lists, ie correctly record the location at the time of the event. First I created the list of counties that need to be verified. Animap is an invaluable source after the establishment of a state, but before that more help is needed. Specifically what was the name of the colony, when did it change, etc. Trying to go state by state is most difficult: just found that Connecticut was first named River Colony; also that it was formed from three colonies: New Haven, etc. Then there was the Dominion of New England. Can anyone recommend a source for the proper names of the colonies/territories along with a timeline? Thanx. John Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood! 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 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
