What's been helpful to me is this Euler diagram: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:British_Isles_Euler_diagram_15.svg
On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]>wrote: > At last I’m delighted to see others standing up for the correct > descriptions being applied to the constituent countries of the UK and > British Isles. > > There is one thing which I would like to add, which is important to > genealogy research, and that is that from 1801 until 1921/22 the whole of > Ireland was part of the United Kingdom. It is important that this be > remembered when one is searching for records pre 1921. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > > > *From:* CE WOOD <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 07, 2013 3:30 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* FW: [LegacyUG] Legacy Family Tree 8 Revealed - Origins and > Migration Reports > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy Family Tree 8 Revealed - Origins and > Migration Reports > Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 19:25:41 -0700 > > > > Great Britain is an island on which are three equal and sovereign > countries of Scotland, Wales, and England. It is not a country, it is an > island. Great Britain is the largest of the British Isles. > > Ireland is the second largest of the British Isles, on which are two > separate countries, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. > > The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland comprises 4 equal > and sovereign countries: Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, and England. > > The Republic of Ireland, although located on one of the British Isles, is > neither a part of Great Britain nor of the United Kingdom. > > > CE > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 18:36:20 -0700 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy Family Tree 8 Revealed - Origins and > Migration Reports > To: [email protected] > > I am curious, if not countries what are they? > Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android > > ------------------------------ > *From: *CE WOOD <[email protected]>; > *To: *<[email protected]>; > *Subject: *RE: [LegacyUG] Legacy Family Tree 8 Revealed - Origins and > Migration Reports > *Sent: *Mon, Aug 5, 2013 11:26:15 PM > > > > > 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
