I hope consideration is given to the unfortunate fact that ethnicity and birthplace are largely unrelated.
When I run that Origins report on myself in one ff, it admits 33% of my ancestors were born in Virginia, 33% in Pennsylvania, 33% in Germany, and 1% other. We Virginians may THINK of ourselves as a race apart/above, but I know Black Virginians, Red Virginians, White Virginians and the full range of permutations. Being born in Virginia doesn't say a word about your race or culture. For a more widely known example, look at the current governor of Louisiana. His being born in Louisiana didn't change his genetics. Cheryl Sherry/Support wrote: > We welcome suggestions for enhancements to Legacy and its > features. You can find a link to our suggestion form in > Legacy's Support section of the Legacy Home tab or by going > directly to the website in your browser > www.LegacyFamilyTree.com <http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com> > > Help Center. > > Programmers are considering suggestions for future versions > of Legacy. > > For issues on the "no recognizable country", please contact > Support - links to the Problem Report Form are in the same > location as the Suggestion form. > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 4:21 PM, > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I have similar problems for my ancestors who are from > different parts of > Europe. The Origins Report is pretty useless for anyone > serious about > showing their ethnic or cultural origins. A big part of > this complex > problem is that borders and names of many European > countries have changed > enormously throughout history. According to proper > genealogical practice, I > record names of locations as they were at the time of > the event. For my > ancestors the Origins Report states “No recognisable > countries were found > for this report†. I imagine the same would happen if > you recorded locations > according to how Native American nations or tribes named > them or had > boundaries/borders. > > The only way I can think of for a much more accurate and > meaningful Origins > Report is to make it more interactive for genealogists > and include fields > that can be added or customised so the Origins Report > can be tailored to how > the users would like it. > > John Bernacki > 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
