Great! Very helpful, thanks.
Barton From: Marnie Oakes [mailto:marnie_oa...@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, February 1, 2015 11:47 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] county formation question According to Animap, Big Stone Gap was in Lee County in 1849. I'd use that as your ancestor's birthplace. I'd also put a description of the county changes in the location notes in Legacy so that you will know where to look for records.  Animap is a bit awkward to use, but the info is useful. Hope this helps. Marnie On 2/1/2015 11:06 PM, Barton Lewis wrote: I have a relative who was born in Big Stone Gap, VA in 1849 which today is in Wise Co. Legacy helpfully told me Wise County was not formed till 1856 (love this feature!). Wikipedia tells me Wise Co. was formed from Lee, Scott and Russell Counties. How does one handle this type of situation when a county was formed from more than one county? I guess I should be ambitious and try to determine exactly which county Big Stone Gap was in in 1849. I’ve poked around and can’t find it. What if (for the sake of argument) that could not be determined. What county should the relative be listed as being born in?  Thanks,  Barton Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://support.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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com 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
