A free source of county boundary change information is available on the Newberry Library website at http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/
On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 11:02 PM, Barton Lewis <bartonle...@optonline.net> wrote: > 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 > 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
