Matt asked,
> What is the Proper way to list a location in Colonial America? If the
> location still exists today the GeoDatabase will attach ,USA to the end of
> the location. Also, many towns were located in districts, and the
> Geodatabase will say there never was a county by the name of 96th District
> (for example) in the state (which there were no states prior to 1776, they
> were colonies).
> By the way, when were they actually declared as states, since the US
> constitution dates to 1796, afte the Articles of Confederation
This question or one very similar comes up from time to time on
various genealogy lists. Between 1783 and 1796, you could say
that the "states" were in fact countries. They were bound by a
treaty known as the Articles of Confederation, but they each did
things that today we think of as perogatives of a nation, such as
print money. Before 1783 they were colonies of England,
so I suppose someone born in Boston Mass in 1778 would have
been born in the country of England.
I have people in my database with events in D�troit Qu�bec and
even in Mobile Qu�bec, (now Alabama) since at one time all that
territory was part of Qu�bec.
So to me the proper way to record an event is under the various
jurisdictions that were in effect at that time. If you feel this is
ambiguous/confusing, I'd recommend using the notes to clarify
things.
jr
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