Re: [LegacyUG] Ethnicity
Yes it is a nice start but very general - Newfoundland did not join the confederation of Canada until 1949 however my ancestors get thrown into Canada (Newfoundlanders through and through). And of course we have the issue of the Austria-Hungary Empire - if your ancestors were born in Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Yugoslavia - and that all depends on the date, so that is problematic as well. As another poster stated, the same issue arises with Germany and Italy through time. Of course depending on what we include in our databases makes a difference but I am clear about Newfoundland and it makes no difference. Will just have to superimpose the Newfoundland flag! That said, it is a great quick and dirty view and it does give people an approximation and get the conversation started. My sister knew to ask the questions and we played with the basic report. All good as long as you think critically (always important). Tessa Tessa Keough Guild of One-Name Studies, Keough (Keogh, Kough Kehoe) Registered ONS Legacy Virtual Users' Group Community on Google+ Society for One-Place Studies - Plate Cove East, Newfoundland On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 8:01 PM, johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au wrote: Knowing the country of origin or nationality is a step toward finding an ancestor’s culture or ethnicity, but even recording an accurate name of the nation may immediately say a little more about an ancestor. SNIP 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://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
Re: [LegacyUG] Ethnicity
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, johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au mailto:johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au 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/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://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
Re: [LegacyUG] Ethnicity
I wonder how the Origins Report suddenly became a report on ethnicity? The help for the report says this: It's nice to know where we came from - where our ancestors were born. Most of us are a mixture of nationalities who have joined together and split apart for centuries. Legacy can gather all the ancestral birth places in your family file and let you know what percentage of each nationality makes up your heritage. Should this preamble be reworded to remove nationality since the report is only reporting based on ancestral birth places. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 14/10/2014 1025, singhals wrote: 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 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://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
Re: [LegacyUG] Ethnicity
Brian and Cheryl, Nationality and ethnicity are two different things - Nationality (Merriam-Webster) is defined as : a group of people who share the same history, traditions, and language, and who usually live together in a particular country : the fact or status of being a member or citizen of a particular nation The same dictionary defines ethnicity as 1: ethnic http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnic quality or affiliation aspects of *ethnicity* 2*:* a particular ethnic affiliation or group students of diverse *ethnicities* Ethnic is further defined as : of or relating to races or large groups of people who have the same customs, religion, origin, etc. : associated with or belonging to a particular race or group of people who have a culture that is different from the main culture of a country So the preamble is correct in stating nationality and not including ethnicity. IMHO, ethnicity should be recorded as an event and if it's desired to see the ethnic origins of the people in the database, either a Detailed Search or an Event Report on that specific event. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Brian/Support br...@legacyfamilytree.com wrote: I wonder how the Origins Report suddenly became a report on ethnicity? The help for the report says this: It's nice to know where we came from - where our ancestors were born. Most of us are a mixture of nationalities who have joined together and split apart for centuries. Legacy can gather all the ancestral birth places in your family file and let you know what percentage of each nationality makes up your heritage. Should this preamble be reworded to remove nationality since the report is only reporting based on ancestral birth places. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation br...@legacyfamilytree.com http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com 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://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
Re: [LegacyUG] Ethnicity
I changed 'christening' to 'Tribe'. On Oct 12, 2014 2:07 PM, fersken fers...@verizon.net wrote: Since the emergence of the Origin’s Report, I have been considering the difference between place of birth and ethnicity. I have Montaukett Indian ancestry in my background but on the Origin’s report, the only thing they represent is U.S. The *Montaukett* or *Montauk people* are a Native American http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States tribe of Algonquian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquian_languages-speaking people from the eastern end of Long Island http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island, New York http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York. I have in my direct ancestry a chief of the Montaukett named Wyandanch. In the the second half of the 1650s, Wyandanch had acquired enough power and influence to be considered the main alliance chief on a Long Island by the colonists. My Origin’s Report shows United States and I began to wonder if Legacy 8.0 had any way of showing ethnicity? I could find nothing on the subject. In this 21st century in the United States, there are many who are of mixed ethnicities. While I understand the problematic concept of setting up a column to show ethnicity and the possibility of offending some people, I wonder if there isn’t some way to include race* if the researcher wanted to*. The census http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Census officially recognizes six ethnic and racial categories: White American, Native American and Alaska Native, Asian American, African American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and people of two or more races; a race called Some other race is also used in the census and other surveys, but is not official. The United States Census Bureau also classifies Americans as Hispanic or Latino and Not Hispanic or Latino, which identifies Hispanic and Latino Americans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans as a racially diverse *ethnicity* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Census that composes the largest minority group in the nation. Apparently, this concept of including ethnicity rather that place of origin is too “touchy” for any genealogical software company to touch. My question, therefore, is this: Is there any way I can indicate (other than in the notes) that some of my direct ancestors are Native American and not mix them together as United States? 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://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/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://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
Re: [LegacyUG] Ethnicity
Knowing the country of origin or nationality is a step toward finding an ancestor’s culture or ethnicity, but even recording an accurate name of the nation may immediately say a little more about an ancestor. For example, Italy was not a nation-state until 1861. If an ancestor lived before then and you record their birth or other events as occurring in “Italy”, it is less accurate or genealogically “proper”, and it says less about the ancestor than it might. If however, you know the ancestor lived in the Republic of Venice and record that as the country/location, it is more interesting and immediately provides a little more “flesh on the bones” - period of history, culture and probable ethnicity. Different parts of what is now Italy have varying cultures, ethnic roots and histories, and the differences are especially different between the north and south. The Origins Report however does not recognise locations I use. I am not sure why and I have not bothered trying to find out. Perhaps it only recognises places like “Italy” rather than “Republic of”. John From: M Sandvig Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 11:57 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ethnicity I changed 'christening' to 'Tribe'. On Oct 12, 2014 2:07 PM, fersken fers...@verizon.net wrote: Since the emergence of the Origin’s Report, I have been considering the difference between place of birth and ethnicity. I have Montaukett Indian ancestry in my background but on the Origin’s report, the only thing they represent is U.S. The Montaukett or Montauk people are a Native American tribe of Algonquian-speaking people from the eastern end of Long Island, New York. I have in my direct ancestry a chief of the Montaukett named Wyandanch. In the the second half of the 1650s, Wyandanch had acquired enough power and influence to be considered the main alliance chief on a Long Island by the colonists. My Origin’s Report shows United States and I began to wonder if Legacy 8.0 had any way of showing ethnicity? I could find nothing on the subject. In this 21st century in the United States, there are many who are of mixed ethnicities. While I understand the problematic concept of setting up a column to show ethnicity and the possibility of offending some people, I wonder if there isn’t some way to include race if the researcher wanted to. The census officially recognizes six ethnic and racial categories: White American, Native American and Alaska Native, Asian American, African American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and people of two or more races; a race called Some other race is also used in the census and other surveys, but is not official. The United States Census Bureau also classifies Americans as Hispanic or Latino and Not Hispanic or Latino, which identifies Hispanic and Latino Americans as a racially diverse ethnicity that composes the largest minority group in the nation. Apparently, this concept of including ethnicity rather that place of origin is too “touchy” for any genealogical software company to touch. My question, therefore, is this: Is there any way I can indicate (other than in the notes) that some of my direct ancestors are Native American and not mix them together as United States? 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://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/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://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/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://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
Re: [LegacyUG] Ethnicity
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 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, johnbernac...@iprimus.com.au 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/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://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
[LegacyUG] Ethnicity
Since the emergence of the Origin’s Report, I have been considering the difference between place of birth and ethnicity. I have Montaukett Indian ancestry in my background but on the Origin’s report, the only thing they represent is U.S. The Montaukett or Montauk people are a Native American tribe of Algonquian-speaking people from the eastern end of Long Island, New York. I have in my direct ancestry a chief of the Montaukett named Wyandanch. In the the second half of the 1650s, Wyandanch had acquired enough power and influence to be considered the main alliance chief on a Long Island by the colonists. My Origin’s Report shows United States and I began to wonder if Legacy 8.0 had any way of showing ethnicity? I could find nothing on the subject. In this 21st century in the United States, there are many who are of mixed ethnicities. While I understand the problematic concept of setting up a column to show ethnicity and the possibility of offending some people, I wonder if there isn’t some way to include race if the researcher wanted to. The census officially recognizes six ethnic and racial categories: White American, Native American and Alaska Native, Asian American, African American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and people of two or more races; a race called Some other race is also used in the census and other surveys, but is not official. The United States Census Bureau also classifies Americans as Hispanic or Latino and Not Hispanic or Latino, which identifies Hispanic and Latino Americans as a racially diverse ethnicity that composes the largest minority group in the nation. Apparently, this concept of including ethnicity rather that place of origin is too “touchy” for any genealogical software company to touch. My question, therefore, is this: Is there any way I can indicate (other than in the notes) that some of my direct ancestors are Native American and not mix them together as United States? 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://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
Re: [LegacyUG] Ethnicity
You could use an Event to record this detail. Depending on your personal preferences, you could create one event to record all ethnicities, or a series of events which are each dedicated to a particular one of your interest. I think I would use one event, and put the defining term in the Description field. One person could have more than one event of this type. You can choose to display a selected event amongst the five fields displayed in Family View, if it's something you want up front and visible. Right-click on the field names to bring up the Customise Family View Information window and make your choices. Hope this helps. :-) Wendy fersken said the following on 13/10/2014 09:05: Since the emergence of the Origin’s Report, I have been considering the difference between place of birth and ethnicity. I have Montaukett Indian ancestry in my background but on the Origin’s report, the only thing they represent is U.S. The*Montaukett*or*Montauk people*are aNative American http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_Statestribe ofAlgonquian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquian_languages-speaking people from the eastern end ofLong Island http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island,New York http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York. I have in my direct ancestry a chief of the Montaukett named Wyandanch. In the the second half of the 1650s, Wyandanch had acquired enough power and influence to be considered the main alliance chief on a Long Island by the colonists. My Origin’s Report shows United States and I began to wonder if Legacy 8.0 had any way of showing ethnicity? I could find nothing on the subject. In this 21st century in the United States, there are many who are of mixed ethnicities. While I understand the problematic concept of setting up a column to show ethnicity and the possibility of offending some people, I wonder if there isn’t some way to include race*if the researcher wanted to*. The census http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Censusofficially recognizes six ethnic and racial categories: White American, Native American and Alaska Native, Asian American, African American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and people of two or more races; a race called Some other race is also used in the census and other surveys, but is not official. The United States Census Bureau also classifies Americans as Hispanic or Latino and Not Hispanic or Latino, which identifiesHispanic and Latino Americans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americansas a racially diverse/ethnicity/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Censusthat composes the largest minority group in the nation. Apparently, this concept of including ethnicity rather that place of origin is too “touchy†for any genealogical software company to touch. My question, therefore, is this: Is there any way I can indicate (other than in the notes) that some of my direct ancestors are Native American and not mix them together as United States? 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://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
Re: [LegacyUG] Ethnicity
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 reportâ€. 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 -Original Message- From: Wendy Howard Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 9:59 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ethnicity You could use an Event to record this detail. Depending on your personal preferences, you could create one event to record all ethnicities, or a series of events which are each dedicated to a particular one of your interest. I think I would use one event, and put the defining term in the Description field. One person could have more than one event of this type. You can choose to display a selected event amongst the five fields displayed in Family View, if it's something you want up front and visible. Right-click on the field names to bring up the Customise Family View Information window and make your choices. Hope this helps. :-) Wendy fersken said the following on 13/10/2014 09:05: Since the emergence of the Origin’s Report, I have been considering the difference between place of birth and ethnicity. I have Montaukett Indian ancestry in my background but on the Origin’s report, the only thing they represent is U.S. The*Montaukett*or*Montauk people*are aNative American http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_Statestribe ofAlgonquian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquian_languages-speaking people from the eastern end ofLong Island http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island,New York http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York. I have in my direct ancestry a chief of the Montaukett named Wyandanch. In the the second half of the 1650s, Wyandanch had acquired enough power and influence to be considered the main alliance chief on a Long Island by the colonists. My Origin’s Report shows United States and I began to wonder if Legacy 8.0 had any way of showing ethnicity? I could find nothing on the subject. In this 21st century in the United States, there are many who are of mixed ethnicities. While I understand the problematic concept of setting up a column to show ethnicity and the possibility of offending some people, I wonder if there isn’t some way to include race*if the researcher wanted to*. The census http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Censusofficially recognizes six ethnic and racial categories: White American, Native American and Alaska Native, Asian American, African American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and people of two or more races; a race called Some other race is also used in the census and other surveys, but is not official. The United States Census Bureau also classifies Americans as Hispanic or Latino and Not Hispanic or Latino, which identifiesHispanic and Latino Americans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americansas a racially diverse/ethnicity/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Censusthat composes the largest minority group in the nation. Apparently, this concept of including ethnicity rather that place of origin is too “touchy†for any genealogical software company to touch. My question, therefore, is this: Is there any way I can indicate (other than in the notes) that some of my direct ancestors are Native American and not mix them together as United States? 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://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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived
