] Colonies, Provinces and Territories
Kirsten:
Land Divisions in the 1800s in now Ontario, Canada:
Before - 10 Feb 1841: Town, Township, District, Upper Canada
11 Feb 1841 - 31 Dec 1849: Town, Township, District, Canada West
1 Jan 1850 - 30 Jun 1867: Town, Township, County, Canada West
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I use Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, America; Which
isn't accurate in the least, but conveys the concept
of the pre-revolution status, and sorts all the colony
locations together. I replace America with United
States after the revolution. I know it is wrong, but
it works for me.
Rich
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Kirsten:
I suppose the correct answer for that question would be British
Empire but truthfully I wouldn't be too concerned about it. As I see
it, the main reason for documenting locations is so that anyone else
looking at your file will be able to follow your family's migration.
To that end,
: Thursday, August 24, 2006 2:06 AM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Colonies, Provinces and Territories
How do you handle colonies, provinces and territories in Legacy's location
fields? Is country the ultimate *governing* body or the geographical
location? What is the country designation for the (now) US
On 24 Aug 2006 Kirsten Bowman wrote:
My current headache is Canada prior to 1867 (before that designation
was adopted). I can cope with the changes from Upper Canada to Canada
West to Ontario, but those are province names. What goes in the
country field? After 1867, Ontario, Canada is a
: [LegacyUG] Colonies, Provinces and Territories
How do you handle colonies, provinces and territories in Legacy's location
fields? Is country the ultimate *governing* body or the geographical
location? What is the country designation for the (now) US state of
Georgia, for example, prior to 1776
Dave:
That's a pretty elegant solution. I think I like it.
Kirsten
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Thanks for the timeline comment. I'll look into these now.
Foxy
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I suppose the correct answer for that question would be British Empire but
truthfully I wouldn't be too concerned about it. As I see it, the main
reason for documenting locations is so that
Kirsten:
Land Divisions in the 1800s in now Ontario, Canada:
Before - 10 Feb 1841: Town, Township, District, Upper Canada
11 Feb 1841 - 31 Dec 1849: Town, Township, District, Canada West
1 Jan 1850 - 30 Jun 1867: Town, Township, County, Canada West
1 Jul 1867 - Afterward: Town,
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