[LegacyUG] U.S. Land Records - State Land States - free webinar by Mary Hill now online for limited time

The recording of last night's webinar, "U.S. Land Records - State Land States" by Mary Hill is now available to view for free for a limited time at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com. People recorded evidence of their property, paid taxes on property, gave away

Re: [LegacyUG] English locations

Ancestry also has some parish records and Bishops Transcripts images all the ones I have found have been Glos. and I haven't looked for other parishes beside Malmesbury Eliz Not Today and Not without a Fight (Anon) For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes. (Dag Hammarskjold)

Re: [LegacyUG] English locations

One of the problems with dealing with British parish records is that there is no single collection on line, other than those being loaded by FamilySearch, who copied the original paper records. In addition, the paper records for the church were, and may still be, stored within the church,

Re: [LegacyUG] UK Locations

Thank you for your quick response in clarifying clarifying UK locations. Sincerely, On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 11:15 PM, Charles Hunt wrote: > You would put village, town or city; county; country. Adding Great Britain > or United Kingdom would be the same as putting United

Re: [LegacyUG] UK Locations

Well, actually, the name "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" didn't come into being until 1922. It was "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" in 1801-1922. The 1707 Act only made it as far as "Kingdom of Great Britain". My advice is: don't use it at all. Just use the

Re: [LegacyUG] UK Locations

Martin Sadly, I do not have anyone in my trees for the USA prior to 1776. Most of my ancestors are from Europe. Brian Neale > On 14 Apr 2016, at 8:19 am, Martin Briscoe wrote: > > Wonkypedia has a summary of the variations in that name at different times of

Re: [LegacyUG] UK Locations

On 13 Apr 2016 at 22:53, Franklin Chocco wrote: > When is it proper to use Great Britain or United Kingdom as country > designations. > > Is there a specific time period when the British Isles were considered as the > United Kingdom or just Great Britain. I find that many researchers do not >

Re: [LegacyUG] UK Locations

Wonkypedia has a summary of the variations in that name at different times of history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom I normally just use England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland and rarely add UK. I presume you do not use ‘USA’ for early settlers prior to 1776? Martin

Re: [LegacyUG] UK Locations

Franklin Officially the United Kingdom came into being (with Scotland) on 1 May 1707. Personally I always add that designation after that date, but not before. Brian Neale > On 14 Apr 2016, at 6:53 am, Franklin Chocco wrote: > > When is it proper to use Great Britain or

Re: [LegacyUG] UK Locations

You would put village, town or city; county; country. Adding Great Britain or United Kingdom would be the same as putting United States of America, North America, as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are separate countries within the United Kingdom. The so-called standard only applies