Ron,
I did see your reply to Stuart and now it makes a lot more sense with your
explanation. I have been entering my Places in the UK (particularly England
& Wales) in the format of town, shire, England or Wales, United Kingdom. I
think I only used UK for England and Wales and used Ireland and Scotland as
their own country. It doesn't seem to bother me that there is an empty space
with the two commas, since I have always entered the place names this way
since Brother's Keeper. It just makes it easier to sort and find what you
are looking for, and consistant.
Since I try to enter all my places as they were at the time of the "event",
I have always wondered when did the United Kingdom reference start for the
British Isles and also what is the difference between Ireland and the
Northern Republic of Ireland?
You can answere that question of list if you like unless other people are
curios also. I probably do still have distant cousins in Britain. (Skeltons
and Halladays)
Thank you for your help in understanding this UK Great Britain debate.
Russell G. Strong
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----- Original Message -----
From: "ronald ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Geo Location List
Russ,
Please see my reply to Stuart. Personally, being of Scottish descent (with
a mother whose family is Welsh) but living in England I say I am British
to avoid complications but my country of residence is England.
Great Britain was in all probabilty a name kindly given to all the
mainland by the Europeans, probably because they didn't realise there were
3 Kingdoms until they invaded us, the English at that time being Called
Britons. The United Kingdom was created to stop us fighting with each
other so is really a political union similar to the EU (except that Engand
is the only country without any independence from the others)
Ron Ferguson
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From: "R G Strong Genealogy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Geo Location List
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:17:33 -0700
Ron,
Then what do you recognize it as? If it is not a country what is it
officially?
Russ
----- Original Message ----- From: "ronald ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 5:50 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Geo Location List
Stuart,
That is very true. The problem is that we do not use nor recognise either
the Uk or Great Britain as a country.
Ron Ferguson
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