Linda: I was using "British North America" in the country position for these situations but it created a very long location name and became tedious reading in reports. Then someone pointed out to me that British North America wasn't used as a designation until much later. Now I use the official name of the colony (which can be found at Wikipedia) in the country position and only use "British North America" if I'm not sure of the specific colony for an event. By the way, AniMap can be a real sanity-saver if you're working on colonial ancestors. It's not cheap, but it's worth every penny.
For Canada, you should use Upper/Lower, East/West depending on the timeframe. As with the colonies, I put this in the country position for better readability. Canadian locations prior to the formation of Upper/Lower Canada are still a problem for me. During that time Ontario was technically part of Quebec, but to show an ancestor who was born in the Niagara area in the 1780's as "Quebec" would be very confusing so I use "now Ontario" although I'm not sure this is the ultimate solution. I don't know how these suggestions would impact other features in Legacy, but so far they haven't created any problems for me. I'll be interested to see what others say. Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Linda Bischoff Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 12:31 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] "Non-standard" locations I have the same problem with Lower Canada, Upper Canada, Canada East and Canada West prior to the modern use. I would be interested to know how people give the information for early Canada and also for the colonies, ie Massachusetts Bay etc. Thanks! Linda B. Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
