I use British NA, it is shorter. --- Kirsten Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > === message truncated === 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
