Bill, It depends on what you wish to do with the data. The "experts" will tell you to enter the placenames exactly the way you found them. I agree with this if you are planning to produce a book on the history of your family or if you are going to post it on the web.
However, if you are sharing it only with your family, it may be beneficial to use the modern placenames. There are usually less questions to answer about where a given placename actually is. You could use notes to give the actual historical placename. For eample, Massachusetts Bay Colony or Plymouth Colony may not have much meaning to a non-historian or to someone who was not from New England. However Salem, Massachusetts (USA) should. FL Rose ----- Original Message ----- From: William Range To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 3:06 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] County Didn't Exist Then When you are entering a place and the window "County Didn't Exist Then" pops up, what do you do next? Example: An event happened in 1640 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Essex County didn't exist until 1643. The State of Massachusetts didn't exist until 1788. Would I put: Salem Settlement, Massachusetts Bay Colony or Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA What is the correct way for colonial times? Thanks for your help, Bill Range 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
