Rich, I am sorry but I am not quite clear as to what you mean by "the above places", however, hopefully the following may help.
The UK comprises Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Great Britain - England, Scotland and Wales. England, Northen Ireland, Scotland and Wales are countries in their own right and not "states" as in the USA. When I am abroad, the country I use on the last line of the address is one of those four eg. Manchester, England or Edinburgh, Scotland etc., usually in the language of the country I am in when writing. WRT other lands which we either own(ed) or which come/came under British protection we only address(ed) them by their own names thus: India has always been India and not India, UK, America has always been America (which included what is now the USA and Canada) and not America, UK. Regarding the Virgin Islands, the official names are the US Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands (not necessarily in that order :-) )and we use the format "name of island, British Virgin Islands" - it is not for me to suggest how Americans should write it, but you can guess what I would do (and you would be right). Hope that helps. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://www.fergys.co.uk Blog: Create Your Web Pages View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:01:39 -0800 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] District of Columbia > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > Ron, would you include United Kingdom in the above > places? I have but want to match what the locals use. > It is a contantly changing monster. > Rich in LA CA > --- ronald ferguson wrote: > >> >> With respect America only owns 2/3 of the Virgin >> Islands and Britain owns the rest. We would *never* >> consider the address of our bit to be GB btw, it is >> simply The Virgin Islands full stop/period. Nor >> would we ever add GB to any country which we happen >> to occupy. Not even Northern Ireland is part of GB - >> that is not to suggest for one minute that we >> "occupy" it. >> >> Ron Ferguson >> >> >> > _____________________________________________________________________ >> >> For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: >> http://www.fergys.co.uk >> Blog: Create Your Web Pages >> View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ >> For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: >> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ >> > _____________________________________________________________________ >> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >>> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] District of Columbia >>> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:02:47 -0800 >>> >>> Okay, pardon my confusion, but how would you >> address Virgin Islands. I have >>> family from the Virgin Islands and there are two >> designations for them: >>> >>> Virgin Islands, Danish West Indies >>> Or >>> Virgin Islands, USA >>> >>> The Virgin Islands are territories of the USA. So >> how are people designating >>> places like Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico... and in >> past times Philippines. >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of Joseph >>> (Ragweed) >>> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 5:01 AM >>> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] District of Columbia >>> >>> >>> We could use USA or United States for any address >> which is in the 50 >>> states. However, I don't think it's in any way a >> part of an address of a >>> district. For instance, the "Virgin Islands".... >> I don't believe they can >>> lay claim to the USA part for their address. >>> >>> Addresses in "districts" are not like addresses in >> the States. Washington >>> is a district called Columbia. >>> >>> I lived only 75 miles from there and no one ever >> attached USA (just a zip) >>> to Washington D.C. >>> >>> >>> From: Heather Stovold >>> Well, I would do something like >>> >>> Washington, , District of Columbia, United States >>> I don't know if there is a county or not. >>> >>> >>> On Jan 24, 2008 6:22 PM, wrote: >>> How should District of Columbia for Washington, >> D.C. be sited? City, >>> County, State, USA??? >>> _________________________________________________________________ Who's friends with who and co-starred in what? http://www.searchgamesbox.com/celebrityseparation.shtml Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
