Wayne: I've grappled with this same issue for Acadian settlers in the 1600's all the way through to Loyalist settlers in the 1700's and 1800's. It's a real pickle. I tried the British North America identification (where appropriate) and also found it cumbersome in reports so I've stopped. I use these instead (without the quotes):
To 1755: "New France" 1755 - 25 Dec 1791: "Quebec Province" for locations that are now in Quebec but "X Township, X County, now Ontario, Canada" for my early Loyalist settlers who were in the Niagara area from 1783. I believe that showing the location as "Niagara Township, Lincoln County, Quebec Province" (which it was called) would be confusing. 26 Dec 1791 - 10 Feb 1841: "Upper Canada" and "Lower Canada" (no Province) 11 Feb 1841 - 30 Jun 1867: "Canada West" and "Canada East" (Province again omitted) >From there I go to the current official names. This may curl the hair of some of our Canadian Legacy friends, and hopefully they'll be gentle in their criticism/corrections. Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wayne Martell Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 6:21 PM To: Legacy User Group Subject: [LegacyUG] Pre-Confederation Quebec/Canadian Place Names I am having some difficulty in deciding how to record place names for events in Quebec that preceded Canadian Confederation. Canada, as we now know it, came into existence on July 1, 1867. Starting on February 10, 1841 until that date, what is now Quebec and Ontario was known as the Province of Canada within British North America; Quebec was known as Canada East and Ontario was known as Canada West but these were not official names. From December 26, 1791 until 1841, Quebec was known as Lower Canada and Ontario as Upper Canada, each a separate province within British North America. So far I have opted to use, for example, Quebec City, Canada East, Province of Canada, British North America for the latter period and Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America for the former period. However, I am not happy with these - they seem unnecessarily long and cumbersome. Does anybody have a better idea? I would appreciate your input. _______________________________ Wayne Martell Victoria, BC, Canada Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
