You know I was quite content before I joined this group, now look at all the extra things I have to think about LOL
I've been doing a lot of searching through early Australian newspapers and find generally the 'colonies' of Australia (up to 1900) all referred to themselves simply as Queensland, New South Wales, there doesn't seem to be much reference to the word colony. Exception was Tasmania which in very early times was part of the New South Wales colony and known as Van Diemans Land - it became Tasmania sometime around 1850. So speaking for my mainly Australian research, I'm personally happy to forego history to a point, drop the word 'colony' and call them by the name they took on after Federation which seems to be the name they themselves were happy to use before Federation. Another problem is when areas change names, I have several localities which were probably named for the local landowners and now no longer exist under that name. I add this sort of information to my general notes field and also into the notes in the edit location window. But then I suppose, we have to consider how far we are going with our research, if I were planning to publish a book on my findings I would have to rethink the historical accuracy, even though the only 'inaccuracy' is the use of the word 'colony' Cheers Erica -----Original Message----- From: Tony Rolfe [mailto:geneal...@gillandtony.com] Sent: Saturday, 29 October 2011 4:50 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations. I'm not all that sure about American history, but I believe that before 1776 the United States didn't exist. What are now the states were British Colonies. Certainly, Australia didn't exist before Federation in 1901. My question is... If you have events which happened before 1776 in the Americas or before 1901 in the Australian colonies, do you still say that it happened in Norfolk, Virginia, America or in Norfolk, Virginia Colony? (I realise that a county should appear in there somewhere, but that's not the main point). What about Clermont, Queensland, Australia vs Clermont, Queensland Colony? Is it worth having two location names for the same place to get historical accuracy or is it better to simplify and forego history? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
