Similar situations have occurred in the United States, i.e. Washington County, Tennessee was at an earlier time Washington County, North Carolina. All tutorials that I have read or viewed indicate that a location should be recorded as it existed at the time of the event, and not as it is now. Perhaps this is extraneous information from some points of view.
Would this not be similar? Charles -----Original Message----- From: M. Brenzel [mailto:brenze...@roadrunner.com] Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 7:55 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Showing historical locations. In my opinion, it is important to remember the history. I have events in my database that took place in what is now Detroit, Michigan, USA when it was a French fort. Research provided me with the time frames of Detroit's evolution through various jurisdictions until Michigan became a state. So I have the following locations in my database: Fort Ponchartrain du Détroit, New France Detroit, British North America Detroit, Wayne County, Northwest Territory, USA Detroit, Wayne County, Indiana Territory, USA Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Territory, USA Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA In the Notes section under each location, I have included the following: Detroit was founded as a French fort in 1701 and continued under French Rule until 1760 when it was taken by the British. It remained under British Rule as Detroit until the Treaty of Paris in 1783, although the British continued to control Michigan until 1796. From 1796-1803, Detroit became part of Wayne County, Northwest Territory. From 1803-1805, it was part of Indiana Territory. Michigan Territory was formed in 1805 and remained as such until it became the State of Michigan on 26 January 1837. Mary 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
