Thanx for your response. Like Animap the Handybook is great for info after the sate is formed. I'm seeking info for earlier times.
Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood! On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 10:26 AM, <mvmc...@aol.com> wrote: > ** > > > You might try "The Handy Book for Genealogists" by Everton Publishing > Company, Inc. (Logan, UT). My edition is a 1982 version but it gives a > short history of each of the states and when each county was formed and > which county it was from. > > Marie > > Marie Varrelman Melchiori, CG, CGL* > Melchiori Research Services, L.L.C.* > --------------------------------------------------------------- > CG, Certified Genealogist and CGL, Certified Genealogical Lecturer are > service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists ® , used under > license by Board-certified associates after periodic competency evaluations. > > In a message dated 3/27/2013 10:21:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > jbro...@gmail.com writes: > > Re-watching Geoff's earlier webinar on locations has led me to try to > clean up my location lists, ie correctly record the location at the time of > the event. First I created the list of counties that need to be verified. > Animap is an invaluable source *after* the establishment of a state, but > before that more help is needed. Specifically what was the name of the > colony, when did it change, etc. > > Trying to go state by state is most difficult: just found that Connecticut > was first named River Colony; also that it was formed from three colonies: > New Haven, etc. Then there was the Dominion of New England. > > Can anyone recommend a source for the proper names of the > colonies/territories along with a timeline? > > Thanx. John > > > Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood! > > > 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 > > > > 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 > 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
