On 3/27/2013 8:20 AM, John Roose wrote: > 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
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