The book "Genealogists Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas" by Christina K Schaefer is an excellent resource for information about colonies.
Sharon On Mar 27, 2013, at 11:58 AM, "John Roose" <jbro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanx Tim. That's one I'm not familiar with - will check it out. > > Genealogy - - - - - it's in my blood! > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Tim Rosenlof <spa...@xmission.com> wrote: >> 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 >> >> The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy Is online at Ancestry >> >> http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=The_Source:_A_Guidebook_to_American_Genealogy >> >> -- >> Tim Rosenlof >> >> >> >> 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
