Well, the constitution went into effect in 1789 (not 1797). GW took the oath of office on 30 Apr 1789 in NYC.
Of course, the 13 colonies declared in July 1776 that they were "free and independent states." The Articles of Confederation" were ratified on 1 March 1781 but the government that resulted certainly did not result in "united states." Personally, I use the name of the colony/state only prior to 1789 and USA beginning in 1789. And of course, the boundaries of the states/colonies changed with some frequency, especially in the colonial period. You may have "a simple place-name question," but the answer is quite complicated. Pat On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 9:08 PM, David Rowe <dvr...@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > > > *From:* R G Strong-genes <rgstrongge...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 12, 2014 7:16 PM > *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] A simple place-name question > > Roger, > I use the following website, it may help > I use British America for the location depending on the time frame or New > France, etc, etc. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_America > > *From:* Roger Lamprey <ro...@rogerlamprey.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 11, 2014 10:09 PM > *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] A simple place-name question > > When recording the place of an event, we should record it as it was at the > time of the event, rather than as it would be referred to today. > > In that case, how should we refer to the American Colonies as a group for > events taking place before the United States became a nation (maybe just > "American Colonies"?). And, at what date did the crossover from that name > to "United States" take place? > > Thanks! > Roger Lamprey > ------------------------------ > > -- > Russell G. Strong > P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! This full featured genealogy > program can be downloaded FREE at > http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/Articles.asp?ID=133&Click=1114 > Oh so many branches and not enough time to check out all the roots!!!. > Check out my Genealogy Pages at http://www.rgstrong-genes.com . > > > 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
