RE: [LegacyUG] What would you call America in 1666?

2008-11-24 Thread mffowler
Shelly and others, I think “North American Colonies” would be the best description. Historically speaking, to refer to the area as British North America especially in 1666 would not be correct as the French and Spanish also had a large presence. King Philip’s war, also known as the French and

RE: [LegacyUG] Historical information WAS: Godparents

2007-07-24 Thread mffowler
Jose, I am a long way from producing reports but I am thinking about what I may do. I am an amateur historian and amateur genealogist. In my working life, now retired, I managed a cancer data base with functionality concepts similar to genealogy software. If one wishes to compare information

RE: [LegacyUG] Non-standard locations

2007-07-13 Thread mffowler
Thank you all for this wonderful discussion. I did intentionally use quotation marks in the title of the message because I have realized that what is common to one area is not always appropriate for another. I was hoping for input from group members from outside the USA. Before beginning input

RE: [LegacyUG] Non-standard locations

2007-07-12 Thread mffowler
Thanks to all who responded, especially Wendy and Mike. I think you are understanding what I am trying to explain, although perhaps poorly. Every day that I study more about medieval times I get answers to some of my questions but have a dozen others to be answered. It doesn't help me in my

RE: [LegacyUG] how to list townships

2007-06-09 Thread mffowler
I'm so glad this question was asked. I have been wondering about this for some time. Many of the states in the Midwest that I search have much of their data listed by township (US GenWeb sites). I inherited my mother's genealogy work; now I'm trying to verify it. Fortunately she included the

RE: [LegacyUG] S.S. Death Index as an event

2007-03-25 Thread mffowler
Just as an aside--I'm sure you are all aware that the SSDI information is not necessarily accurate. Several people have posted their families on the web which included my father who died in 2000. The SSDI states his last address was San Diego, CA. He was never in San Diego in his lifetime. I'm

RE: [LegacyUG] quick genealogy question

2007-03-09 Thread mffowler
Is it possible that he did work as a domestic for someone else but did so only during the day and lived with his family in their own home rather than with the person he worked for 24/6 (such as a valet/butler) as is often portrayed in the movies? Marcellyn __ Pat Jones wrote I'm cleaning

RE: [LegacyUG] RTFM usage

2007-03-04 Thread mffowler
Hi David, I'm responding only to you. I, for one, do not appreciate the use of words such as f There are so many wonderful, descriptive words in the English language that are also meaningful. The use of such gutter language does nothing to improve the meaning mostly because of the

[LegacyUG] Legacy on shared drive

2007-02-14 Thread mffowler
Hello to all, I joined this user group in November but this is the first time I have posted. I have learned much from all of the questions and responses. Now I need some advice from the many who have more expertise than I. Due to a disability I have a PC but use my laptop more frequently. But