Re: [LegacyUG] Reference source help

2013-03-28 Thread John Roose
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 6:09 PM > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Reference source help > > The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries online at > http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp has a chronology for each state > that begins before statehoo

Re: [LegacyUG] Reference source help

2013-03-28 Thread R G Strong-genes
Nancy, How about this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_America will have links to other places as well! From: Nancy Stevens Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 6:09 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Reference source help The Atlas of Historical County

Re: [LegacyUG] Reference source help

2013-03-27 Thread Sharon Burns
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" wrote: > Thanx Tim. That's one I'm not familiar with - will check it out. > > Genealogy - - - - - it

Re: [LegacyUG] Reference source help

2013-03-27 Thread Nancy Stevens
The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries online at http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp has a chronology for each state that begins before statehood (for example Nebraska begins with the Louisiana Purchase). The site also has a national boundary map page that I have not used but might be helpfu

Re: [LegacyUG] Reference source help

2013-03-27 Thread John Roose
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 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 locat

Re: [LegacyUG] Reference source help

2013-03-27 Thread Tim Rosenlof
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

Re: [LegacyUG] Reference source help

2013-03-27 Thread John Roose
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, wrote: > ** > > > You might try "The Handy Book for Genealogists" by Everton Publishing > C

Re: [LegacyUG] Reference source help

2013-03-27 Thread MVMcgrs
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

[LegacyUG] Reference source help

2013-03-27 Thread John Roose
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