tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post1423242534954052173..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Place Names and History: The place at the timeJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-51861304229992121392017-10-10T07:55:28.986-07:002017-10-10T07:55:28.986-07:00I certainly agree. I have written about that and t...I certainly agree. I have written about that and talked about that many times. I don't think that comments and notes are sufficient to properly explain the changes. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-26501837374799097452017-10-09T14:52:43.269-07:002017-10-09T14:52:43.269-07:00Wikipedia asserts that the proper term was "B...Wikipedia asserts that the proper term was "British America".<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_America<br />Wikipedia cites as its authority Thomas Jefferson's usage of the term in 1774. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch14s10.html<br /><br />I believe that genealogical database software should evolve to faciliate users easily recording event locations BOTH ways -- contemporary with the event, and modern. This would enable online map developers to create products that accurately show on current maps where events took place.Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217841938660671388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-1279163169986693652017-10-08T09:18:08.471-07:002017-10-08T09:18:08.471-07:00Hmm. I agree with your comment. I will have to thi...Hmm. I agree with your comment. I will have to think this over and decide exactly how I think this should work. I am certain that I am not going to put United States. But that still raises an issue as to when the U.S. is considered the place: 1776 or 1782?James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-86965043890260491102017-10-08T07:30:01.049-07:002017-10-08T07:30:01.049-07:00Yes. Except....
There never was a jurisdiction n...Yes. Except.... <br /><br />There never was a jurisdiction named "British Colonial America". It's a description with no precise definition. Does it include bits of Canada? (Whatever that means!) The American colonies were (for the most part) separate.<br /><br />And the Family Search standard place names are peculiar indeed if they exclude (as they do) East and West Germany or North and South Vietnam in favour of just Germany or Vietnam. <br /><br />I totally agree with the idea - unfortunately all sorts of prejudices get in the way.Adrian Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17121476733954006501noreply@blogger.com