Re: [PAF] State Boundary Changes

[ACWomack@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/21/2000 1:15:11 AM Central Standard Time, 
sevy99@deseretonline.com writes:

>  I know that such problems occur even more
>  often with counties, but when a state changes boundaries it's a little
>  more of a problem -- at least to me.  To be fully accurate, the birth
>  in 1808 should be recorded Virginia. But, and to me it's a big BUT,
>  this will be confusing to others who read the record and don't know
>  the history. 

You should put the place and date at the time of the event.  Regardless of 
what it was years later, it wasn't that then <grin> and they probably didn't 
expect it to change.

This is where the FHC staff and the Ward Consultants and anyone else working 
with teaching/helping others do research....  need to help teach beginners 
and all others! that they need to use the date and place at the time of the 
event, and to teach them how to trace a county back through all the boundry 
changes.

Annette
Ward consultant, 
Member of APG, 
professional researcher since 1970.
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