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For people born before 1776, for place of birth, do we use the term British America?
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No, we use the colony names!
See:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19msdf4uzxBiyIwCSNUBcrHt15Qp-DXpGxBYLp3YWDO0/edit#gid=1136264887
or inquire with a specific state project in United States History project.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:United_States_History
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Ugh! Say it aloud. If you lived here would you say 'I live in British America?'
thanks so much! Cynthia
I see a few errors on that spreadsheet; who owns it and is it open to suggestions/edits?
Talk to Steven Tibbetts.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tibbetts-150
Georgia is the only one I know of that's potentially ambiguous.
Delaware used to be part of Pennsylvania.
It really helps to know the genealogy of the place you were searching . In the early days county lines changed. State lines changed I'm town lines were altered .
Before 1776, Maryland is "Province of Maryland." Period.
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