Question

For people born before 1776, for place of birth, do we use the term British America?

Answer 1

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

Comments

Ugh!  Say it aloud.  If you lived here would you say 'I live in British America?'

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thanks so much!  Cynthia

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I see a few errors on that spreadsheet; who owns it and is it open to suggestions/edits?

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Talk to Steven Tibbetts.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tibbetts-150

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Georgia is the only one I know of that's potentially ambiguous.

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Delaware used to be part of Pennsylvania.

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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 .

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Before 1776, Maryland is "Province of Maryland."  Period.