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Subject: Re: [TMG] Pre-USA country designations
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:19:03 EDT
Each colony had an "official" name before the American Revolution: Virginia
Plantation, then Colony of Virginia (when it became a royal colony); Province
of South Carolina; Province of North Carolina, then Colony of North Carolina;
etc. Generally speaking, this place was known as America.
In a message dated 9/19/2005 4:54:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
Just wondering what the correct "Country" specs would be for a person:
1. Born in what is now NY state in 1642.
2. Born in PA in 1765.
I just realized USA isn't quite there yet......
Was there an official title?