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From: Marsha Ensminger <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Proper Terminology
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 00:12:31 -0700 (PDT)
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I saw someone recently refering to events in "Germanic Europa"... up
with which I do not intend to put.

I use "Germany" (including the quotes) for situations like this. It's
similar to my relative who tell me things happened in "St. Louis" when
what they mean is west of the Mississippi and probably east of Kansas
City... so I record those as "St. Louis".

If I ever find a map specific enough to show who actually thought they
governed my gg-grandfather's village when he was born in 1811, I'll be
glad to record the information. Meanwhile, "Germany" works for me.

--- Kevin Sholder <> wrote:

> All,
>
> I'm curious as to how other people handle the fact that in the US
> census
> records (1850, 1860, 1870) so often it shows the country or birth as
> Germany. When in fact this is incorrect. Obviously to record the
> census
> information accurately, this is used. But for the actual birth
> place, i
f
> you don't actually know, I would rather not use "Germany." What do
> you do
> in this case to indicate that they came from somewhere in a German
> speaking
> part of Europe?
>
> Thank you for your time,
> Kevin L. Sholder
>
>
>
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