British Colonial America VS. United States
Question I have always wonder why is. . . Why is the date field not looked at for location availability?
Example: I enter the birthdate of June 1980. Location of Maryland, United States. Why would "Maryland, British Colonial America" even be one of the place options to choose?
Same question in reverse. If I enter birth of 1700n location Maryland. Why would United States be an option? There was no United States before 1776?
The system displays dates for locations. Why give users the options to choose the wrong location?
Same thing for England. United Kingdom did not exist before 1802. But if I put a date of 1700 England. The option for United Kingdom is still present.
Answers
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I suppose the answer is that the Family Tree place names gazetteer is still very much a work in progress?
Also, in cataloging projects generally it is better for rules to be too relaxed rather than too rigid.
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