Correction to the recommended use of "United Kingdom" in place names
For place names in England, Wales and Scotland - FamilySearch indicates the use of "United Kingdom" from 1801.
However - the 1801 version of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" was replaced in 1922 with the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".
This results in the "United Kingdom" designation being attched to locations in England, Wales and Scotland from 1801 to the present . . . in fact, using the wrong lapsed version of the "United Kingdom".
Also results in no location in the whole of Ireland using the "United Kingdom" designation over the period 1801-1922 when such Irish locations were in fact part of the 1801 "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" - the same "United Kingdom" as FS recommends to apply to England, Wales and Scotland.
Simply put - I believe that FS has confused the lapsed 1801 "United Kingdom" - which should not be used - with the current 1922 "United Kindom" - and needs to revise the the recommeded use of "United Kingdom" from 1801 to 1922 (the start of the current re-constituted "United Kingdom").
See the attached handout I have produced for FHC visitors.
My personal interest in this - is that I am Irish and also British - and FS have clearly got their recommended dates for use of "United Kingdom" wrong.
