Birth Country Fan Chart

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Donald H. Bradford said: Why doesn't FamilySearch drop the United Kingdom as a standard place for England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland? It kind of defeats the purpose of the Birth Country feature of the Fan Chart. I guess I am just glad FamilySearch doesn't yet recognize the European Union. Boy what a mess when they do.

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Jordi Kloosterboer said: The UK is recognized as a country by the UN. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland are part of that country today. However, they have not been united in the same name throughout all of history. You can research that mess on the internet. lol. Anything within England, Wales, and Scotland in 1801 and after, I use the United Kingdom as the country. Before that, I use England, Wales, and Scotland (respectively) as the countries. Yes, Great Britain and the different names for the UK are not used on FamilySearch as standard place names (I assume for simplicity), but leaving out the UK totally would not be accurate imo.