Re: Name change for a country

Dave Scheipers <[email protected]>
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Hi Dan

You actually need to add the USA date information to the Name record.

At the end of the Name field there is an editor icon to set this
information. With that set you can remove the alternative name USA.

Dave


On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 2:45 AM dan inbox <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am trying to get ancestor reports to show the places in the USA with the
> country name
> - "USA" after 1776-07-03
> - "13 colonies" before 1776-07-04
>
> I have set up the country USA with
> name USA, language en, no date
> alternate name 1 USA, language en, after 1776-07-03
> alternate name 2 13 colonies, language en, between 1492 and 1776-07-03
>
> In the places hierarchy, this country is the top container for states,
> then cities.
>
> It does not work. All events are listed with USA even before the
> revolution.
> For ex this death: † 1743-06-11 Mount Holly, NJ, USA
>
> What am I doing wrong?
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