Re: Opinions on entering location/place data


> > So, assuming that an ancestor was on the Mayflower, how would you
> > enter the immigration place?
> >
> > neilbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

From: "bob gillis" <robertgillis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Technically they did not immigrate, as now use the word. I have a
> landed Tag which says the person landed on date and put the rest of
> the info in the memo, Myles Standish landed xx yyy 1620 from the
> ship MAYFLOWER at what is now Plymmouth, Plymouth County,
> Massachusetts.

From: "singhals" <singhals@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Ermmmm, they weren't immigrants; migrants, yes, but NOT immigrants,
> since this was technically British territory.
>

From: "Christopher Jahn" <xjahn@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> And perhaps the word you're looking for is "settled" as opposed to
> "immigrated".


Doesn't *Immigrate* mean to move from one country to another with
the intention of remaining there?

The oldest dictionary I could find on line was Webster's 1828

*IM'MIGRANT, n. A person that removes into a country for the purpose
of permanent residence*

Lisa

"Lisa Lepore" <llepore@xxxxxxxxxxx>
.

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