Okay..I guess what I meant was there could be "sub-boards" under Canada for the difference Provinces and territories..Like there is for England ..Example : like Kent , Suffolk, Yorkshire etc..
J
Ten Canadian provinces, fifty US states and six Australian states. And they each have several large territories, as well. It just isn't feasible.
They already have sub-boards on here for England, Scotland etc ..not sure why it would not be possible?
Well, I am a very frequent RChatter on the Australia Board. And, most of my replies on that board are for historical matters in the 19th Century. Like Canada, like NZ, Australia was in the British Empire. And, yes, there's SIX British Empire colonies that make up Australia, one that makes up NZ, and of course, Australia is a federation of those six colonies. I seem to remember from school days that Canada got its self government in 1867 and was then divided up into Provinces. And known as a Confederation. Whereas Australia was six separate colonies federated into one colony in 1901. So, Canada was a Confederation and Australia was a Federation and NZ was neither as it was one colony across a number of islands.
In all of those instances (Canada, Australia, NZ) how likely is it that even within one generation, people moved between the different localities in each of those arbitrary geographical territories? If so, (and in Australia's and NZ's cases, there's definitely plenty of movements) then I cannot see any benefit in forming child boards. Plus, do not overlook the practicals that KGarrad has noticed.... the usage simply does not support it.
In my instance (and I know it is replicated over and over in Australia).... in one generation, one of my family starts out in NSW in 1810, moves south as settlement spreads, and by 1840 is in the south west of NSW. That territory then is hived off to become the colony of Victoria. Same deal with another line, NSW and to VDL (now called Tasmania) .... I also have a family moving from NSW to Queensland, but at that time Queensland had not yet been hived off from NSW. In fact New Zealand was not formally hived off from NSW until 1840.
When were each of Canada's provinces formed .... I mentioned earlier my own school girl history says 1867 .... is this a significant date, or simply a poor memory on my part?
In any case, where are the early records for Canada .... and are these separated in each Province, or perhaps does each Province replicate the foundation records ?
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So the resources for NSW include Archives that cover each of the territories that later became hived off.
Cheers, JM
