Hawaii become the 50th state of USA in 1959 People moved to and from Hawaii before and after 1959, but what events are used. Before 1959 they was two different countries and the emigration and immigration is OK to use, but what now? This are the same situation many places in also Europe where border of countries have changed and some times was separate countries and sometime different countries. Emigration are alright between countries, but what with greater move inside a country, e.g. also move from New York to Alaska. How to mark that? E.g. Norwegian and many other arrived at Ellis Island, but might travel through whole America to California, Minnesota or what ever. Emigration to Ellis Island and so a large travel through the whole America to the place where they (many be several years later settled down) in (to day) Houston. What events are used to give proper information about that moving around. ? I know this can be told in biography, but as short events to be presented by a gedcom? -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON

At 05:47 AM 1/9/2012, Otto Jørgensen wrote: >Before 1959 they was two different countries A correction - they were not two different countries. Hawaii was a territory of the United States (as Puerto Rico, Guam and American Samoa still are). Hawaii has not been a nation since 1898, when the Republic of Hawaii was annexed by the US and it became a territory. >e.g. also move from New York to Alaska. How to mark that? I track that on the Notes tab. >I know this can be told in biography, but as >short events to be presented by a gedcom? Although GEDCOM is an open standard, attempts by one program to extend its functions often meet with problems because other programs may not understand those extensions. In the GEDCOM 5.5 standard perhaps the only tags that would be appropriate would be the EMIG or IMMI tags to show emigration or immigration, or perhaps the EVEN, FACT or NOTE tags. I do not know how BK handles any of those tags because I stopped GEDCOM a couple of decades ago, and use only Register reports for sharing data. Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net