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DHaroldsen
DHaroldsen ✭
June 28, 2022 in General Questions

How do I get a place name added to locations? I need Bridge City, Orange, Texas, United States added. The location pulls up Prairie View, Orange, Texas, United States which was the previous name until the city was incorporated in 1970.

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    June 28, 2022

    "Bridge City" is already in the database, as an alternate name of Prairie View (https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?searchTypeaheadInputText=Bridge%20City&text=Bridge%20City&focusedId=5173634). If you need to enter a post-1970 event, you can do so as Bridge City, associating it with the Prairie View entity for the "standardized" location: that'll put the pin in the right place on the map, which is the important consideration.

    If you'd like to make suggestion for a change to an existing entity, use the "Improve This Place" button to the right of the placename. To suggest an entirely new place, use the "Suggest A New Place" link at the top left. (You may need to open the search pane by clicking the bulleted-list-paper-thingy icon.)

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