Location addition
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.
Answers
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"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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