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Suggest churches and parishes in Christening/Baptism places

SixtoRios Rodriguez
SixtoRios Rodriguez ✭
November 12 in Suggest an Idea

I do family history research primarily in Latin America. As I add/update people on FamilySearch I like to update the Christening/Baptism places to be as specific as possible so that it's easier to reference where a record was taken and, in the case of big cities with many parishes, it serves as a hint for where one might find more family records of that person. I also like to do this with Marriage and Burial records as well.

However, this often requires typing out long names before the Place search can resolve it. E.g., if I want to resolve this location, then I need to type out Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Cáchira without any typing mistakes before it even appears as a suggestion. Sometimes when I attach a record the place is already there but the You can imagine typing this out hundreds of times is a cumbersome process, especially if you're not an accurate typist.

Knowing the context of the field (the fact that it's a Christening/Baptism place) it'd be great if Churches and Religious Parishes showed up as filterable suggestions once the town is resolved. Often times there are only one or two places and the user would just need to select it. Otherwise the user could start typing out part of the name to select the right place.

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