Location question
I am seeking guidance in reference to the recording of the location of where my ancestor documents are found. In my search on archion.de I enter "Greifenstein" and choose the film to look at. When entering the place on family search where i record the ancestor name and dates I am totally confused as to what place to choose from the list and/or that it matches with the year of the record.
In the archive from North Rhine-Westphalia/Archives of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland/Greifenstein (records of baptisms, marriages, deaths 1688 to 1778 for example),
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Some of the records will say baptized ect in Greifenstein or Edingen.
In the family search page I need to choose a location. What do I choose.?
Maybe I am not explaining clear enough. Could you refer me to someone who can help me record more accurately the location .
Your assistance is very much appreciated.
Best Answer
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You can just type in the name of the place and ignore all the options that FamilySearch presents - their selections can be very confusing at times. When I have this problem with my own family entries, I fill in as much information as possible to make the place uniquely identifiable, and forget about the years that FamilySearch wants to attach with the place name.
So for Greifenstein, you could just type in "Greifenstein, Kries Wetzlar, Rheinland" and be done with it. Same for Edingen.
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