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Correcting Town Names

HeidiSchreiner
HeidiSchreiner ✭
March 3, 2024 edited March 5, 2024 in Get Involved/Indexing

Perhaps a silly question, but-

In my indexing tool they have the town name written as Podebrad, Austria. However, upon looking the town up, it's actually spelled Podebrady. The purple question mark says not to use outside sources to verify spellings. (I just used google maps and Wikipedia.) But there is a feeling in my gut that still wants to change it.

Thanks!

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    March 3, 2024 edited March 3, 2024

    Podebrad (Poděbrad) is also a correct name for the place.

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    (Perhaps a bit simplistically, Poděbrad is the German name, while Poděbrady is Czech.)

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  • HeidiSchreiner
    HeidiSchreiner ✭
    March 4, 2024

    Well good to know! Lesson learned, trust the source document.

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