ADD STREETVIEW FUNCTION TO VITALS or OTHER INFORMATION

LegacyUser

Nicole Michele Le Gall said: Please add STREETVIEW in Vitals to be able to see where ancestors were born, lived or died.
Then we could add the link of the place, example : my ancestor was born there 20, rue Montera, Paris 12e : (where can I add this ? )
https://www.google.com/maps/place/23+...

LegacyUser

Paul said: I can see how this would appeal to many users. However, when I look at photographs of the villages where my ancestors lived I have to remind myself that only gives a view of the place at that particular time.

The appearance of a street, for example, can often be totally different after just twenty years. And even the 19th century photos of a village where my ancestors had lived in the 17th century does not really help in capturing the feeling of how they might have lived and viewed the place - church since totally rebuilt, houses demolished, etc.

So why not just add the link to the reason statement below the birthplace - so viewing the place (as it is today) is still only a "click away"? Look how easily I got to view rue Montera from the link you provided above.

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Tom Huber said: While the idea has merit, we don't even have maps that are historic in nature. All we have is today's maps, and not those that were in effect at various times throughout history.

Paul's suggestion is the best you can do for now. Maybe at some future date, FamilySearch will provide us with historical maps and historical street views.