"Christening Place" and "Christening Place (Original)" -- why the difference?

1stackgen4

I've been finding this alternate designation in records on FamilySearch recently and I don't know which place to use in my family tree. Example: the christening record for Franz Josephus Durst, christening date 12 Aug 1782 states:

Christening Place: Zell im Wiesental, Schonau, Baden

Christening Place (Original): Zell im Wiesental, Loerrach, Baden

This is especially confusing because the family lived in Loerrach in the southern portion of Baden near the Swiss border, whereas Schonau is much farther north. All members of these familes were married and buried in Wyhlen, south of Loerrach. I guess that means they must have moved while the children were young and still living at home. Or is there some kind of governmental renaming happening?

To be perfectly honest, I would prefer to use the Loerrach designation because it "fits" with the families they married into, but that seems to be from some unknown previous time frame.

This record is from: "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXHD-2JV : 24 February 2020), Franz Josephus Durst, 1782. Film 922052.

Thanks for your help,

Elizabeth

Ulrich Neitzel

@1stackgen4

Hello Elisabeth,

in fact both are the same place. When you look at the entry of Zell im Wiesental in Meyers Gazetteer (https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/21220011) you'll find that it belonged to the "Kreis" (approx. County) of Lörrach, but to the "Amtsbezirk" (district office) of Schönau. So it is the same Zell im Wiesental, just described in different organizational context.

If you would like to avoid this conflict you can just use "Zell im Wiesental, Baden" which is clear enough.

By the way it was the birth place of Mozart's wife Constanze (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zell_im_Wiesental).

1stackgen4

Thank you so much for the explanation. I really appreciate you taking the time to help me understand.

It is fun to think that my 4th great-grandparents may have passed Constanze's parents on the street.

Thanks so much,

Elizabeth