Why does the indexed town differ from the actual record town?
In searching records for a birth 26 Feb 1826 for Katharina Erb from Weidenthal, Bavaria, at the top of the list is a woman who matches the town and date from "Weidenthal, Guteneck, Schwandorf, Bavaria" and then when you click on her name the record comes up "Weidenthal, Ba. Neustadt, Bayern, Baptism place is "Weidenthal, Franckenstein, Finkenbach, Frankweiler, Gersweiler, Neustadt. When looking at these places on Meyers gaz, these are two different areas. I did a search on the film #145790, items 8-9, Evan. Reform. Weidenthal, Neustadt, Bayern and the record is on that film, but I cannot open it from my affiliate library. It says "not available at this time". I am using the town line-up from the microfilm. Not sure if this is an indexing issue or I am just not getting it, looking at these towns wrong?
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Never rely on the indexed names or place names alone. There are many mistakes. You need to go to the original documents to be sure about the places. In particular as many place names exist multiple times in different areas of Germany.
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