Add historical information to a place

StefanoBianchi2

Hi all,

this issue was discussed many times, but I'm not sure I have found a final answer to my question.

How do I associate a different name to a place in a different historical period?

An example should be clear about what I really mean. Acuto is a small town close to Rome, in Italy. It is standardized in FS in two epochs:

https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?searchTypeaheadInputText=acuto&text=acuto&focusedId=7059405

reflecting the change of district of the town in two periods. However, before 1871, Acuto was of course not in Italy (not existing at the time!), but part of the Papal States. After searching the forum, I realized the best thing I can do now is to associate to a person born in 1840 the standard place of Acuto (irrelevant if before or after 1927), and then write what I want in the birthplace field. For example in this case (GHDQ-569), I used:

Acuto, Delegazione Apostolica di Frosinone, Stato Pontificio

which, as far as I know, should be correct for 1840.

I may be happy with that, but I would be happier if I could contribute to FS by actually adding this nomenclature to the standard Acuto place, in order for it to appear as the correct name before 1871 (not exactly true, other changes are needed in previous epochs). Moreover, in the standard information that person will be considered as born in Italy, but this is not true.

I don't understand if it is possible at all. Should I suggest an improvement for that place, specifying that it's historically inaccurate and the other name should be added before 1871? Is there any other way? Does it make any sense at all?

Thanks,

Stefano

AnneLoForteWillson

Stefano, your information about this locality should be entered in the FamilySearch Places group. Be sure to include links or images to your evidence for the locality and time period you are asking for changes for.