One place, every event connected to it
A village can appear in a birth register, a marriage and a photograph. Describe the place once, then return to all the research linked to it.
Keep the place before you know the coordinates
Create a reusable place record and connect it to the events and records it explains. Use address lookup, coordinates and a map when you can locate it; keep the place available for research when you cannot.
The reverse index gathers the records that refer to a place. When imported spelling variants have created duplicates, review their links before consolidating them.
Place · what happened here
Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands
51.8133° N · 4.6901° E
Events using this place
- Birth · Pieter Verschoorabout 1878
- Marriage · Jan and Maria14 May 1874
- Residence · Verschoor householdfrom 1901 to 1908
One place · three events · coordinates optional
Location without invented precision
- Reusable place records
- People, families and events can refer to the same place, keeping its description and research context together.
- Lookup and coordinates
- Use the available address lookup and map tools when the location can be established. Coordinates are optional.
- Everything linked to the place
- Inspect the reverse index to find related events and records before making a change.
- Review duplicate places
- Consolidation lets you inspect affected links before merging place records. Places and maps are part of the core Free workspace.
What this does not do
A modern map result is not a historical identification
Lookup can help locate a place, but a matching name does not establish that it is the place in your source. Boundaries and names change. Keep uncertain locations in the research record and verify a match before assigning coordinates or merging places.
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