FamilySearch Introduces the new - Place Research Tool
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By Ancestry Insider, May 5, 2015 (use this link to see the original article)
I noticed the other day on the FamilySearch Labs website that FamilySearch is no longer supporting its Place Standard Finder. They have replaced it with Place Research. This tool opens the kimono to expose the feature inside FamilySearch.org that allows you to search using a place name and having FamilySearch return proper results even when the name has changed. For example, a search on FamilySearch.org for a person living in Bristol, Vermont will return records for Pocock . .
I noticed the other day on the FamilySearch Labs website that FamilySearch is no longer supporting its Place Standard Finder. They have replaced it with Place Research. This tool opens the kimono to expose the feature inside FamilySearch.org that allows you to search using a place name and having FamilySearch return proper results even when the name has changed. For example, a search on FamilySearch.org for a person living in Bristol, Vermont will return records for Pocock . .
because Bristol used to be named Pocock.
Place Research can help identify place name changes. The quintessential example given by FamilySearch is St. Joseph, Arizona. I searched for [St. Joseph, Arizona] (without the brackets). Place Research displayed a list of all its historic names, as well as the applicable dates:
Place Research can help identify place name changes. The quintessential example given by FamilySearch is St. Joseph, Arizona. I searched for [St. Joseph, Arizona] (without the brackets). Place Research displayed a list of all its historic names, as well as the applicable dates:
Save This Link for the Place Research Tool -
save it to your bookmarks
https://familysearch.org/int-std-ui-research/
save it to your bookmarks
https://familysearch.org/int-std-ui-research/
This is what the page looks like when you access it. For the time being, save the link to your bookmarks. Use it often. It will be a great source of knowing more about specific locations as well as dates and information concerning the lives and locations of ancestors.