How to deal with birth and death places when the name has changed

Question

I try to use the Google map provided to make my entries for Birth dates etc. as accurate and complete as possible. However I'm finding a few places just aren't covered by google because they are most probably long gone, too small, or the name has changed. I guess there's no real remedy for that except maybe putting a block for explanatory notes on the form?

Comments

I've had similar problems with a lot of places.  Sometimes it takes some digging to find them.  For example I found the now defunct Lucetta, Indiana from a 1911 Gazetteer via Google Books and, after a lot of web searching, discovered that Xenia, Indiana changed its name to Converse in 1892.  Good hunting!

Answer 1

I would probably put it in as it appears in original records and make a note in the Biography section that the place name has changed.

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There's a new Q&A that relates to this: http://www.wikitree.com/g2g/3412/should-place-categories-work-places-that-dont-exist-anymore