Use old or new name when a place name changes? [closed]

Question

My grandfather was born in Perth, NSW, Australia in 1905. Sometime later the town was renamed Perthville (to avoid confusion with Perth, WA and stop the mis-directed mail). In my grandfather's profile should I enter place of birth as Perth or Perthville? The former matches his birth certificate, the latter is more Google-maps-friendly.

Sean.

Comments

Gee and I wrote out the answer, went to send it and you closed the question. Shoot :-)

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Sorry! Found the answer too quickly elsewhere.

Answer 1

Found the answer in the help pages: use original name.