Help - my place name has no standardised name or the standardised name is wrong.

This is another situation we can come across. There are so many places where people can have been born or married or died or buried or baptised or resided in that it is possible that your place name is not in the list of standard names or it is misspelled or simply incorrect.

Here is a link which allows you to give feedback to FamilySearch on what you think the problem is with your place name.

Recommending an addition or correction to standardized places

The link asks also for a latitude and longitude for the place and this you can find in google maps (probably many other places where you can find it). However below is how you do find it in google maps:

1. open up Google.com (or in my case it is Google.com.au) - best in a separate browser tab
2. Somewhere at the top right hand side of the screen you will find 9 dots. Click on those and select Maps
3. In the search bar at the top left hand side type in the town name and country and select it from the suggested names Google provides.
4. when Google takes you to the city you are looking for, place your curser in the middle of the area or very close to the name and hold the curser for a few seconds then release it.
5. You will now see a pin at the marked place and at the bottom of the map you will now see a small rectangular box which will show the town name, state (or region) and post code and underneath are 2 series of numbers. These are latitude and longitude. Holding with a right-click the curser over either allows you to copy and then paste in the appropriate box on your feedback page :) If that does not work then you might need to write it down and manually type in.

Good Luck