Historical Places - Cities that Change Name
Historical Places - Cities that Change Name by Geoffrey Slinker, Ancestry Employee The postings on this site are my own and do not reflect the views or opinions of Ancestry. Locations change name over time. A city's name can change. A city's state can change. It is important to know this when searching for data on Ancestry.com. Renamed Places For example: North Carolina Hamburgh changed to Glenville. 1827 Hamburgh (later Hamburg) 1891 Glenville Hamburgh -vs- Glenville Let's try to find this record. If you were to type in the place of death, "Hamburgh, North Carolina", and you do not choose from the drop down "place picker", that is you type in the value and click outside of the typing area you would probably expect the search to find the record. However, there are no results. https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Hoty_Bowman&death=1916_Hamburgh-North+Carolina&count=50&death_x=0-0-0_1-0&name_x=s_...