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== Country sub-divisions: as in the FHL Catalog == | == Country sub-divisions: as in the FHL Catalog == | ||
For places smaller than a country use the name as it would appear if it were in the | For places smaller than a country use the name as it would appear if it were in the http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0 Place Search | ||
{{dead link}} of the Family History Library Catalog. However, normally write the name in order from smallest to largest jurisdiction, for example, ''Chicago, Cook, Illinois''. | |||
Also, use diacritics as they would appear in the | Also, use diacritics as they would appear in the http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0 Place Search | ||
{{dead link}} of the Family History Library Catalog, for example, ''Höfgen (AH. Meißen), Sachsen, Germany''. | |||
=== Administrative sub-divisions === | === Administrative sub-divisions === | ||