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*Simplified locality names will work much better with the clickable maps that will soon be added to the country-, state-, and regional pages | *Simplified locality names will work much better with the clickable maps that will soon be added to the country-, state-, and regional pages | ||
*Page naming guidelines will enable users to distinguish between localities with the same name and find an article about a particular town more easily, | *Page naming guidelines will enable users to distinguish between localities with the same name and find an article about a particular town more easily, | ||
*Systematic naming practices will ensure that there is only one main page for each locality, with links from other cross-references to that page. | *Systematic naming practices will ensure that there is only one main page for each locality, with links from other cross-references to that page. | ||
== Background Information == | |||
Between 1871 and 1918 the German Empire covered the largest geographical area. The FamilySearch Catalog for Germany is based on the jurisdictions listed in Meyers Orts- und Verkehrslexikon des Deutschen Reichs, ed. E. Utreacht, published in 1912. | |||