Place
Part of (optional)

In the first box, type the place you want to find entries for.  I would suggest that you start your search with a very specific place name, such as a city, town or county.  The Family History Library contains a huge amount of information and if you search on something broad (such as a country) you will end up with too many results to wade through.

The second field is optional. Since many places have the same names, you can limit your search by adding a jurisdiction (a larger geographic area that includes your search location) of the place you want to find.  For example, you can add the state name when searching for a county.  If you do not know the name of the jurisdiction, then just search on the name itself.  The catalog will return a list of all jurisdictions which contain that particular place name and you can then select the one which best meets your expectations.

Place Search Tips

• Keep in mind while searching, that the names of the countries in the FHL catalog are in English, but the names of the states, provinces, regions, cities, towns and other jurisdictions are in the language of the country in which they are located.  
  
  
• Place Search will only find the information if it is part of the place-name. For example, if I had searched for North Carolina in the above example, my results list would show places named North Carolina (there is only one - the U.S. State of N.C.), but it would not list places in North Carolina. To see places that are part of North Carolina, select View Related Places. The next screen would display all counties in North Carolina. To see the towns in one of the counties, you would click on the county, then click View Related Places again.  
  
  
• The more specific you make your search, the shorter your lists of results will be.