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In this article, the authors explore how the FamilySearch genealogical database likewise offers a user-contributed dimension for analysing and mapping place names. They then use the filter functions of the FamilySearch place database tool to map the spatial diffusion of 438 communities across Canada and the United States that share the names of European capitals. 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