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> On 30. Sep 2017, at 06:14, John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com> wrote:
> 
> I have previously mapped the Mill Creek Baptist Church Graveyard, ID 
> 53498031, and would like to add a node for the location of the former church 
> building.


I have seen this is tagged amenity=graveyard and landuse=cemetery, IMHO it’s 
likely not a cemetery, judging by the name.


> How do I tag two different historical churches with the same name, but not 
> the same identity, that are located a few miles apart?


different objects in OSM, same name tag. There’s no problem, besides maybe 
other mappers thinking there is something fishy



> Would adding "established <x>" and "established <y>" as part of the names of 
> the two different historical locations be an appropriate technique, with the 
> third node for the current church's location also having the "established 
> <y>" as part of the name? I would like to have some way to indicating the 
> linkage.


you should/could add the start_date tag. Enhancing the name doesn’t seem right, 
but it could go into the description tag as well.

Cheers,
Martin 
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