---
title: "Read Place Children"
method: GET
path: "/places/description/{pdid}/children"
tags: ["Places"]
---

# Read Place Children

`GET /places/description/{pdid}/children`

Read the children of a place. It returns the direct children (those place descriptions that are in the jurisdiction) of a given place description. It is generally used for traversing from parent jurisdiction to child jurisdiction where no additional flexibility is needed or wanted. For example, if there's a need to filter on type, year, etc. this resource should not be used. Using this resource to search for children of a place (`/description/1/children`) will return the same results as searching for everything with the parentId of place "1" (`/search?q=+parentId:1`).

## Path parameters

- `pdid` string, required

## Headers

- `Accept` 'application/x-fs-v1+json' | 'application/x-gedcomx-v1+json' | 'application/json' | 'application/x-fs-v1+xml' | 'application/x-gedcomx-v1+xml' | 'application/xml', required

## Response `200`

The read was successful. See <a href="https://developers.familysearch.org/main/docs/json-schema#placedescription" target="_blank">PlaceDescription Schema (JSON)</a>

## Other responses

- `204` — If the requested place description has no children.
- `404` — If the requested place description is not found.

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