I understand. But is there some way to take care of the places other than one-at-a-time?
Thanks in advance. Kevin On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 9:45 PM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES <[email protected]>wrote: > YES. As most of us recommend, always gedcom into a new file, fix the > locations to the way you like the locations, then merge together. That way > you can also use the tool to make that author a Source for each person > automatically. So when you merge a person to himself, you can scroll the > sources into your order. > Rich in LA CA > > --- On *Thu, 6/24/10, Kevin Walker <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Kevin Walker <[email protected]> > Subject: [LegacyUG] Tool to Uniformly Format Places? > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 5:39 PM > > > I want to import and merge a GEDCOM with my Legacy family file, but the > author of the GEDCOM did not format the places uniformly. Some contain the > county, some don't, some contain the word "county;" Some abbreviate the > state, some write it out, etc., etc. > > Is there a tool where I can edit the GEDCOM before or after it is imported > and merged to format the places uniformly, without having to go one by one? > > Thanks in advance. > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
