Hi Kevin, "is there some way to take care of the places other than one-at-a-time?"
Import your GEDCOM file into a new Legacy file, then look at the Location Master List. Fix an item there, and it will be fixed in every piece of data where it appears. You get to this list via View > Master Lists > Location..., or click on the Locations icon just below the menu if you have that displayed. Duplicate locations can be combined there, making it very quick and easy to tidy up almost-correct locations into one correct one. Don't forget to sort your locations from right to left to get a different viewpoint with all locations within one country listed together. You may see things there that you didn't see when you were viewing with them sorted left-to-right. It's only a viewing tool withing the Location Master List, it does not change how your locations appear elsewhere. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Howard *** Please reply to the list *** -- Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wendyh65/ <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ewendyh65/> -----Original Message----- *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Tool to Uniformly Format Places? *Sent:* Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:55:43 -0500 *From:* Kevin Walker <[email protected]> *To:* [email protected] > 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] <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[email protected]>>/* wrote: > > > From: Kevin Walker <[email protected] > <mailto:[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
