Hi Wendy, What if Great Grandfather did not live in that 'County' you just combined or ? Historical Counties change. Cities changed Counties Historically.
Tim On 6/25/2010 12:23 AM, Wendy Howard wrote: > 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 *** > 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
