One more detail - do you use USA or United States? Jane
On , [email protected] wrote: > Good suggestions, all. I guess it is just a matter of biting the bullet > and plunging in. Thanks to you all. > Jane Sarles > On , Tessa [email protected]> wrote: > > Also keep in mind that if you have a few entries that include > > > > misspellings or jumbled info you can combine them to be the correct > > > > one (huge time-saver). I went through this process of standardizing my > > > > locations, did not really take that long because I worked in the > > > > master list - saw who was in any location and that helped me with the > > > > combinations. Also got rid of all locations not in use, made sure the > > > > long form and the short form were to my liking (I use USA and will > > > > continue to do so). Now that it is clean, once a month I take a quick > > > > look through (scrolling) to clean up any little mistakes from the > > > > previous month. I pretty much have it down now. No worries - much like > > > > the master sources (which I also cleaned up) it was a project that I > > > > worked on for a set amount of time each day - took a few weeks - and > > > > now my database is pretty clean. Best of luck. > > > > Tessa > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Ron Taylor [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > 1) If a locaton in the master locations list is no longer connected > with > > > > > any record in the database, then you can use Options>Purge Unused to > remove > > > > > all of them at once or use Options>Delete to remove just the one that > is > > > > > highlighted. Either method should work to get rid of the location you > > > > > mentioned. > > > > > > > > > >snip > > > > > > > > > > Good luck getting your locations cleaned up. > > > > > Ron Taylor > > > > > > > > > > --- On Wed, 3/21/12, Sherry/Support [email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I enter townships in place of the city/town. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sherry > > > > > > Technical Support > > > > > > Legacy Family Tree > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 6:18 AM, [email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > snip > > > > > > > Jane S. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and > > > > > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > > > > > To unsubscribe: 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 > > > > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > > > > To unsubscribe: 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 > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
