Ron, When you click on a location, the program tries to find it geographically. It goes into "thinking" mode (in my case), the little circle goes round and round until it is done. Then you can click to edit or whatever else you need to do. Then you click on the redundant location you want to combine and again it's "thinking". Finds the same information it did on the first location. Once it stops, then you can combine.
Also, the program sometimes comes up with some weird connection, such as a location in Ontario, Canada somehow gets connected to a location in the USA. As far as I know they are still part of Canada even though they don't always act like it (I'm in the west). What it does to some English locations is sometimes quite laughable. Bernie On 09/09/2013 11:03 AM, Ron Ferguson wrote: > Bernie, > > I am not certain as to what automatic thinking is, but at my age any sort > will do! > > Perhaps you could clarify. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > Bernd Hornung <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is there a way to turn off the automatic "thinking"? I have a large >> database with 100s of locations that are a total mess. I just want to >> go through it and combine those locations that are the same (as far as I >> can tell). I don't want it to be "thinking" for each of, for example, >> the 10 different descriptions for Herkimer, NY. >> >> Once I have pared down the list then I can go through and verify >> locations and geocode. >> >> Thanks >> >> Bernie >> -- >> Bernie H Blog site http://haushornung.weebly.com/ Data site >> http://www3.telus.net/hornunghouse/ >> >> >> >> 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 > > -- Bernie H Blog site http://haushornung.weebly.com/ Data site http://www3.telus.net/hornunghouse/ 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
