There is a way to tag all the locations containing Sumter but what you can do with the list after that I do not know.
It involves changing the sort order step-by-step and the number of steps depends on how many elements you need to check. I'll do it for generic terms but if you are in the USA and know the likely position of Sumter then you can reduce the number of steps Step 1. Leave the sort order as is Search for Sumter, select those which turn up with Sumter in that position, they will; be adjacent in the list, and then use the Options button on the right to Tag highlighte records. Step 2. Change the sort order so that position 2 is at the top and repeat the above --- do this as often as necessary and at the end all locations containing Sumter will be tagged David On 13/04/2014 07:09, magnoliasouth wrote: > I have a horrible list of locations. I understand how to combine > locations, but that's not working for me. It involves way too much > scrolling up and down and all around. Also, the "find" at the top > isn't finding anything. It only looks for the first word which doesn't > help me. > > What I need to do is do a search for one word and get a list of all > locations that have that word in its various forms. For example: > > Let's say I want to search for Sumter. > > I want to get all of the results like this: > > Georgia, Sumter > Georgia, Sumter County > Georgia, Sumter Co. > GA, Sumter > GA, Sumter County > USA, GA, Sumter > USA, GA Sumter County > USA, Ga. Sumter County > United States, Georgia, Sumter > Sumter > > You see the problem and I use this one because it's my worst > nightmare. Sumter is all over the place and some location entries > don't even have anything else in them. > > Now as you can see, when I have 300 locations and they're sorted they > are at the top the middle the end and so on. Scrolling take WAY too > long and that's just not an option. I'd rather not bother if I have to > do it that way. > > How can I fix this? Please, tell me there is an easy way? > > Many thanks. :) > > > > 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
