Joseph's suggestions are some that I use often. I would only add that use of the "Load" and "Save" buttons in the Search tool can make some of these searches easy to replicate when needed. Ron Taylor On Thursday, April 17, 2014 4:19 PM, JV Leavitt <jleavi...@att.net> wrote:
Replying to my own post: I read my message over several times, making changes, and finally sending it, after which I see it posted with the word preciously instead of previously, and other words left out, etc. Woe is me. :-) Joseph Leavitt On 4/17/2014 12:26 PM, JV Leavitt wrote: > I hope I'm not repeating too much already found in previous posts, but, > since we don't have a Location Merge function, would it help to do these > things: > > First (of course), if there are MANY records using the SAME incorrect > format, then I presume that you would for sure want to use the Master > Locations List to edit (or combine) that master location so it has the > desired format. You could see how many are involved by having a check > mark in the "Show People" check box. This could potentially reduce the > number of problem records quite a bit. > > Then, would it help in some way to do this kind of search: > > Search (Detailed Search tab) > 1st condition: Individual, Birth Place, Contains, Sumter. > 2nd condition: Or, Individual, Death Place, Contains, Sumter > 3rd condition: Or, Individual, Burial Place, Contains, Sumter > > At least you would have a list of the records that have these particular > location fields containing the word Sumter. I liked the suggestion to > leave the Search List open, and do the editing from the Edit tab. > Clicking on the label in front of a location field will copy into it > what you have saved in that field preciously. As you step down the > list, you see on this tab only location fields for individuals (not > marriages) so this would limit using this procedure to the individual > locations involved. I know that this leaves out some location fields, > but I think they could be handled in a similar way, if necessary. > > This could be done for marriage locations separately, but using the > results in the Name List isn't as straightforward. > > I can see that if we had an option for the Master Locations list, which > would provide a way to show only those records having a particular Tag > number, it would be very helpful in situations like yours (which, I > presume, might not be uncommon). > > Joseph Leavitt > > > On 4/17/2014 6:59 AM, Kathy Meyer wrote: >> This is an excellent suggestion. Perhaps you copy your example of >> what your search would look like into an enhancement suggestion. We >> would all benefit from that! Kathy >> >> On Sunday, April 13, 2014, magnoliasouth <magnoliaso...@gmail.com >> <mailto:magnoliaso...@gmail.com>> 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? 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