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 <murke...@gmail.com> 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 doit4...@yahoo.com> 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 she...@legacyfamilytree.com> 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, sarlesinsi...@gmail.com> > > > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
