On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:45:13 -0500, "David Youse" <dhyouse@comcast.net> wrote: >I’m up to about 8000 names in my database now and find that I need to clean up many of the past entries. > >Specifically I’d like to be able to go through the Descriptions to consolidate duplicates, e.g., change [Reading, PA] to [Reading, Berks Co, PA], and to correct misspellings that make two descriptions where one would be correct, e.g., [...Pittsburg...] and [...Pittsburgh...]. Is there a way to do this without finding each of the records individually and changing them one at a time? Also, I’d like to see a utility that would find each record with an Event that doesn’t have any date, location/description, note, source or witness attached, and delete that event. If it are location you can make taht by goin g to file, location for text all over use word search and find all places to change. It is dagerous to change all wothout knowing where the cahnge is dome There are many facilities at Word search. See Search for blank event -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON