This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: carlossa52 Surnames: Discher, Seibert, Krohn/Kron, Sá Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.ftmmac/152/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, I am using FTM for Mac, 2012 edition, under Mac OS X 10.7.3. Many of my ancestors come from Pomerania, part of Germany that today is Poland. Most cities/towns/villages have been renamed after 1945, but I want to keep the old German names, as they appear in the records I have. I have a small database, maybe 150 persons recorded. I created it with Legacy, before I got the Mac. I imported the database into FTMM, and, naturally the "place authority" did not recognize any of those names. So, one by one, I added the coordinates and made the old names "official". Now, when I enter a new person, and then enter a place name already in my database, as soon as I type the first letter, a list of candidate places shows up - very nice! So I select the place name that applies and all is well. Or is it. When looking at the "manage places" dialog, I see a duplicate name with a question mark. (see attached screen shot) If this was a single occurrence, I could simply merge the new place with the old place - but this is going to happen dozens and dozens of times, so a manual merge isn't practical. Did anyone encounter this situation, and if so, how did you deal with it? I have written to FTM support, but the reply takes a week, and they usually don't read the problem description very carefully, so it takes weeks to resolve (maybe?) a problem. Not impressed. Thanks in advance for any comments Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.