Desmond, The Place name is to use the map and the Place Name Authority. Normally that is a City/Town, County, State, and County The Description can be used for things like Cemetery Name Church Name Street Address Does that help? ___________________________ Russ Mailto:rworthington@att.net ________________________________ From: Desmond McDowell <desmond.mcdowell@rogers.com> To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, October 22, 2011 11:41:05 AM Subject: [FTM-TECH] Just Loaded 2012 My question: the "Description" field below the place name field, what is this for.?