I'll try to help but can you explain what you mean when you say, "I have lists of people who married folks appearing within the places list. " Are you saying that names of people are listed as Place Names? BJ On 11/9/2011 7:07 AM, John Okerson wrote: > I have been a FTM 16 user, and have recently stepped into 2012. I started > with about 30,000 "places" appearing within the Places view of my file. > Having gone through the listing fully twice now, I have whittled that number > down to 20,000 with further work in progress. My perceived problem is that > when I use the PNA, I have many things that come into view whether *I* think > they should or not. > > My problem runs something like this, the place names would make sense, and > by removing descriptions, I significantly reduced the number of "places", > yet I have lists of people who married folks appearing within the places > list. WRONG, IMHO! I would like to correspond with someone who uses the > PNA itself within FTM so I can acquire usable tips. At this point, after > spending weeks correcting the PNA's lists, I have turned its use OFF as > others mentioned. Seems like a waste of a considerable resource - the > ability to name places uniformly! > > I have NOT resolved all the places, still working on them one at a time! > >