Regarding this discussion, is there any way to edit the suggested place name? For example, the suggested place names provide the city name, county name, state name, but do not include the word or abbreviation for "county" (or "co."). I prefer to have that designation, but it is a pain to have to type it in for each entry. I am using FTM 2011 rather than 2012, with Windows 7, 64 bit. -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Boyd Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 1:27 PM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] using the Place Name Authority within FTM 2012, or earlier versions Click on the Places tab. In the top left, just above the list of places, you will see a button Resolve All. When you click on that, you get a list (and count) of flagged place names. Each listed place name, has several options. Do Nothing, Agree to replace it with a suggested place name, Move it to Descriptions, Ignore the question and Remove the flag as a suspect place name, or Search alternative place names to replace the one currently used. BTW, this gives you an option to scan lots of the flagged places and quickly replace them with a straight forward acceptable name. For Example, Replace Kentucky with Kentucky, USA. John & Kathleen -----Original Message----- From: ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ftm-tech-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Okerson Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 11:55 AM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] using the Place Name Authority within FTM 2012, or earlier versions > BTW, my file currently has 25,000+ Place Names that are flagged, so I > am working with them a few at a time. Are you saying that you have some way of ascertaining just how many of your Place Names have the FLAG mark - OR - are you saying you have 25,000 place names? I can see where to count that Place names, and am down to 20,0XX. I would like to know just how many of those are flagged though. Is there a secret to knowing? ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Online Support for Family Tree Maker Version 16 and earlier http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ Version 2008 - 2011 http://ftm.custhelp.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This has been suggested but there is no way you can modify the Place Name Authority list. I think it may be supplied by a third party. BJ On 11/9/2011 11:09 AM, Connie Shotts wrote: > Regarding this discussion, is there any way to edit the suggested place > name? For example, the suggested place names provide the city name, county > name, state name, but do not include the word or abbreviation for "county" > (or "co."). I prefer to have that designation, but it is a pain to have to > type it in for each entry. I am using FTM 2011 rather than 2012, with > Windows 7, 64 bit. >