Thanks, John, but my problem is finding place names that the program has duplicated, not ones that need resolving. On 5 December 2011 00:43, John Okerson <johnokerson@gmail.com> wrote: >> Yes, I know John, that's what I use. What takes the time is scrolling > through 2,000 place names to find the ones that have been duplicated > and then fixing 85 of them. > > > If your problem is locating the places with flags, choosing 'Resolve All > Place Names' brings up a list of only those with the flag, and the suggested > replacement.  I do NOT use the given suggestion very often, but it is an > easier way to see the list of unresolved place names.  What such a choice > does NOT display is where you have a very similarly name place already.  The > only way *I* know of to find those is to scan through the entire list of > place names.  My list of places is down from over 30,000 to about 15,000, so > YES I have spent many entire DAYS working on the list of places.  What I am > doing with Ancestry.com's hints keeps creating new unresolved places when I > miss them.  I find that they are there by seeing the unusual place name > displayed in the list of choices and then go to Places to repair them! > > Hope that idea helps. > > John Okerson