I am new to this so am still experimenting and finding my personal preferences. But I decided to resolve "Gold Coast" to include "Ghana", not because the name was incorrect, but because I knew I would need reminding where the place was. But I "Ignored" "Wadhurst, East Sussex" as the place is correct at the time of the event and I know exactly where the place is. Christine -----Original Message----- From: BJ via Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2015 3:18 AM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Resolving place names (from the thread Program crashes when resolving place names) I'm continually confused with this obsession of resolving the place name. The PNA is a tool to help researchers enter the Place name in a uniform format but it only a tool. Its use not required or mandated. So why do these contrivances just to remove the flag. For a historical place whose name has been changed or no longer exists, why not simply enter the name as documented and then ignore the flag. You can ignore it in one of two ways: just pretend it isn't there (my preference) or click the ignore option telling FTM to discontinue displaying the unresolved flag (indicator). I'm sorry but it just seems like a lot of effort for no real purpose. BJ

I'm sorry Christine, I didn't intend to be overly critical of what you are attempting to accomplish. I think I would have approached it slightly differently by leaving the entry as "Gold Coast" and then gone to the Place work area and moved the pin on the map so it was pointing to "Ghana". BJ On 3/28/2015 6:19 AM, Christine Benson via wrote: > I am new to this so am still experimenting and finding my personal > preferences. But I decided to resolve "Gold Coast" to include "Ghana", not > because the name was incorrect, but because I knew I would need reminding > where the place was. But I "Ignored" "Wadhurst, East Sussex" as the place is > correct at the time of the event and I know exactly where the place is. > > Christine > > -----Original Message----- > From: BJ via > Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2015 3:18 AM > To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Resolving place names (from the thread Program > crashes when resolving place names) > > I'm continually confused with this obsession of resolving the place > name. The PNA is a tool to help researchers enter the Place name in a > uniform format but it only a tool. Its use not required or mandated. > So why do these contrivances just to remove the flag. For a historical > place whose name has been changed or no longer exists, why not simply > enter the name as documented and then ignore the flag. You can ignore > it in one of two ways: just pretend it isn't there (my preference) or > click the ignore option telling FTM to discontinue displaying the > unresolved flag (indicator). > > I'm sorry but it just seems like a lot of effort for no real purpose. > > BJ > > > ********************************** > List information page > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html > > ------------------------------- > 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 >