I didn't take it as critical BJ, I was just explaining my approach so far. But moving the pin, something I have done little of so far, is another interesting approach on that sort of problem. And I am open to all new ideas. Christine -----Original Message----- From: BJ via Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 3:17 AM To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Resolving place names (from the thread Program crashes when resolving place names) 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 > ********************************** 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

I entered Gold Coast into a field. When I went to the Places work area, the Map could not find it. So in the middle panel, I entered Ghana and the map produced it. It was a relative simple way of then pinning that geographic location to the Place name. So whenever I went to the place name Map it showed Ghana for the unresolved Place name Gold Coast. BJ On 3/29/2015 4:13 AM, Christine Benson wrote: > I didn't take it as critical BJ, I was just explaining my approach so > far. But moving the pin, something I have done little of so far, is > another interesting approach on that sort of problem. And I am open to > all new ideas. > > Christine > > -----Original Message----- From: BJ via > Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 3:17 AM > To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] Resolving place names (from the thread Program > crashes when resolving place names) > > 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 >> > > ********************************** > 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 > >

I am working with a 5th cousin who owns a Mac and want to be certain that Synch is a built-in feature. Thanks in advance. John Okerson