My normal output is via Second Site, its been ages since I ran a genealogical report in TMG (do run list-of reports for analysis). I think the MPL is the only way to get to that data. On 1/9/18 8:59 PM, John Cordes wrote: > Richard, > > Thanks -- yes, that is what I did to insert the exclusion > character in the Place Comment I described. > > So is the Master Place List the only way in TMG to get at the > Place Comment field? > Is your usage tailored to SS output, or do you use TMG reports > (or both)? > > John Cordes > > On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 08:47:12PM -0500, Richard Damon wrote: >> You can edit the Comment by finding the place in the Master Place List, >> and selecting it and then Edit. >> >> I have been placing a lot of comments into my places. >> >> On 1/9/18 1:36 PM, John Cordes wrote: >>> I have been experimenting with place mapping over the past few >>> days, with both SecondSite and GedSite. >>> I have been very late coming to place mapping myself, but am >>> getting more and more intrigued by it. >>> >>> As others have remarked it can get quite addictive! >>> >>> In SS I have, in Data -> Places: Place Levels 3 through 6 >>> checked; Use Place Style and Use Icon for Links both checked, >>> Only Places with LatLong is unchecked. >>> Google Maps and StreetMap (UK only) are checked. >>> >>> Today, in a SS build of my TMG database I noticed for the first >>> time that one place (Malagash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia) >>> had a superscript icon "i" beside it in the Master Place Index >>> generated by SS. Clicking that led to a page (pi555.htm) with the >>> rather mysterious sole content: >>> >>> (Wallace Methodist Circuit) >>> >>> That is the only pixxx.htm file in the SS make-site log. >>> >>> I checked the person details for some likely individuals in TMG >>> but could find nothing which would lead to this. However, in TMG's >>> Master Place List the above parenthetic phrase does appear in the >>> Comment field by one of the entries for the town of Malagash. >>> >>> Selecting edit on that place record shows that there is indeed a >>> box for entering a Comment, which contains the above phrase. >>> >>> The place style is U.S. Standard Place. >>> >>> I cannot find anything in TMG about entering (or removing!) such >>> a Comment for a place. The only thing I can think of is that >>> this came along when some years ago I imported records from my >>> sister-in-law's FTM file, which certainly had material in strange >>> places from the perspective of a TMG user. >>> >>> [As a side comment I have since got her switched over to using >>> RootsMagic and am now using GedSite to generate web pages for her >>> material. I never again want to go through the hassle of all the >>> cleanup (but still incomplete) I did after that import from FTM.] >>> >>> Would anybody be able to confirm that such a thing can happen? >>> I.E. Could importing from FTM, or perhaps other programs, lead to >>> entries in a Place Comment field? >>> I have just inserted a leading "-" in front of that Comment, >>> using the Master Place List, so the 'info icon' shouldn't appear >>> again in SecondSite. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> John Cordes >>> >>> P.S. I really appreciate Terry Reigel's wonderful article about >>> mapping in Second Site: http://tmg.reigelridge.com/SecondSite-map-links.htm >>> Full of tremendously useful ideas and suggestions. >>> >>> The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ >>> Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> -- >> Richard Damon >> >> The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ >> Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ > Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Richard Damon