This is not a biggie. But.... When I hit F2 to bring up the Master Place List when entering data, I have noticed that the numbers in the "Frequency" column are clearly inaccurate. For example, "Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota" is recorded as being cited or used 499 times, and "Evergreen Cemetery, Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota" is recorded as being cited only 1 time. I believe that Evergreen Cemetery has probably been cited well over a hundred times, and "Alexandria" several thousand times. A couple months ago, I noticed that "Alexandria" was recorded as being cited 495 times. After a few weeks, with dozens of additional citations, it went to 496. More weeks and dozens of citations later, it went to 497. More weeks, etc., it went to 498. Still more weeks, etc., it went to 499 and has stayed there for a couple of weeks during which "Alexandria" has probably been cited 100-200 times. There are many other situations where I have added a new location, citing it at least half a dozen times (e.g., residence tags for several family members), and only 1 citation is mentioned. Does anyone have an explanation how citation frequency is recorded and why citations are not reflected in the frequency count? If so, is there anything a user can do to get the program to add "1" to the count each time a place is cited? Thanks in advance. Joel Watne

On 2/3/2019 5:39 PM, BARB & JOEL WATNE wrote: > When I hit F2 to bring up the Master Place List when entering data, I have noticed that the numbers in the "Frequency" column are clearly inaccurate. For example, "Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota" is recorded as being cited or used 499 times, and "Evergreen Cemetery, Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota" is recorded as being cited only 1 time. I believe that Evergreen Cemetery has probably been cited well over a hundred times, and "Alexandria" several thousand times. A couple months ago, I noticed that "Alexandria" was recorded as being cited 495 times. After a few weeks, with dozens of additional citations, it went to 496. More weeks and dozens of citations later, it went to 497. More weeks, etc., it went to 498. Still more weeks, etc., it went to 499 and has stayed there for a couple of weeks during which "Alexandria" has probably been cited 100-200 times. There are many other situations where I have added a new location, citing it at least half a dozen times (e.g., > residence tags for several family members), and only 1 citation is mentioned. Joel, Remember that a "place" consists of an entry with all values being exactly the same. If the entry in any field is different, a new "place" is created. Thus, every time you enter a new Detail - street address for example - you create a new place. Likewise, if you omit any field, say county, state, or country, or add a field, say LatLong, you create a new place. Beginning there, when you press F2 you are not bringing up a the Master Place List. You are bringing up a specialized list of place fragments starting from the field you were in when you pressed that key. Each of those fragments may appear in several different "places" as defined above. That is, when you see "Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota" listed because you have pressed F2 from the City field, that may be a part of dozens of different "places" with different values in the Details field. The "frequency" column in that list does not mean the number of times that place is entered, but rather the number of "places" that place fragment appears in. The number after a city/county/state entry will only increase when you add a new Detail with that same city/county/state. The reason the cemetery shows only a frequency of 1 is you have no entries for it with different Addressees, which is the only lower ranking field. Terry Reigel