Re: [Gramps-users] Combining Places

[Alex R. <sh...@al...>]

Tom,

You should be able to merge two places into one. Unfortunately, it's=20
just two at the moment, so you have to merge your #1 with #2, then the=20
result with #3, and so on.

To merge places, select two places (select first and then hold control=20
key and select the second) in the Places View. Then either select=20
Edit->Merge from gramps menu, or use Ctrl+M shortcut.

In Merge Places dialog, you can choose the name for your merged place,=20
and it will appear in all references to former place1 and former place2=20
(the references will be changed to refer to a single merged place).

Alex

On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 12:45:12AM -0500, Tom Weichmann wrote:
> My database consists of a lot of information originating from many differ=
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> users.  This has caused a bit of a problem in that many places which are =
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> same physical place have many different names, =20
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> Example
> Albany,Albany
> Albany,Albany County,N.Y.
> Albany,Albany County,New York
> Albany, Albany County, New York
> Albany,Albany County,NY
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> Is there any EASY way to combine these places into a single place making =
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> way it is written uniform for all references to this place in the databas=
e?

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