![]() PlaceClean - Opens the PlaceClean feature to help you clean up your place names.Show unused places - get a list of all the places in the database which aren't being used by an event or fact.Gazetteer - Displays the RootsMagic Gazetteer of places in the world.If an event that uses the place already has a place detail, RootsMagic will retain the original place detail for that particular event. This allows you to split the current place into separate place and place details for all facts which use that place. Split place - Sometimes you may have a place which includes details like a cemetery, hospital, etc. ![]() Print places - Print the place list, or a list of events that happened in a place.If you click Yes, GeoCode will look at each place in you place list without a latitude and longitude and, if it can identify a corresponding place, add the latitude and longitude values as well as the "Standardize place name". You will be asked to confirm that you want to GeoCode the places in your database which don't already have a latitude and longitude assigned. Geocode all places - GeoCode all the places in your database.(Note: if latitude and longitude values are entered, GeoCode will not perform any further searches.) If no match is found the fields remain empty. If one is found, the "standardized place name" and the latitude and longitude values are entered into the respective fields. Geocode selected place - Have RootsMagic search the GeoCode database for a matching place name.You can then select any duplicates and click the Merge button to merge the duplicate places into the selected one. Merge places - When you have two places you want to merge together (perhaps different spellings of the same place), highlight the place you want to keep, then click the "Merge" button.Delete selected place - selecting this option will delete the current place highlighted in the list.This has the advantage of grouping places in the list geographically. For example, instead of a place being displayed and sorted like: Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States, it would be displayed and sorted as United States, New Mexico, Bernalillo, Albuquerque. Reverse places - Display the list with place parts reversed.The 3 dot Options menu on the Place list offers the following options: If an event occurred in a place that you delete, the place field in that event will be blank. The place will be removed from all events where it is used. RootsMagic will ask if you are sure you want to delete the place. Highlight the place that you want to remove from the list, and click Delete. Click to open the WebTags panel to see and edit all the WebTags attached to the place.Click to open the Events panel to see all the facts where this place is used.Click to open the Task list panel to see and edit all the tasks attached to the place.Click to open the Media list panel to see and edit all the media attached to the place.Click the edit the place note to enter a history of the place or other information relevant to the place.Note: if latitude and longitude values are entered, GeoCode will not perform any further searches. You can enter the latitude and longitude values for a place if you know them. Latitude and Longitude – GeoCode inserts the values for latitude and longitude if they are empty (all 0s) when it finds a match, or you select a match.(Since there is no automated application of the full-length verses :short field option, it is not advisable to apply this field option to the field in all the fact type sentence templates or the role sentence templates.) You would add the :short field option in the Customize sentence field to subsequent uses of a place name after the first full-length place name is shown. The abbreviated place name can be called up by using the field option to show the shortened version. Abbrev – You can enter an abbreviated place name.Standard – GeoCode will insert the standardized place name here when it finds a match, or you select a match.For example: Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States Name - The name of the place, from specific to general.You can edit the following information for each place: To edit a place, highlight the place in the list and edit the details for the place in the live-edit panel on the right. When you enter a place name into a place field on the Edit Person form, it is added automatically to the Place List if it isn't already there. It isn't always necessary to add places from the place list. RootsMagic will allow you to enter the place to add to the list. ![]() To add a new place on the Place List, click the + button above the list of places.
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