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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Deleting parts of Master Place List
Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 10:11:52 -0400
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P. HOLM wrote:
>I have many thousands of places that are not used for any events. Is there a
>way of removing them from the Master Place List (MPL)? I am looking for an
>easy and simple way of removing them. I am at present using this method:
>Open Tools - MPL then highlighting one of the places and checking the Events
>button, if not events then wait a few seconds then Edit the place and
>manually delete the entries, the wait another several seconds for the
>program to "collect places" and to "update the MPL" The whole process for
>removing one place takes 20 to 25 seconds, very time consuming even with no
>other programs running.
>
>I suspect that the MPL became overpopulated with these extra places in the
>way that the database imported from Roots2 to Roots3 to Roots5 to TMG5.? on
>to TMG5.15 which is what I am using now.

If a place is not used anywhere in TMG, you may select
File=>Maintenance=>Optimize and the unused placed will be deleted _IF_ the
places do not have anything in the Start Year, End Year, Comments, or Short
Place fields.

If you have tried the Optimize function and are sure that the place is not
used anywhere in your project (including the Master Repository List), then
open the Master Place List (MPL), find that place record and edit it. In
the Edit Place window, go to (in turn) the Short Place, Start Year, End
Year, and Comments fields. For each of these, press Control+A to highlight
the field and press the Delete key. (The Year fields will continue to have
zero in them). When finished click on the [OK] button to save that place
record change. After you have done this to the pertinent place records,
[Close] the MPL and try the Optimize function. this should eliminate the
unused places.

Hope this helps -

Lee Hoffman/KY
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My website: <http://www.tmgtips.com/lhoffman>;
A user of the best genealogy program, The Master Genealogist (TMG)

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