Pooling Places
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TNG V9 introduces the capability to pool places, that is share the same place location names between trees.
- 53 Places: The option now exists to pool places from all trees (in other words, all trees will share one set of places).
General Settings
Defaults to Assign
The default option is to assign places to trees for compatibility to previous versions of TNG.
Not Assign Option
You can change the General Settings >> Miscellaneous section Assign Places to Trees from Yes to No so that places are no longer tied to a tree.
Merge Places
If you are using multiple trees on your site, you will want to changing the default TNG option for Assign Place records to Trees to No and then clicking the Merge button to merge your places.
which will return a message that indicates that the tree assignment has been removed from all place records
Important: Don't forget to click the Save button after you receive the message that the Tree assignment was removed from all Place records, otherwise next time you do a GEDCOM import, your places will get assigned to Trees and you will need to go through this process again.
GEDCOM Import Impact
Once you pool places, TNG will no longer delete places that do not contain any geocode information before doing the import.
As a result, if you are cleaning place names on your desktop, an Import will no longer drop the old place names that you have cleaned up.
Previously you only needed to find place names that you were cleaning up that contained geocodes so you could delete the old place names, which you could do with the Maintenance - Places with no Events report.
Once you pool places, you need to find all the places that you have cleaned up.
The Maintenance - Pooled Places with no Events report provides instructions on how to create a report that identifies these places. The report creates an external link that allows you to verify that no events are linked and to delete the place.
Related Links
Maintenance - Places with no maps
Maintenance - Places with no Events
Maintenance - Pooled Places with no Events
Maintenance - Places with identical geocodes