Legacy confirms that the location is not being used and removes it from the list. If one or more records are referencing the location, it cannot be removed. In this case, Legacy offers to display a list of all records currently using the name. When correcting misspelled place names, you may find that you end up with duplicates within the Master Location List . To remove these duplicates and clean up the list, choose the Combine option.
Legacy then goes through the list, combines the duplicates and moves the links.
Purging Unused Locations To remove unused locations from the Master Location List , choose the Purge option. Legacy checks each name to see if it is being used. If not, it is removed from the list. You can change the case formatting or spelling of any surname in the Master Surname List by selecting it and clicking the Edit button. Remember, however, that a change to a surname in the master list affects all references to it.