HowTo: Gramps Clean Up (Places) 2 (Expand an Address – Gramps Clipboard) (2024)

I have many addresses that are a single Place Object (flat – highlighted in red) – instead of being in a tree structure (hierarchical – highlighted in green). The hierarchical places are much more useful and efficient (I can link information reverent to each place in the tree (people, images, GPS data,...). However even when it is in Tree format there are often sections of the address missing. Eg: Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia. There is no region – and it is not a Place that has been created in the Family Tree. So I need to insert the region between the town and state. This can be done using the Gramps Clipboard.

Here is how...