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GeoFinder

GeoFinder reads the place names in a GEDCOM genealogy file, validates and corrects them and adds their latitude and longitude. For unrecognized places, it supports wildcard searches and phonetic searches from the 20M entry geoname.org database.

Features

• Rich place name database from geonames.org optimized for Genealogy including cemeteries, historic locations, and religious locations.
• Designed for correcting large GEDCOM files
• Automatic matching wherever possible adds missing information such as missing state/province or county.
• Cleans up and standardizes placenames
• Output is to a new GEDCOM file
• Adds latitude/longitude
• Wildcard search
• Phonetic search
• Highlights locations in the US and Canada where the event date is before European settlement

See User Guide Wiki for details