It is not always easy to determine what the source of a place list comes from. Also, many programs are using geo-coding now, which also means the place list has to stay reasonably aligned with a modern list of place names. They have to do things in conjuction with Ancestry's API. The fact that you're having the problem with both Roots Magic and Family Tree Maker may be due to the feature which syncs a Roots Magic or Family Tree Maker database to an Ancestry online tree. I suspect that your problem is an artifact of the way genealogy programs deal with place names. Thus to restate this question, how can the master database itself be edited (especially for FTM2019)? For FTM2019, however, "unidentified" locations not in the database cannot be created, only "ignored". As described above, for RootsMagic, it's an annoyance, but a one-time pain per rmgc file. However, of the five, one is not in the master database of either FTM2019 or RootsMagic. All five were listed in the Meyers Gazetteer, as well as within Arcinsys, the place authorities you'd likely consider for either the late 1800s, or for today.
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