Hi, Brian.

Part of the problem is that the reference sources do not give full addresses - sometimes they will simply say "Private John Jones, from Idaho" Where this has happened, Sean (Purblind-Horus) uses the state capital as John's "hometown"

If there are a significant number from one state, then the placemarks would all be on top of one another in the centre of the state capital, and people would not be able to easily see or open individual placemarks.

To overcome this, John has simply incremented the latitude of such clustered placemarks, so that each succeeding placemark is slightly to the north of its predecessor. Where there are a number, this results in a N-S line of placemarks. It isn't an ideal solution, but better than none.

The real solution, of course, is for people who have personal knowledge to contact Sean with the relevant information - he's keen to improve the quality of information in his post, and he has asked for volunteers to assist him in his ongoing research.

Cheers

Frank