This new be a n00bie question, but I'd still appreciate any help you
people deign to provide.

I'm trying to normalize a database, At current, all the data is in one
big Excel spreadsheet. In one worksheet, I have 83 row/records
containing data from 54 unique cities/locations. In another worksheet I
have all the names of cities and towns from a 5 state area (over 3,000),
alphabetized and given an ID number.

Is there a relatively painless way to assign the correct ID number from
the 2nd worksheet in the appropriate column in the 1st worksheet? In
other words, replace every instance of Abbeville, Louisiana to 1,
Abbeville, Mississippi to 2, Abbott, TX to 3, etc.

I would imagine this would be a jump for lookups, but I've never used
them so I can;t be sure.

Any help is much appreciated.

Charles