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From: "Terrence W. Reigel" <>
Subject: [TMG-L:] Re: TMG-L: GEDCOM for Rootsweb
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 15:34:26 -0400
References: <90.3afa3ca.263da9d7@aol.com> <4.1.20000430220859.00a1d4c0@pop.mis.net> <4.1.20000501104932.00a25160@pop.mis.net>




Lee Hoffman/KY wrote:

> Terrence W. Reigel wrote:
>
> >> >At any future time if you want to change who appears on your WorldConnect
> >> page,
> >> >you just change the flags for the appropriate people, generate a new
> Gedcom,
> >> >and submit it.
>
> Yes, but if in the meantime, you have submitted a GEDCOM for an entirely
> different group, then you may want to re-do the setting of the Flag. Of
> course, you can use different Flags for different groups as you mentioned
> in your "fine print".

If you have submitted a GEDCOM for an entirely different group you have already
wiped out your earlier submission of this group, unless you went to the trouble of
getting a separate WorldConnect ID. I think for most people, a single WorldConnect
ID and a single flag is the way to go. If one needs separate WorldConnect files for
different groups, then you _really_ need separate flags to keep them straight when
you do updates, in my opinion.

In practice, I find that set of people I want to submit evolves over time, from
something that is easy to define with a set of filters, to a much more specific
list based on factors like which people I believe I know enough about to want to
"publish." That's where the value of the custom flags really comes into play, as I
can add or delete individuals or small groups as I review the data I have on them.
There would be no real way to construct a filter to collect these people except by
using a custom flag.

Terry Reigel

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