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From: "Ted Meikle" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] PAF 4.0 to TMG via GenBridge
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 16:03:40 -0600
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Thomas Kryssbek wrote:
>
> I have over 100 PAF v. 2.32 data bases I eventually want to transfer to
> TMG. Last night I spent until 3:30 a.m. working and testing conversions
> into TMG. I've found that I get the best results going from PAF v. 2.32 to
> PAF v. 4.0 and then using Genbridge into TMG

[snip]

> The GenBridge PAF v. 3X, v. 4X conversions interprets the PAF event tag
> Sealing to Parents as the TMG tag SealParents.

If GenBridge does this, it definitely needs to be fixed! Until fixed,
it basically will make GenBridge useless for LDS researchers.

[snip]

> the real birth event). Also, GedBridge assigns the parents as witnesses in
> the TMG tag SealParents (this is my big problem).

Rather than delete them, you may want to change them to custom roles
or just leave them there. On my SealChild tags, I have created custom
roles of FatherSealedTo and MotherSealedTo. I do this for a couple of
reasons. First, it allows me to create sentences in reports that
specifically identify the father and mother to whom the child was
sealed. Second, it deals with the adoption problem. For example,
assume a child has a biological father and an adoptive father and is
sealed to the adoptive father. If you create two father-child
relationships, the FGS and the Tree view show whichever father is
marked as primary. Unless you identify specifically which father the
child was sealed to in the SealChild tag, confusion will reign.
>
> I can use John Cardinal's TMG Utility to change SealParents to SealChild;
> however, how can I get rid of the parents as witnesses in the Tag? This is
> actually my problem.

Tom, a few nights ago I was working on a project to change roles in a
number of tags. I could not find a way to do it globally, either. I
was able to do a list of people who had a specific tag with a specific
role selected, but I could not find any way to globally change roles
in those selected tags. If there is a way, I would love to know it.

John Cardinal, are you listening out there? :)

Ted Meikle

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