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From: Glee Crocker <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Witness and Roles and V5.0
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 08:07:13 -0600
In-Reply-To: <3C5AA01A.CC9D337E@bellatlantic.net>


bob gillis wrote :

Theresa, I did not say we NEED to stay with one principal, I said I have
not seen any great desire for more than one principal and believe that
to add more would require a lot of development and programming effort.
<snip>

Bob:
My understanding is that Witness relationships do not transfer in GedCom
files whereas principles do transfer with all of the information. If that
is correct, wouldn't that be a reason to have the capability of having more
than two principles? Maybe I have misunderstood the transfer issue. If I am
incorrect, please correct my misconception.


-----Original Message-----
From: bob gillis [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 8:03 AM
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Subject: Re: [TMG] Witness and Roles and V5.0

Theresa, I did not say we NEED to stay with one principal, I said I have
not seen any great desire for more than one principal and believe that
to add more would require a lot of development and programming effort.

How many principals would you want? 3, 4 more? Say 4. but some want 6.
Then what?

Say 4. Then all the tag sentences would have to be redone. I think
the two principals came about because there are two principals in a
marriage.

And Theresa, do you use tasks and task lists. I think they are a much
better ways to record what sources you want to look at.

bob gillis

wrote:
>
> In a message dated 1/28/02 6:25:42 PM Central Standard Time,
> writes:
>
> > Gene said he wanted witness census lines in _charts_ for research
> > trips. I would think drop or ancestor charts to be very awkward for
> > research use. Yes they are nice to look at and better for family
> > members not especially interested the genealogical details but in the
> > overall picture.
> >
> > Now I wonder if Gene really means a _chart_ or a _report_? He wanted to
> > color code census events. I don't know if that can be done in reports.
> > But witness sentences can be added to reports or reports can be made
> > that show 1880 Census Tags.
> >
> > Having been on this list for many years, I do not remember many requests
> > for more than two principals. Most uses seem to be able to live with 2
> > principals and witnesses especially with the flexibility that roles have
> > given.
> >
> > I would think to change the number of principals would take extensive
> > programming and I do not think there is enough demand to warrant the
> > effort.
> >
> > bob gillis
> >
> >
>
> Bob,
> The original idea was a VCF chart, and it came from me. And yes, I meant
> chart. I have the chart I created in my office, and IF it contained all
the
> census information my database did, it would be invaluable to me when I
went
> on research trips. And I could print it out in book form. I have 16,000+
> individuals in my database, but only about 1000 of those are ancestors of
my
> children. I tend to get lost in all the names, and I could really use
this
> chart. And I only need about 5 generations, since before that, they
aren't
> on the census anyway.
> I just don't understand why we NEED to stay with 2 principals on tags. It
> just doesn't make sense.
> Teresa Ghee Elliott
>
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