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From: John MayBee <>
Subject: [TMG] GEDCOMoutput (was Witness and Roles and V5.0)
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 09:11:14 -0800
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I agree with Gene. GEDCOM output is super important to me as
WorldConnect is our name society's major source of sharing information.
If WhollyGenes won't do such an output program, I would gladly pay an
outside source for such a utility.
John MayBee
Maybee Society Database Coordinator

Gene Stuff wrote:

>
> Putting roles in the note field is an excellent idea. Outputting one
> event per linked person is exactly how it works in UFT. (Only for
> principals, but number of principals is unlimited.) This makes a LOT
> of sense. Let's think about how GEDCOM is most used. It's used to
> transfer data to other genealogy software. There are no other
> event-based genealogy packages currently on the market, with the
> possible exception of Heredis. Therefore, it's likely that GEDCOM
> output will be used to transfer data to a lineage-linked program. If
> you were to enter an event such as census into a lineage-linked
> program you would have to enter a separate event for each person.
> (Examples of these programs are FTM, Legacy, etc.) Other uses of
> GEDCOM are submission to WorldConnect or the LDS family history
> library, etc. These also seem to make no provision for cross event
> linking of individuals. Yes, there is data lost by this type of
> output, but not nearly as much as not outputting witnesses at all.
> Also, it would certainly be possible to use notes to list the other
> participants in the event as well as their roles if desired.


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