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From: "Darrell A. Martin" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Individual Narrative issues
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 03:54:22 +0000
References: <20050117.192812.3748.8.dean.scribner@juno.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050117.192812.3748.8.dean.scribner@juno.com>


At 03:26 AM 1/18/2005, Dean Scribner wrote:
>Lee Hoffman writes:
>>No, most sentences should not be odd. They may require editing to
>better suit the specific event, but they should reasonably close in
>general to what is needed for the particular Tag. That does not mean
>that every Tag and/or Witness Sentence will fit all situations, but they
>should be reasonable close.<
>
>You mean like these default sentences?
>[P] <was|and [PO] were> ado-father <[M]> <[D]> <[L]>
>[P] <was|and [PO] were> biography <[M]> <[D]> <[L]>
>[P] <was|and [PO] were> church <[M]> <[D]> <[L]>
>[P] <was|and [PO] were> cremation <[M]> <[D]> <[L]>
>[P] <was|and [PO] were> dedication <[M]> <[D]> <[L]>
>[P] <was|and [PO] were> deed <[M]> <[D]> <[L]>
>[P] <was|and [PO] were> guardian <[M]> <[D]> <[L]>
>[P] <was|and [PO] were> History <[D]> <[L]> (substitute for a death tag?)
>[P] <was|and [PO] were> milit-oth <[M]> <[D]> <[L]>
>Dean

Hi, Dean:

Those sentences look like the remains of a "less than perfect" GenBridge import to me. In situations where (for whatever reason) there is no defined sentence to import, or GenBridge can't decide the best way to proceed, the sentence seems, in my experience, to be defined as:

"[P] <was|and [PO] were>" _plus_ the name of the Tag _plus_ "<[M]> <[D]> <[L]>"

This begs the question about why these sentences cause problems. In some cases, I *think*, it can be because of duplicate Tag Types, the names of which differ only by the case of one or more letters.

I am **NOT** certain about **ANY** of this. But it all seems *so* familiar.

Darrell


Darrell A. Martin
a native Vermonter currently in exile in Illinois
http://www.darrell-martin.net/genealogy/


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