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From: "Stewart Millar" <>
Subject: Re: [PAF-5] event date range
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 18:27:31 +0100
References: <3D9C39AE.60902@T-Online.de> <006601c26af7$f7f4ff10$767ba8c0@vaio>


The PAF User Manual advises the following:

1.. On the use of slashes ---- you can use a slash between two days or two years if you are unsure of the exact day or year --- but you should provide an explanation in the notes (presumably because slashes can mean different things to different people).

2.. For an event between two dates ------ enter in the date field as "From 10 Aug 1869 to 25 Sep 1869" (which I guess would cover the date range question. In any resulting gedcom extract, that is exactly what appears in the gedcom line, i.e,
"2 DATE From 10 Aug 1869 to 25 Sep 1869"
This does correctly import into another PAF (5.2) database but does not into a copy I have of FTM ver 5 --------- I wonder what about later versions and other databases?

3.. I prefer to enter an estimated date ("Est 10 Aug 1869", "Bef 25 Sep 1869", "Aft 10 Aug 1869", "Abt 10 Aug 1869" ---- as appropriate) with any explanation given in the notes for the event.

Regards,
Stewart





----- Original Message -----
From: "E.Rodier" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: [PAF-5] event date range


> Date ranges are hard to read, especially when data is copied to a Pocket PC
> or Palm for library work. If you want to use them, check the look of PAF
> reports, wall charts and reports created by other programs after an import
> of the PAF GEDCOM with appropriate options selected, not the defaults.
>
> If PAF is used for data entry, it is easiest to plan a web site and family
> book with PAF rather than a GEDCOM transfer.
>
> Check file transfers between the newest version of PAF 5.2 and the newest
> version of any other program. Updates often have changes to GEDCOM and
> advice posted about previous versions isn't correct. PAF 5.x users need to
> learn to make GEDCOMs without the UFT-8 and _UID default options used for
> destination PAF 5. (some lines removed to shorten the sample)
>
> 0 HEAD
> 1 SOUR PAF
> 2 NAME Personal Ancestral File
> 2 VERS 5.2.18.0
> 1 DEST PAF <--use GEDCOM 5.5 option instead
> 1 CHAR UTF-8 <--use Ansi or Ansel instead
> 1 LANG English
> 0 @I1@ INDI
> 1 NAME Albert John /DOE/
> 2 SURN DOE
> 2 GIVN Albert John
> 1 SEX M
> 1 BIRT
> 2 DATE 9 Jul 1854
> 2 PLAC Somewhere,ON
> 1 _UID EBD60050E197914EBB6CF888FF57D46CA514
>
> PAF uses a different method for date ranges and double dates (prior to 1752
> calendar change) than some other genealogy programs. If sharing accurate
> data is the goal, an estimated date with a single year is best. Explain the
> method of estimating in the source text or better yet in the individual
> notes that will survive file transfers.
>
> If the importing program considers the PAF date non-standard, the whole fact
> and not just the date might be ignored. Few people who receive a GEDCOM know
> how to follow up on the *.LST report (or similar) and UID numbers in the
> default GEDCOM from PAF make a *.LST report very long.
>
> Along with dates, be sure to check notes after a file transfer. PAF splits
> lines in the middle of words and some programs expect the splits between
> whole words (sometimes called old style.) It takes a lot of effort to edit a
> PAF GEDCOM in a genealogy program for the purpose of printing a family book
> with multiple reports and charts.
> Elizabeth
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Weinert"
> > How do I enter an event date range like "between <date1> and <date2>"
> > into PAF?
> > It should afterwards be exported to the GEDCOM tag "DATE BET <date1> AND
> > <date2>" and be than imported to another genealogy program, which knows
> > this GEDCOM tag.
>
>
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