Louis Kessler’s Behold Blog     The Behold User Forum

In effect, we create our own archives during the course of researching our genealogy. So, taking the time to learn the basics of archival principles pays off. Sarah did just that. I have recently blogged about preserving the provenance of my personal collection using archival principles ...

Bravo Louis! Very well done indeed! Andy

Yes, absolutely, "important people" is a necessary feature. Your use of the obituary as a model is a great idea. Will the user be able to select which categories of important people are included on a report?

PS I did go back and take a closer look at the exported GEDCOM, and yes it does output the multiple b. dates in chrono order. Dave

Having nothing better to do, I ran your file thru Roots Magic V. 6. Also edited version to reverse a couple of pairs of dates. One improvement - the re-export was only 255 lines long. Everything else behaved about as you described it. Where there was only one date allowed, the first occuring in the GEDCOM ...

Thanks, Louis, for your vote of confidence from afar. We panelists had a fun time in our session.

Oohh Louis, you must've been tearing your hair out. But you sound so patient, relabelling and resorting them each time. I do hope you had a great time down in Oz, and it certainly sounds like you have the pics to remember it by,