Louis Kessler’s Behold Blog     The Behold User Forum

Thanks for describing the benefits of writing biographies, whether at Wikitree or anywhere. I started writing biographies at Wikitree because my now deceased cousin left behind hundreds of them, for everyone we were related to, from data she had gathered through interviews and local records that are not ...

Mr. Kessler: I think you misunderstood me. I agree with you that formatting has no place in GEDCOM and was not advocating for it. Thanks for pointing me to your interesting article. Your suggestion for a defined library of source element tags is an elegant solution that GEDCOM sorely needs.

Thanks again. My main problem with GEDCOM's source tags/fields is that genealogists use such a variety of sources that it is nearly impossible to anticipate them using a few fields - even given the flexibility of the PAGE tag. The biggest restraint for me is formatting and punctuation. For example, layered ...

Thanks for this analysis. Please tell me where can I find out more about the proper implementation of the PAGE tag.

Hi Louis, I wasn't questioning the accuracy of the data in your family tree, I was referring to the data that is already sitting in the Family Tree List and to which people compare against. What guarantee do you have that the Family Tree List is correct in the first place? Your data might be 100% correct, ...