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Hi Louis. In this case, it is a good thing when a reader writes in to suggest you update the images in your blog article. I hope you agree. --GeneJ

Yeah!

Gotta love that badge, Louis! Great job. I'm glad you are tucking in early, I hear tomorrow is going to be a big day. We'll be watching. --GJ

Hi Louis, At least in part, I see this as the classic "combined" (record data) vs "conclusion" (person) issue. One conducts research and gathers various records that relate to their person of interest. These records contain incomplete and sometimes inaccurate information, and so frequently, conflicting ...

@Louis, In your reply, "I personally think ...," which probably answers your original question about why some users (thus vendors) find the sort date option to be a "feature." When I've seen that feature included in a program, I have not found it to be complicated. As you say, it defaults to the date ...

Hi Louis, More good Kessler works! You wrote, "Regarding sorting, I don’t know why some programs have implemented a 'sort date' field." I do find sort dates helpful. You wrote, "You’ve got the date, and you want to sort by the date." Well, you don't always have a date. While I use sort dates ...

"If Behold can’t read your GEDCOM, it’s likely no program can." -- That is so great, Louis.--GJ

"I do know that if it will take you longer than 10 or 20 seconds to enter the information for a source reference, then that’s too long." Awww, Louis. I'd need Andy's neural implant API to enter information using that benchmark. --GJ

P.S.... So great to see the "5 days" and counting! Congrats again, Louis.

A few of the researchers on BetterGEDCOM looked at RootsMagic (RM) and the other "extended" sourcing systems, too. On export, RM offers the user several options, including whether to export "RootsMagic Specific tags." This option is discussed only briefly in the RootsMagic Help file, "Creating a GEDCOM ...