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║ Information About MSG2PAF - From File MSG2PAF.INF ║
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║ PAF Review - Edition 93.2 - April 1993 ║
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Helps you extract genealogical data from ASCII text files and
places it into a PAF Family Records Data Base or a GEDCOM file.
Version: 1.3
Author: Jack J. Chandler
Address: 812 Vermillion Dr., Henderson, NV 89015
Version Date: March 1993
BBS File Name: MSG2PAF.ZIP, MS2PAF13.ZIP
Software Type: Shareware
Fee: $5 donation suggested but not required.
Read/Write: Updates INDIV2 & NOTES2.DAT files or creates GEDCOM
MSG2PAF is a PAF utility designed to extract genealogical data
from ASCII text files and 1) place them directly into a PAF Family
Records Data Base or 2) create a GEDCOM in format 2.1/2.2 to be
input to PAF or to other genealogical database software with
GEDCOM capability. Input can be any ASCII text that contains data
that is desirable to input to a genealogical database. The
program assists the genealogist in easily transferring information
which they choose from the input file.
MSG2PAF accepts inputs for name, dates of birth, christening,
death, burial, places of birth and death, title, sex, and five
note lines of 78 characters each. It inputs these directly into
the PAF Family Records files as single, unattached individuals.
Individual records are added to the end of the INDIV2.DAT file.
New names are added in the proper position in the name tree.
Notes are added to the end of the NOTES file. These individual
records must be connected to their family groups from within PAF.
It is recommended that MSG2PAF be used to import data into a
separate PAF Family Records Data Base rather than directly into
your primary data. These records can then be viewed and edited as
desired. After satisfied with the record, it can then be moved
into the PAF database either with GIE or with PAF2PAF which
transfers single records from one PAF database to another.