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CHAPTER 13 GRAFTING FOLDERS
INTRODUCTION...
The Graft Area provides the ability to merge data from a
folder created from an outside source (such as Ancestral File)
into some other folder, such as a folder containing similar
data from personal research.
GIM does this semi-automatically. First it makes best guess
assumptions about how well the contents of the outside source
folder compare with the contents of the destination folder,
using similarities in names, dates, relationships, place names
and so on. Then it presents you with the results of its
comparison, allowing you to make final adjustments to the
proposed matches before the actual grafting of data takes
place.
CAVEAT...
Please read this chapter completely and carefully before doing
any grafting. GIM's grafting functions are very powerful and
helpful, and GIM will do a large part of this task on its own;
but ultimately it is up to you to verify each phase of the
grafting process -- especially when dates and places don't
match up exactly.
This process may take a while, especially for large source
folders. As a result, you may want to pause the graft at some
point and resume at another time. If you choose to do this,
you may do so at any time, but in the interim, be sure not to
change the data in the source or destination folders. Also,
be careful to complete one graft operation before beginning a
new one.
CONCEPTS...
This chapter describes a grafting operation between a "source"
and a "destination" folder. The "source" folder is a folder
created from an outside source, such as a GEDCOM file obtained
from Ancestral File (see chapter 14 for details). The
"destination" folder is one which contains similar or related
information, such as genealogical data resulting from your own
research, and is the folder which will receive information
obtained from the "source" folder.
The Graft Area helps you take information from this source
folder and insert it into the destination folder. This data
is transferred in six sequential steps or "phases". Each
phase is automatic to a certain extent, asking for manual
verification at those points where discrepancies between
folders arise.
STARTING OUT...
To graft a source folder into a destination folder, open a
folder from the Folder Area. This folder is the destination
folder; you will select the source folder in a moment. Then
press shift-F6 to enter the Graft Area.
(Phase 1)
To specify the source folder, press <F1> from within the Graft
Area (as described above). At this point, you will see a file
selection screen, which looks like the screen you see in the
Folder Area. Select a source folder by selecting a drive,
directory and folder name from this screen, in the same manner
that you would select a folder to open if you were in the
Folder Area.
(Phase 2)
Next, you will tell GIM to do its best to automatically
identify persons and families who match each other in the two
folders. To do this, press <F2> within the Graft Area. This
phase should require no interaction from you, and you should
be able to let it run on its own until it finishes its work.
(Note: there is no transfer of information from source to
destination in this phase; this phase identifies matching
persons and families, without altering either folder.)
MAKING ADJUSTMENTS...
(Phase 3)
The next phase of grafting is your chance to manually verify
the choices that the computer made in phase 2. In phase 3,
you will want to check, double check, and triple check those
matches to verify that the computer's guesses are correct.
To do so, press <F3> from the Graft Area to enter the manual
adjustment area; here you can adjust the computer's matching
of source persons to destination persons. If it guessed
right, no problem; otherwise, you can change things around
before moving on to the remaining data transfer phases.
This area is divided into four sections. The top half of the
screen has two lists. On the top left is a scrolling list of
each of the persons in the source folder. Next to that, on
the top right, is a list of persons in the destination folder
who, according to the computer, best match a given person in
the source folder. (The lower left and lower right sections
give information about the selected persons in the upper left
and upper right, respectively.)
To scroll up and down the left-hand list, use the up and down
arrow keys. Note that each time you do so, the list on the
right changes. There is a different right-hand list for every
member of the left-hand list. The highlighted member of the
right-hand list is the computer's best guess at a match for
the person on the left. This is your chance to change these
selections; to do so, scroll up and down the right-hand list
by using the shift-up and shift-down arrow keys. (The left
and right arrow keys do the same thing.) Note: if the correct
person isn't listed in the right hand list at all, you can add
to the right-hand list with the F1 key.
In addition to lists of persons, each right-hand lists has two
additional entries. When "Exclude Person" is highlighted on
the right, then the person in the source folder on the left
will not be included in the graft in any way. (The computer
usually picks this selection when it cannot determine the
familial relation between and person and others in the source
folder.) When "Create Person" is highlighted on the right,
then the person in the source folder on the left will be
copied verbatim into the destination folder. (The computer
usually picks this selection when it cannot find a member of
the destination folder who is an acceptable match for the
person on the left.)
(Note: there is no transfer of information from source to
destination in this phase; this phase modifies the list of
matching persons and families, without altering either folder.)
GRAFT...
After you are satisfied that the information in phase 3 is
correct and that everything is set up properly, you will graft
information one person at a time (in phase 4) and then one
family at a time (in phase 5). All of the person grafting
must be completed in phase 4 before you can proceed to the
family grafting in phase 5.
(Phase 4)
To perform the person-by-person grafting process, press <F4>
from the Graft Area.
Start at the top of the left-hand list, and press <Enter> to
start the actual grafting process for each person. Continue
with each person in the left-hand list until all of the source
persons are accounted for in the destination folder. (Those
who are grafted are marked with a check mark.)
For the most part, the grafting process is automatic; it will
only ask for your help when information doesn't match up
between the source person and the destination person. For
example, if the birthdates between the source and the
destination don't match, you will be asked to choose one of
the following six actions:
Ignore
(Ignore the difference between folders, and retain
the information in the destination folder.)
Ignore and edit
(Ignore the difference between folders, and retain
the information in the destination folder, but edit
that information by hand to reflect the difference.)
Annotate source notes
(Retain the information in the destination folder,
and edit the source notes to reflect the different
information.)
Annotate research notes
(Retain the information in the destination folder,
and edit the research notes to reflect the different
information.)
Replace
(Replace the information in the source folder with
the information in the destination folder.)
Replace and edit
(Replace the information in the source folder with
the information in the destination folder, but edit
that information by hand before doing so.)
If you choose either of the annotation choices you will be
presented with two more choices:
Insert source notes
(Include annotations in source notes, before any
other notes which may be there already.)
Append source notes
(Include annotations in source notes, after any
other notes which may be there already.)
Insert research notes
(Include annotations in research notes, before any
other notes which may be there already.)
Append research notes
(Include annotations in research notes, after any
other notes which may be there already.)
and
Use generic preface "Also: "
(If the new date is "31 July 1899", annotation will
read "Also: 31 July 1899".)
Prompt for custom preface
(Same as above, but this asks you supply some other
prefix besides the word "Also:".)
Annotate then edit notes
(Include the annotation in the selected note, at
which point you can manually edit the result.)
As you can see, this means that when information doesn't match
up, you have full control over how to handle the difference.
(Phase 5)
To graft families press <F5> from the Graft Area. The
instructions are almost the same as phase 4. Be sure you have
completed all of phase 4 before continuing with phase 5.
As with phase 4, start at the top of the left-hand list and
press <Enter> to merge each person's family. Repeat this for
each person in the source folder.
For each person processed during phase 5, the following
actions are performed:
1. Each family where the person appears as a parent
will be merged.
2. Each family where the person appears as a child
will be merged.
Families are merged as best as is possible. Family members
will be linked together in a family unit. Family information
will also be grafted from the source to the destination. As
with persons, when any discrepancies are encountered, you will
be asked how you want to handle it.
EXIT...
When all these phases are complete, shut down the grafting
process all the way by pressing <F6> from the Graft Area.
You may also select this option at any time to abort the
grafting operation, but doing so will destroy any partial
grafting which may have taken place up to that point.