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CVEC. Uses PAF data base to build file of C-Vectors. Output
file contains the vector elements, sex, a file identification
character, and name of the base individual.
The C-Vector is an array of seven integers. Each element is the
birth year of an individual as follows:
1 Individual
2 Father
3 Mother
4 Paternal Grandfather
5 Paternal Grandmother
6 Maternal Grandfather
7 Maternal Grandmother
Taken as an individual indentifier, the C-Vector is very nearly
unique. It is independent of data base format and vagaries of
surname spelling. Once a single individual is found in common
between two data bases, ancestors from that point back are held in
common. C-Vector comparisons are gender independent - the same for
male and female lines.
For more information see article in July, 1990 issue of Genealogical
Computing Magazine.
Version 1.0. 3/23/90
(c) Copyright 1990 Peter G. Cook, 435 E. Barbarita Ave., Gilbert, AZ.