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║ Information About CVEC - From File CVEC.INF ║
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║ PAF Review - Edition 93.2 - April 1993 ║
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Constructs C-Vectors as unique indentifiers from PAF data files.
Version: 1.0
Author: Peter G. Cook
Address: 435 E. Barbarita Ave., Gilbert, AZ 85234
Release Date: May 1990
BBS File Name: CVEC.ZIP, CVEC.BAS
Software Type: Freeware
Fee: N/A
Read/Write: Read only
Uses the PAF data base to build a file of C-Vectors. The 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.
Includes the BASIC source program.