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GED2TT DOCUMENTATION
Please read the files GSUMMARY.DOC and G_README.DOC which are a part of
the GED2TT documentation.
GSUMMARY.DOC may be found in the archive GGEDTTxx.ZIP and G_README.DOC
may be found in GENEVxxx.ZIP on many BBS.
INTRODUCTION
GED2TT was written in GW BASICA under DOS 3.1 and compiled using
Borland's TURBO-BASIC version 1.0. Borland's TURBO BASIC DATABASE
TOOLBOX was also used to facilitate large data file manipulation.
A GED2TT MENU will appear allowing you to select GEDCOM file
modifications or TINY TAFEL.
Several routines are provided which allow you to modify a gedcom
file...i.e. to change capitalization of Individual names and abbreviate
State names. GED2TT will also create a TINY TAFEL file from a gedcom
file. TINY TAFEL is a summary of a data file which lists all surnames
in the file, the number of times each surname is found in the file,
oldest and youngest birth-dates (or christening-dates) of each surname
and geographic area where the surnames resided. This is a useful summary
of data to share with other genealogists about your data or for doing
genealogy data research with other software data bases. You may submit
your Tiny-Tafel to any node on the computer bulletin board network known
as the National Genealogy Conference (NGC) which contains a program
called the Tafel Matching System (TMS). You can then use TMS to search
other data bases over the entire NGC network using the information in
your Tiny-Tafel as a basis for matching, within the constraints you
select. To get more information about NGC and TMS contact COMMSOFT,Inc
(address given on page 3) or you may sign-on to the COMMSOFT BBS at
(415) 967-6730.
GED2TT INSTRUCTIONS:
When GED2TT is executed an introductory screen is shown. Just press
Retrn or Enter to continue.
If you are working with a gedcom file containing more than about 500
records of individuals you may not be able to execute GED2TT
successfully using standard 360K floppy diskettes. A hard disk,
capable of handling larger data files, may be necessary. GED2TT
creates scratch data files which are about 50% of the input gedcom
file. These scratch files are deleted upon program termination. If
space for the scratch data files is not available on your output disk
then the program will abort. GED2TT will prompt for which drive will
contain the input (xxxxxxxx.GED) file and to which drive the output
(Mxxxxxxx.GED or xxxxxxxx.TT) will go to. The output drive must have
sufficient free space for the temporary scratch file.
If you experience a program abort and error when running GED2TT you may
determine what the problem might be by checking the error codes and
error messages in your BASIC instruction manual or the Borland TURBO
BASIC manual. For example, if you work with large data files you may
get error 61 which is the "Disk Full" error.
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The top menu from which all operations are initiated looks like this on
your display:
GED2TT MENU
1 GENE data file to GEDCOM
2 GEDCOM file to GENE data file
3 GEDCOM file modifications
4 TINY TAFEL
5 COLOR set
0 Exit GED2TT program
SELECT 1 2 3 4 5 or 0
When this top menu (GED2TT MENU) appears on your display you have the
following options (just type in the number to execute):
1 GENE -TO- GEDCOM:
or
2 GEDCOM -TO- GENE:
A note will be displayed suggesting you use the GEDCOMG program to
execute these functions. You can access the GEDCOMG program directly
by entering <G> at this prompt.
3 GEDCOM file modifications
A sub-menu will appear to select which of the following procedures to
execute. You have three choices. You can 1) change the names to all
caps, 2) convert all names to have the first letter of each name
capitalized, or 3) abbreviate State names found in place data. Option
2 also allows you to specify exact spelling for up to six unique
capitalizations (i.e. McDonald, O'Brien, deLong etc.). This routine
changes the format of all the Individual names in a gedcom file or if 3
is selected the State names will be abbreviated if the data meets the
spelling criteria. The output gedcom file will have the same name as
your input file except the letter "M" will be prefixed.
No other data in the gedcom file will be altered. This is useful if
your data file (i.e. PAF family records) contains a mixture of formats
and you want to make them all the same. Make a gedcom file of your
PAF records data (include all family records and notes) and then make a
new gedcom file using GED2TT with this option to change the data and
then convert the new gedcom file back to a new PAF data file (ie ...PAF
family records).
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4 TINY TAFEL :
TINY TAFEL is a program which provides a compact way of describing a
family database. TINY TAFEL was first proposed by Paul Andereck,
editor of Genealogical Computing. This program will provide such a
summary of a gedcom data file. The program is designed using the TINY
TAFEL Specification version 1.6 written by COMMSOFT, 2257 Old
Middlefield Way, Mountain View, CA 94903 (415) 967-1900.
You will be asked for the name of the gedcom file (xxxxxxxx.GED) for
which you want to make a TINY TAFEL. The gedcom file may be created by
PAF GIE-GEDCOM or by GENE GEDCOMG. Gedcom files created by GENE
GEDCOMG do not contain any place data whereas PAF gedcom files do
contain place data. Header data is read from the gedcom file or you
can enter the "header" information (ie your name, address, etc) to be
placed in the TINY TAFEL file. The TINY TAFEL file created by GED2TT
will have the same name as the gedcom file except that the extension of
the name will be changed to (.TT). A second gedcom file may be added
to the TINY TAFEL. Each name is soundex coded. Soundex coding was
done using a variation of the program by W.R. Buell, 642 Meadowlane Rd,
Dearborn, MI, 48124 published in Genealogical Computing Vol 5 No 4,
Apr-Jun 1986.
You will be queried about printing output to your printer in addition
to saving to a TINY TAFEL (xxxxxxxx.TT) file. You may select to
abbreviate State names and you may also select to save/print only those
names for which you have specified special interest.
When the TINY TAFEL file generation is completed you are returned to
DOS.
5 COLOR set:
If you have a color monitor you may change the display colors by
entering the BASIC commands for COLOR. Enter as 3 numbers separated
by commas in the format: foreground, background, border.
0 EXIT GED2TT PROGRAM
This selection will return you to DOS
For questions and comments on the GENE, GENEX, GEDCOMG or GED2TT
programs please contact the author:
Andrew A. Koppenhaver
P. O. Box 486 or 13224 Old Chapel Rd. GEnie E-mail: ANDY-KOPPY
Riva, MD 21140 Bowie MD 20720 CPAFUG BBS, FidoNet 109/422
(301) 262-8993 Compuserve ID 70476,521
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