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Subject: [STEWART] Transferring information
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 14:27:45 -0500

Nora Yahl writes:

<<It is possible, after you have read it and find that it has information that
you wish to use, to lay it into your own database.  Let me caution you
against that.  It is wise to avoid this unless you have made sure all of the
information is validated and that it has been sourced.  That job can be
formidable after import.  It is much easier to print out a portion that you
want to use, and then actually typing it in.>>

Rather than this (as retyping offers an opportunity to introduce new errors), I prefer
to edit the portions of the imported database and the transfer them piecemeal to my main
family file. My software, Reunion, makes this very easy: each entry is marked or checked,
then only the checked entries are moved, after which they can be linked where appropriate
in the main file.

Peter Fish

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