On Mon, 23 May 2011 18:08:26 -0400, singhals <[email protected]> wrote: >Tom Wetmore wrote: >> Cheryl, >> >> I'm not asking what you should store so you can convince others of the accuracy of your work. >> >> I'm asking what do you want to do with the evidence you have gathered about people you MIGHT be interested in, but BEFORE you have figured out who was who. Since the evidence might apply to persons you are interested in, I assume you wouldn't throw it out. Since you don't know who it refers to yet, you can't add it to any person record already in your database. In what form would you want that evidence, and what would you like to be able to do with it? > >I want a piece of paper, filed where it seemed to me to be a >good idea to file it. > >Paper because I find it easier to shuffle paper than >electrons -- for one thing, I can spread two dozen pieces of >paper on the table-top and STILL be able to read them, >something I find I cannot do with even 4 windows open on the >monitor. And that's back to the Research Data Filer (RDF) that came with early versions of PAF. You keep the paper evidence, and the computer indexes them -- something computers are particularly good at. I've said it before and I'll say it again - I'd really like to see an updated version of RDF, preferably one that can import the data from the old version. Perhaps with a bit more pizazz, but nothing too complicated. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk