Ian Goddard <goddai01@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Everett M. Greene wrote: >> >> How does machine manipulation "improve" genealogical data? >> > > Store it. Edit it. Find it. Sort it. Reformat it into pretty print > reports, web pages or diagrams. > > Not necessarily improving the data but improving your use of it. > > In retrospect my other reply should have been more to the point like Ian's was, so I'll add: Reducing the data to just what it is, the labels given to it known, and the relationship method (if any) known. Like in the date question example being discussed.