Sandy Rozhon wrote: >On 17 Feb 2005 at 9:03, Lorin Lund wrote: > > > >>I have a script (program) written that will extract the OBIT: data. >>This is a preliminary program. It doesn't "plop into events". Partly >>because I am unclear about what you mean by 'plop into events'. But >>this program will produce a file of the OBIT: data. >> >> > >Ok, I've had some time to cogitate on what I meant by "plop into >events" and this is what I had in mind. Nearly every obit that I >have is in a standardized format of one type or another. Here is an >example fo type #1: > >OBIT: Name: Gasior, Stanley >Date: Feb 10 1947 >Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #028. >Notes: Gasior, Stanley, late residence, 1213 Denison Ave., beloved >brother of Julia Godek and Albert Gasior. Funeral services Wed., Feb. >12, from A. J. Tomon & Sons Funeral Home, 2144 W. 14 St., at 8:30 and >at 9 a. m. at St. Barbara's Church. > > I made a 1 person .paf file to test this. See http://www.infowest.com/personal/w/wbs/g.paf (This paf file contains this info in the notes) http://www.infowest.com/personal/w/wbs/g.ged (This is the GEDCOM export of g.paf) http://www.infowest.com/personal/w/wbs/g-obt.ged (The transformed GEDCOM) http://www.infowest.com/personal/w/wbs/g2.paf ( loaded from g-obt.ged ) > >This is an example of type #2 (which may appear as one line or two: > >GASIOR, RUDOLPH A : Husband of Helen (Obit.). Plain Dealer 15 Jun, >1980, pg. 15 sec. B > >or > >GASIOR, RUDOLPH A : Husband of Helen (Obit.). >Plain Dealer 15 Jun, 1980, pg. 15 sec. B > >Now what I would like is that if an OBIT tag exists, then put in a >citation as an "Individual Source". I simply use the source name >OBIT since the 99.9% all come from the same city. The text of the >longer type of obit could go into "actual text". The shorter type >would probably just go in the page field, date field, and comments >for the name. > > > >>If you are interested in pursuing this let me know. Also, to run this >>script requires some >>other files. If you have a high speed Internet connection the easiest >>way to get those >>files is to download and install the 'J' computer language from >>http://www.jsoftware.com/download/j503a.exe >> >> > >Fortunately, I have cable access...I'll take a look at the 'J' files. > Let me know if my task seems too complicated. > >Thanks, >Sandy > > > > >