Re: [Gramps-users] [Gramps-devel] Hi From BetterGEDCOM; and Methodology Questions

[David L. <dav...@bl...>]

  From [gramps-developers]
On 12/11/2010 13:50, Greg Lamberson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am one of the organizers behind BetterGEDCOM, and I actually have been trying
> to join this list for around a month.
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> Without reproducing several of the discussions over there, I am certainly
> interested to see what you guys have to say on issues related to the data model.
> I'll be looking through the archives as well, and I hope you'll come over there
> to help us along with our deliberations even if the issues aren't new to you
> guys. We're building broad-based support, and education is part of the process.
>
> Thanks, and I look forward to your comments.
>   Greg Lamberson
> lam...@ya...
 From [gramps-users]
On 01/12/2010 04:58, Simon Cropper wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sounds dumb but I can find any information on how immigration or emigration
> events are coded.
>
> My family immigrated from England to Australia in the 60s.
>
> What type of event should I create...
>
> - Immigration Event : Place Australia? or Place England?
>
> - Emigration Event : Place Australia? or Place England?
>
> Ideally their should be a migration event where you state where you left and
> where you went. No ambiguity!
>
     Is this handled well in GEDCOM currently? Could it be handled 
better in a better GEDCOM? The current implementation of gramps seems 
not to allow you to connect two places.

David Lynch