* Change fact tag from individual to family

[JoopvB]

Mike,
I'm trying to use your Change Fact Tag plugin to change a number of residences to the new family residence. Before this fact type became available I solved a couple's residence using her/him as a witnesses, but I'm planning to change all of these to the new type.

The plugin however doesn't seem to facilitate this. Is it doable to change the plugin so that it can be done? Would be great!

Thanks, Joop

[tatewise]

Joop, it is trickier than it sounds.
A plugin to perform that conversion would have to consider all possible differences between the two Individual facts.
What if they had different Date, Place, Address, Note, Media, Source Citation, etc, etc, fields? There are over a dozen.
That is why the Change Any Fact Tag plugin does not offer that option.

A specific Plugin could perform the conversion but would need a significant user interface to deal with all those fields.
Maybe you could handle a Plugin for that conversion yourself.

Have you any plans to export your Project to other products?
The Export Gedcom File plugin caters for 2 dozen products and only 6 support GEDCOM 5.5.1 with Family Residence facts.

Also, have you considered how such Family Residence facts will appear in Diagrams and Reports?

[JoopvB]

Mike, good point:

Have you any plans to export your Project to other products?
The Export Gedcom File plugin caters for 2 dozen products and only 6 support GEDCOM 5.5.1 with Family Residence facts.

The only exports I use are TNG and Second Site.

I'll stick to the individual residence and when needed use the witnesses to create the 'living together' sentence.

Thanks for setting me straight.

[tatewise]

I'm not sure about Second Site but GedSite should support the Residence (family) fact.
However, I doubt if TNG will support it as it is primarily GEDCOM 5.5 based.

BTW: Have you been following the TNG and FH event witnesses standoff (15833) discussion?
What is your perspective on shared Fact Witnesses exported to TNG?
Please add any comments you may have to that other thread.

[JoopvB]

No I wasn't following the TNG and FH event witnesses standoff (15833) discussion, but have read it now. Interesting and - as always - one man's standard is usually another man's headache.

I only upload to TNG incidentally and think I'll wait for Darrin to straighten things out.

[tatewise]

If you have an interest in "straightening things out" then it might help if you could Email Darrin to encourage him to do so.