Re: Going from PDF to GEDCOM

First idea, run strings, count the number of occurences and you 'll get the most common words ( burial/in/on/he/she/they/died/born/married )

To get sentences, slurp a page, split on period not followed by a comma (or other punctuation).

Then split into parts based on the common words and do something with them.

But, I've no idea how a sentence (or a bunch) translate into gedcom calls.

How did you generate the sentences in the first place? Reverse that process

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Re^2: Going from PDF to GEDCOM by jedikaiti (Hermit) on Nov 08, 2010 at 16:42 UTC
Thanks! The getting-into-PDF process was actually automated by Family Tree Maker software, into which the GEDCOM file will be imported (once I find and reinstall it - STILL unpacking from moving in July!). Yes, I think I can start by separating individuals by looking for lines that begin with a number, a period, and a space. Well, most. Spouses may need to be identified using the common words method. Gave a little more thought to it late last night, and most people in this file are listed twice - as the children of their parents (short listing) and the more detailed individual listings. So I also need to match those up, and account for possible same names. I think I can do that by getting the basic info (name, DOB, DOD) from the short listing, then for the individual listings merging any records for whom those 3 details match, and treating anyone else as a new individual. Thanks again! Kaiti Swiss Army Nerd	[reply]

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Re^2: Going from PDF to GEDCOM
by jedikaiti (Hermit) on Nov 08, 2010 at 16:42 UTC

Thanks! The getting-into-PDF process was actually automated by Family Tree Maker software, into which the GEDCOM file will be imported (once I find and reinstall it - STILL unpacking from moving in July!).

Yes, I think I can start by separating individuals by looking for lines that begin with a number, a period, and a space. Well, most. Spouses may need to be identified using the common words method.

Gave a little more thought to it late last night, and most people in this file are listed twice - as the children of their parents (short listing) and the more detailed individual listings. So I also need to match those up, and account for possible same names. I think I can do that by getting the basic info (name, DOB, DOD) from the short listing, then for the individual listings merging any records for whom those 3 details match, and treating anyone else as a new individual.

Kaiti
Swiss Army Nerd

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