Thanks tachyon for the script for converting Reunion 4.0 GEDCOM to be compatible with PAF 5.0. - it is very clever and imaginative and clearly shows the strengths of Perl - anyway, it is to an ex Fortran / Pascal programmer, many years ago. I appreciated the detailed documentation, and the time and effort involved, especially when my specification conflicted with the output demo. Your script is also a good learning tutorial for me. It is this response that makes this Monastery so professional and held in such high regard. Many thanks. Please feel free to publish the script.