





             WHAT this PROGRAM CAN DO:

                       The purpose of this program is to allow a much
                  more convenient method to find differences and make
                  changes for the data files created by the Personal
                  Ancestral File program (PAF).  PAF is a copy righted
                  program of The Corporation of the President of The
                  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  I will
                  refer to this program as PAF from this point on.

                       This program allows the computer to do much of the
                  work of comparing two different Genealogical data
                  bases.  Now the program only compares PAF data but
                  future version will merge the two within this
                  program.(I will estimate the release date now)  The
                  amount of information compared within both data bases
                  is determined by the operator.  The choices are; 1.
                  Direct line, Ancestors only, 2. All lines, Ancestors &
                  Decedents except multiple marriages.  If the
                  individual, marriage or notes are different the
                  differences are [ displayed on the screen (optional see
                  CFR.DEF file) ] and printed in a compare log file or to
                  a printer.

                       To compare multiple marriages rerun the program
                  using the non ancestral spouse and the first
                  individual.

                  Direct Line compare progression;

                                                      - Grandfather {7->}
                                                     |
                                         -- Father --| (5) + Cld No Sps
                                        |            |
                                        |             - Grandmother {6->}
                                        |
                  First Individual:-----|(1) + Children No Spouses
                     Spouse & Children  |
                     No Children spouse |             - Grandfather {4->}
                                        |            |
                                         -- Mother --| (2) + Cld No Sps
                                                     |
                                                      - Grandmother {3->}


             WARNING:

                  TRY NOT TO DO THIS!!! use Ctrl-Break or turn
                       the power off with in the program this
                       may results in loss of your data files.
                       The program will not process a Ctrl-
                       Break until the program is at a safe
                       point.













                  INSTEAD DO THIS!!!  If you want to stop use
                       Function Key 3 as provided within the
                       program.

                  I DO Not take responsibility for any data LOSS caused
                     by the use of this program!  I have made a sincere
                     effort to eliminate these type of error.  But the
                     possibility of errors does exist.

             INTRODUCTION:

                       My brother and I decided to provide our brothers
                  and sisters with all the genealogical information we
                  have assembled for our family.  We became very
                  frustrated trying to combine our two data bases and
                  keep them up dated as well as trying to keep the rest
                  of the family updated with all the changes.  With the
                  current PAF software it became necessary to reprint
                  almost all the information and redistribute it to the
                  family.  This program allows us to only reprint the
                  pages that have information that is changed and not
                  just because one of the RIN's or MRIN's numbers have
                  changed.

             SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

                  * IBM PC or IBM PC Compatible computer 384K
                       memory.

                  * One or two disk drives.

                  * Preferred configuration;  One disk drive and a
                       Hard-disk.

             MEMORY:
                  The amount of memory your computer has will determine
                  the size of data base you can work with.  Memory size
                  limits are discussed in CFR.DEF section.  The help file
                  can be examined by typing "TYPE CFR.HLP" or printed by
                  "COPY CFR.HLP LPT1"  This file tell you what to do if
                  out of memory errors are encountered.



             GETTING STARTING:
               2 Drive system

                  A. Place disk with CFR.EXE in drive A:.  Must be the
                     default drive.

                  B. Type CFR <Enter> The PROGRAM DEFAULT screen should
                     appear.














                  C. Remove CFR disk and replace with SOURCE #1 data disk
                     insert SOURCE #2 data disk into drive B:.

                     NOTE: An error will occur if F1 is pressed after the
                     disks are swapped. To correct this problem copy the
                     CFR.HLP file on to data #1 disk.

                  D. Pressing; F1 will display the help file.  F3 Stop
                     program.  F5 display progress of the program.

             GETTING STARTING:
               1 Drive system with Hard-drive

                  A. Copy CFR.EXE, CFR.DEF, and CFR.HLP to hard drive and
                     change default drive to hard-drive.

                  B. Both the SOURCE #1 PAF data files and SOURCE #2 PAF
                     data files should be on hard-disk or one in Drive A:
                     Note use different Sub-Directories if on same drive
                     or data files compare against it's self.

                  C. Type CFR <Enter> The PROGRAM DEFAULT screen should
                     appear.

                  D. Pressing; F1 will display the help file.  F3 Stop
                     program.  F5 display progress of the program.





             History:

                  Version 1.0.   March 1992;
                     Initial release of CFR

                  Version 1.1.   April 1992
                     Reduced function to Ancestors (Direct line only).
                     Fixed Cross Individual routine to look at similar
                     first names first.
                     Split NFirst into NFirst1, NFirst2 with not auto
                     cross reference.
                     Added Any.Def capability at command line.
                     Modified the CFR.HLP file and made Read.me file.
                     Added Stack.His (Stack History for debugging)
                     Changed prompt wording in several places.


                  Version 1.11.   May 1992
                     Added Error handling for files not found.
                     Added Soundex codes to cross reference Individual.















                  Version 1.12.   June 5, 1992
                     Added capability to list Rin's to RINS2CHG.DAT file.

                  Version 1.13.   July 16, 1992
                     Fixed problem with Date4 compatibility for 0 and 512
                     different.  Fixed error message to handle log file
                     correct path problem.





















































