Hi Chris Do I understand what you want correctly? Do you already have a lot of these genealogical records that you want to convert from fields to data tiddlers?
Do you want to keep the existing fields and extract their content into a data tiddler in the same tiddler's text area, for display convenience? or are you just starting to create these records and want to use a form for data input into a data tiddler structure? Is your goal a unique data tiddler for each individual containing names, birth, baptism, burial? How many individuals are you thinking of? I'm only just exploring data tiddlers myself but here are some observations from a fellow beginner; Data tiddlers are sometimes easier for input and readability but the data values can be more difficult to filter and manipulate for output. Fields are sometimes difficult for readability but are much easier for manipulating and filtering output. Data tiddlers can greatly reduce the number of tiddlers needed, they are readable and are easy to export but those benefits depend on how many records you need to create and how you structure them. If you make a data tiddler for each individual then you'll still create the same number of tiddlers as the fields method and might hit problems if there are identical names. There are some useful tips on data tiddlers here; https://kookma.github.io/TW-Scripts/#datatiddler Data tiddlers may not exist forever in their current form, see the discussion here; https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/TiddlyWiki/GqqPZnp6VMI -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/164aeb19-fd5d-45b9-b8eb-0d8547887ab4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
