The way it was explained to me (forty-second hand) and from my own observation of the data lists in his book is that he searched the original records and only found so much information was extant.  I do not know what the sources looked like or why he chose to publish what he did.

Looking at the information with an eye to the medium and media I see the use of some type of spreadsheet software.  The columns are straight and the border lines do not have any gaps like you would see in a notepad ascii charactor set.

I see a simple list of infomation.  Some folks find it easier to use a spreadsheet as a notepad on steroids instead of hacking away at a database structure.  Ick.  Besides I can import my spreadsheet into a database program if I want.

the only thing I changed from Mr. Mallory is the date format.  Don't know how or why he chose DDMMYY but it is absolutely useless when you try to sort through time.  The digital age demands the high significant data first.  Such as how I have it with YYYYMMDD.  Even the Military is changing the format on their format to this way.  Even the post office in Vienna Virginia changed the street numbering in lookup tables to street name and then the number like Main Street 123 and not 123 Main Street.

Try sorting multiple items in a spreadsheet and see what I mean.

071400      TRP F 2ND CAV (C&R AT SA) - 1900 07 14
1900 07 14      Culpeper was born.
1899 02 29      Culpeper stole a krag from the Germans during the invasion of  biloxi
111118      (Destroyed) burned up on re-entry by Dr Goddard.
033124      426th bomb Group Iceland  WW2

Most of the time the infomation that we would love to have is just not there unless someone a hundred and twenty years ago squirreled it away in a time capsule of an old trunk waiting to be discovered.  Oooooo.  Sounds like archeology.


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