Hi Garry

With the pre-year end backup and a current GL, I could re-create the GL and preserve the detail. My method will work assuming no account details are consolidated because I need the details to re-create the original batches.

There is always the issue of prior year comparisons when there is a fiscal year change. For purposes of prior year comparisons, is Nov 2011 period 12 or period 11? When comparing to Nov 2010 you would want it to be period 11, but when comparing to Nov 2012 you would want it to be period 12.

There is no right answer. Although most of the time users decide that prior year comparisons are worthless and don't really care.

I'll contact you by phone, or you can start the conversation by emailing me at steve@sschwartzcpa.com

Steve