diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b41ef18..898a884 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     "slash": "^1.0.0",
     "string-padding": "^1.0.2",
     "string.prototype.startswith": "^0.2.0",
+    "traverse": "^0.6.6",
     "underscore": "^1.8.3",
     "webshot": "^0.16.0",
     "word-wrap": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/src/core/fresh-resume.js b/src/core/fresh-resume.js
index 952798b..1a0f6c8 100644
--- a/src/core/fresh-resume.js
+++ b/src/core/fresh-resume.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
 Definition of the FRESHResume class.
-@license MIT. See LICENSE .md for details.
-@module fresh-resume.js
+@license MIT. See LICENSE.md for details.
+@module core/fresh-resume
 */
 
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Definition of the FRESHResume class.
 
 
   /**
-  Initialize the the FreshResume from string.
+  Initialize the the FreshResume from JSON string data.
   */
   FreshResume.prototype.parse = function( stringData, opts ) {
     return this.parseJSON( JSON.parse( stringData ), opts );
@@ -66,13 +66,24 @@ Definition of the FRESHResume class.
   {
     date: Perform safe date conversion.
     sort: Sort resume items by date.
-    computer: Prepare computed resume totals.
+    compute: Prepare computed resume totals.
   }
   */
   FreshResume.prototype.parseJSON = function( rep, opts ) {
 
+    // Ignore any element with the 'ignore: true' designator.
+    var that = this, traverse = require('traverse'), ignoreList = [];
+    var scrubbed = traverse( rep ).map( function( x ) {
+      if( !this.isLeaf && this.node.ignore ) {
+        if ( this.node.ignore === true || this.node.ignore === 'true' ) {
+          ignoreList.push( this.node );
+          this.remove();
+        }
+      }
+    });
+
     // Now apply the resume representation onto this object
-    extend( true, this, rep );
+    extend( true, this, scrubbed );
 
     // If the resume already has a .imp object, then we are being called from
     // the .dupe method, and there's no need to do any post processing
diff --git a/src/core/jrs-resume.js b/src/core/jrs-resume.js
index 5e6abc9..7b63f3f 100644
--- a/src/core/jrs-resume.js
+++ b/src/core/jrs-resume.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
 Definition of the JRSResume class.
 @license MIT. See LICENSE.md for details.
-@module jrs-resume.js
+@module core/jrs-resume
 */
 
 
@@ -60,14 +60,35 @@ Definition of the JRSResume class.
 
 
   /**
-  Initialize the JRSResume from JSON.
-  Open and parse the specified JRS resume. Merge the JSON object model onto this
-  Sheet instance with extend() and convert sheet dates to a safe & consistent
-  format. Then sort each section by startDate descending.
+  Initialize the JRSResume object from JSON.
+  Open and parse the specified JRS resume. Merge the JSON object model onto
+  this Sheet instance with extend() and convert sheet dates to a safe &
+  consistent format. Then sort each section by startDate descending.
+  @param rep {Object} The raw JSON representation.
+  @param opts {Object} Resume loading and parsing options.
+  {
+    date: Perform safe date conversion.
+    sort: Sort resume items by date.
+    compute: Prepare computed resume totals.
+  }
   */
   JRSResume.prototype.parseJSON = function( rep, opts ) {
     opts = opts || { };
-    extend( true, this, rep );
+
+    // Ignore any element with the 'ignore: true' designator.
+    var that = this, traverse = require('traverse'), ignoreList = [];
+    var scrubbed = traverse( rep ).map( function( x ) {
+      if( !this.isLeaf && this.node.ignore ) {
+        if ( this.node.ignore === true || this.node.ignore === 'true' ) {
+          ignoreList.push( this.node );
+          this.remove();
+        }
+      }
+    });
+
+    // Extend resume properties onto ourself.
+    extend( true, this, scrubbed );
+
     // Set up metadata
     if( opts.imp === undefined || opts.imp ) {
       this.basics.imp = this.basics.imp || { };