Workflow HV30 30p to Blu Ray

I am having the hardest time trying to figure out how to import / edit / burn (not even sure if that is the right terms) my family's home videos. I am a beginner with all of this, but competent if someone can just point me the right way...
I have a big backlog of HDV home videos all shot in 30p mode on my Canon Vixia HV30.
I want to do 3 things, in order of priority:
1) Transfer the raw footage from the HDV in the camera to a hard drive(or other media) in max quality for storage and easy retrieval in the future if and when the tape based camera dies.
2) Burn the footage to a Blu Ray disc for playing in a BR player connected to my TV. (no conversion needed?)
3) Edit the footage in the highest possible quality and burn to BR.
4) convert and then burn the footage to a DVD disc for playing in a DVD player connected to my TV. (lower priority)
I have an HV30, all 30p footage, a powerful new pc, a blu ray writer with discs, Premiere Elements 12.
None of the default project setting seem to match the progressive 30p format that I filmed in. Is PE12 capable of doing what I want it to?
Thanks for the help!

idrive67elky
1. You will need a firewire connection for your HDV data capture firewire into Premiere Elements 12 capture window.
(The project preset will be NTSC HDV HDV 1080p30).
http://help.adobe.com/fr_FR/premiereelements/using/WS5CDA0F91-60F1-4b79-ABF6-E9E75F498DB2. html#WS2AF26FB5-4C63-4c46-9DB3-7249558F6528
2. If "1" does not work for you, then you do a HDV data capture firewire into HDVSplit and then import the .m2t split clips into a Premiere Elements project with its Add Media/Files and Folders/Project Assets. In "1" you are putting MPEG2.mpg on the Timeline. In "2", you are putting MPEG2.m2t on the Timeline.
http://strony.aster.pl/paviko/hdvsplit.htm
3. Publish+Share/Disc/Blu-ray with preset = H.264 1920 x 1080i NTSC Dolby.
or
4. Publish+Share/Disc/DVD disc preset = NTSC_Widescreen_Dolby DVD.
5. For export to folder saved to computer hard drive compare
Publish+Share/Computer/MPEG with preset = MPEG2 - 1920 x 1080i30 (MPEG2.m2t)
with
Publish+Share/Computer/AVCHD with preset = M2T - H.264 1920 x 1080i30 (H.264.m2t)
I am purposely not selecting the 1440 x 1080 choices since a 16:9 flag comes with them to stretch the 1440 x 1080 to 1920 x 1080 for display after encoding.
Please review and see if any of the above works for you.
Thank you.
ATR

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2D. When exporting, should I always Deinterlace footage?
(I've read so much about Deinterlace and Interlace that I'm lost about the 'when to use either' aspect)
3. If I absolutely have to use a third-party program like Cineform, at what point do you use that program? Is this used at the time that you capture the footage, and then import those files into PPCS3? Or is this a program that you use to Export your project when you're done with your editing?
(I read all the information that Dan Isaacs posted about the "Premiere Pro HDV workflow Guide", but that was entirely too confusing to me right now, as a newbie to HDV, etc. I was going to attempt that way, but I ended up doing this post first).
In my meandering throughout the CS3 forum regarding SD, HD, HDV, etc etc, I have picked up alot of information regarding certain problems and situations. I may have all the info in my head, and I'm just applying it wrong; or, I'm missing something in the mix? I'm not sure what it is, but I seem to be having quite a problem doing what seems to be something that should be 'easy'.
I find this forum extremely helpful and understanding, so I'm looking to you all for help. I would appreciate any and all comments and suggestions!
Thanks so much!

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