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Intermediate Genealogy: Who to include Scams and Tricks GEDCOM Files: What it is How you read one Converting text to GEDCOM Standards Systematic Research Publishing your data on the Web Related Sections: Main Genealogy Page Beginning Genealogy Essays on Genealogy Biography Questions Cousins Why do it at all? Other Sections: Home Christmas Letters Essays Homilies Peace Corps Web Design |
Sooner or later you're going to run into the term GEDCOM. Someone will ask you to send one, or offer to send you one. The file extension is GED. The file name isn't important. A GEDCOM of the Hatfield family prepared by a McCoy might be named HATFIELD.GED, TEMP002.GED or VARMINTS.GED. GEDCOM stands for GE-nealogy D-ata COM-munications. It is a text file with a standard format. The format specifies levels and keywords. Most beginners wonder what it is, how they read it, and what others mean by standards. Sometimes people wonder if they can convert text to GEDCOM. So, broken down for your convenience, here are four pages: What is a GEDCOM? How do I read a GEDCOM? How do I convert a text file to a GEDCOM? What are Standards? |