Genealogy Chat

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Boards

Quick Search

Single word search

Tools

Findmypast DNA Banner

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

GEDCOM

Login to Add Reply Watch This
ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

RutlandBelle

RutlandBelle Report 25 Nov 2008 15:45

Tony read Glen's definitive guide to GEDCOM which I have nudged to the top for you

Researching:
Please use the "ADD YOUR REPLY" box below to reply. Please DO NOT click on my username and send a private message (unless info is about living people or otherwise sensitive). Thank you.

Grumpy

Grumpy Report 25 Nov 2008 15:10

nudge

Heather

Heather Report 19 Sep 2008 09:16

Tony, if you only have a tree on here (and I would strongly advise you to get another program off line which you can back up to cd and internet) then to get your gedcom file (your family tree stuff) you use the import/export tab and GR will send you the gedcom as an attachment to an email.

Thing is unless you have family tree program on your computer it is useless to you. You could send it on to a rellie who has a program if thats what you intend to do. But it would be better for you to have a program independent of GR to open the gedcom in.

You can get a free one from familysearch.org (who originated the gedcom file) - the Mormon church - or you could buy a family tree program.

Put family tree software into a search on here.

Jayne

Jayne Report 19 Sep 2008 03:31

GEDCOM is a format - its like Microsoft WORD...it's the same was writing a document..

You can't say "how do I create a WORD"..you say, how do I create a document ?

So..you create a family tree on any one of a number of software packages, such as Family Tree Maker, Genes Reunited etc etc and the way to move this family tree around is via importing and exporting trees from one person to another, or one system to another, via GEDCOM.

Hope that helps

Tony

Tony Report 19 Sep 2008 02:20

This has probably been asked a thousand time so once more wont hurt how do I create a GEDCOM I looked on FAQ but all it told me was how to import/export a GEDCOM not how to create one any help out there
Cheers Tony