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How do you read a Gedcom

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hscott21c

hscott21c Report 29 Apr 2010 12:53

Re Gedcom files. Latter Day Saints' site has a very plain free download. Also My Heritage is a free download with provision for uploading photos, adding notes, searches etc.

Margot

Researching:
Browne and Brown (Hampshire, Sussex & Wandsworth),

mgnv

mgnv Report 29 Apr 2010 09:14

Yes, it is hard work as one is essentially trying to represent a tree in a linear file. Whilst looking at a single family (i.e., parents plus kids) is not so bad, doing much more really needs recreating at least a branch of the tree and whilst you can do this with pen & paper, it's really much easier to, say, download the free PAF Bernie mentioned, or pick up a cheap program out of a remainder bin.

Berniethatwas

Berniethatwas Report 28 Apr 2010 20:51

Hi Jen,
If you can make any sense at all of it when viewing in wordpad or whatever, then I am very impressed. You need to open it in some genealogy program - FTM, Legacy, PAF (free from FamilySearch) - then all will be revealed.
B

Researching:
Avatar - George Cluni-kuni. Not from the South Hams.

Jenniferjackson

Jenniferjackson Report 28 Apr 2010 20:25

I have had a Gedcom file emailed to me ,
It 's hard work reading down it ,it must be an easyer way than how im looking at it,