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what is GEDCOM

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Fairysgodmother

Fairysgodmother Report 5 Oct 2004 13:32

Wayne mentiones gedcom files in his message , I have heard of this before but don't really understand it. Please help. elaine:))

Wayne the boy from OZ

Wayne the boy from OZ Report 5 Oct 2004 13:36

A gedcome file is a file that most Genealogy programs can export. It is a file that can be imported into other Genealogy programs. ie a file that is common to all of them. Wayne

BrianW

BrianW Report 5 Oct 2004 13:37

Gedcom is a file format which can be read by a variety of genealogy programs.

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