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Exporting my Gedcom

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paphosdave

paphosdave Report 14 Dec 2015 20:22

Thanks for that Rollo, I like Family search, used it a lot over the years. Preferred the old format to the new one. but one has to go with progress I suppose.

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 14 Dec 2015 18:57

GEDCOM is a primitive mess but all that there is for the moment - latest version is 5.5.1. Same as 5.5 but addes support for UTF8.

This may be of interest:

http://bloodandfrogs.com/2010/12/future-of-sharing-genealogical-data.html

Microsoft have a (free) family tree program (good) which can import GEDCOM but exports XML. It is located in their developer / research section along with bayseian logic and Peedy the Parrot.

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

paphosdave

paphosdave Report 14 Dec 2015 18:00

Thanks Kense, I think I will leave it there for now. D.

Kense

Kense Report 6 Dec 2015 21:43

You can't add a GEDCOM to your tree.

Any GEDCOM you input will replace your existing tree.

paphosdave

paphosdave Report 6 Dec 2015 21:37

Just to make sure I understand this Rollo. Does that last bit include adding someone else's gedcom to my tree?

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 6 Dec 2015 20:08

If you export yr tree as a gedcom (text) file then nothing at all happens to yr tree on GR. You can import the ged file which GR will send you into other FH programs. Beware some do not like the way GR handles dates. The exported ged file will NOT contain any photos or graphics.

BUT

if you import a ged file INTO GR then everything in yr tree is vaporised and replaced by the contents of the import ged file.

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

paphosdave

paphosdave Report 6 Dec 2015 19:23

Not sure on the wording of this process. It says that if I export my Gedcom all photo's etc will be lost. Does this mean that they will also disappear from my GR tree? :-(