General 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

Phyll

Phyll Report 9 Jan 2016 20:06

Thank you all for your replies. I think I will leave well alone.
Phyll

Researching:
Newman, Pavey, Sinden from Sussex. Latham from Bucks & Herts

Inky1

Inky1 Report 9 Jan 2016 19:48

Gobbledegook only for anyone who has no knowledge of them. If you have one it can be opened with Notepad, or any other text reader. Be warned that they have more lines than you might expect. EG. a tree with 1,000 individuals may have roughly 6,000 - 9,000 lines.

A .ged is a text file with specific references - for birth, marriage, etc. All the things which you have input about a person and how you linked that person to others. And it can be uploaded into most if not all other Family History software. But there has never been an 'Industry Standard' (controlled by an independent body) so there are often glitches with uploads. These are generally minor, though glitches with dates can cause problems.

First few lines of a recent download - my prime tree is on this site. (xxxx private data)
0 HEAD
1 SOUR GRUExport
2 VERS 3.0.4682.21313
2 NAME Genes Reunited
2 CORP Genes Reunited Ltd
1 DATE 19 NOV 2015
2 TIME 12:47:03
1 FILE Null family tree.ged
1 GEDC
2 VERS 5.5
2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED
1 CHAR ANSEL
0 @I1@ INDI
1 NAME xxxxxx xxxxxxx /xxxxxxxx/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE xx xxx xxxx
2 PLAC xxxxxxx, xxxxxxxx
1 BAPM xx xxx xxxx
2 PLAC xxxxxxxxxxx, xxxxxxx
1 OCCU
2 PLAC xxxxxxxx
1 NOTE xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
1 RFN 18047873
1 FAMS @F1@
1 FAMC @F12@
0 @I2@ INDI
1 NAME xxxxxx xxxxxxx /xxxxxxxx/
2 NICK xxxx or xxxxxx

I have a list of gedcom codes. Almost 500, but many do not apply within the current version that is generally in use. So anyone working with a very old software package may encounter problems when trying to upload a file.

NAME amongst others should be obvious. The ‘/’ separate forename(s) from surname.
SOUR Source.
RFN Record File Number (within a file).
FAMS Spouse within "family".
FAMC Child within "family".

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 9 Jan 2016 17:58

Glad someone said it :-D

Some members have said it can be opened in a spreadsheet/excel, but whether it would be just as confusing?
Phyll, if you're thinking of downloading a gedcom, either download for free or buy a family tree programme.
Apparently the free version of Legacy is quite good.

Researching:
Dormant member as from 20 Sep 2019 . Click on my board name to send a message

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 9 Jan 2016 17:54

all gobbled gook :-D :-D

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

Phyll

Phyll Report 9 Jan 2016 17:25

What does a Gedcom look like when downloaded. Is it a tree or just line after line of people's names.

Researching:
Newman, Pavey, Sinden from Sussex. Latham from Bucks & Herts