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Unknown Report 7 Jun 2003 23:31

PS. Like Joan Newton, I also don't understand the why's and wherefores of GEDCOM. Please can somebody explain the how to in simple English. Diana.

Alison

Alison Report 8 Jun 2003 11:14

GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogy Data COMmunication. It is the name used for a special text file format developed by the projects and planning division of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This format was developed so that a common standard of communication could exist between the Church and submitters of genealogical data. This has now evolved into the defacto standard for data exchange between most genealogy software programs and systems.