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BetterGedcom - Build a Better GEDCOM Project
The organizers of BetterGEDCOM are members of the genealogy user community not affiliated with any particular genealogical organization and not advocating for any particular constituency except the end-users. The goal is to define a standard that is meant to replace the current GEDCOM standard for both the communication of and the long term storage of genealogical information.
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By Jan McClintock for Leister Productions.
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By Dick Eastman.
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A technical mailing list to discuss the GEDCOM specifications.
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Genealogy.com - GEDCOM: The Next Generation
Article by Gary B. Hoffman.
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Institute of Genealogical Information Exchange
A web site devoted to information and utilities for the exchange of genealogical data, including GEDCOM, GeniML, transcription notation, and other items.
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Article by Beau Sharbrough.
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Genealogy and technology articles, news and reviews by Tamura Jones.
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A Gentle Introduction to GEDCOM
Authoritative but understandable introduction to GEDCOM by the leading genealogy technology expert.
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Article about BetterGEDCOM.
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How to detect GEDCOM 5.5EL extensions.
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The article that introduced GEDCOM 5.6. Provides best practice for dealing with GEDCOM 5.6.
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Best practice for the GEDCOM ADDR tag.
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Overview of GEDCOM alternatives, provides brief descriptions and notes, and many links.
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When a date field isn't a date field...
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Problems and best practice with SOUR and DEST tags in GEDCOM.
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Overview of GEDCOM Tags, differences between GEDCOM versions.
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Want to write about GEDCOM? Read this first.
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An overview of GEDCOM validation tools.
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The article that introduced GEDCOM X to the world, a GEDCOM alternative by FamilySearch.
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Best practice for dealing with an outdated GEDCOM feature.
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Article about OpenGen.
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Information and about the _UID tag, a common GEDCOM extension.
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The Gedgrave Project finds the burial places of your ancestors and relatives. Simply upload your GEDCOM file and the site looks at various burial websites for information about everyone contained within the file.
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For the discussion of using Perl for genealogical purposes, with the main focus on GEDCOM.
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