was developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to provide a flexible, uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data. GEDCOM is an acronym for GE nealogical D ata Com munication. Its purpose is to foster the sharing of genealogical information and the development of a wide range of inter-operable software products to assist genealogists, historians, and other researchers. Most family tree software will export and import a gedcom file, although some do it better than others. Generally the more modern a program is the more accurately it will handle the gedcom process. It is worth considering if you are thinking of using more than one type of software or if you share information with others. You may also want to send a file away to a company for printing onto a large sheet of paper and again this may require you to supply the data in a gedcom file.
GEDCOM is an abbreviation for GEneological Data COMmunications, and is a standard format for transmitting or transferring genealogical from one computer system or program to another. A GEDCOM file is an Ascii text file, usually (in MS-DOS) with the extension .GED, which preserves the relationships in a genealogy data file. Most genealogy programs have the ability to import and export data as GEDCOM files. If a lineage-linked genealogy program cannot do that, it is probably not worth using. The GEDCOM standard is being developed and refined. Some older programs will not be able to transfer all their data to or from GEDCOM files, and will not be able to import all the data from newer GEDCOM files, especially those that contain information about pictures etc.
a standard by which family history data can be interchanged between computers. Unfortunately, not every family history program implements the standard correctly
a file that stores genealogical information in a particular format, which allows researches to share and work together on their information
a way of sharing genealogy information quickly and easily - you can download the file and load it up into your own genealogy programme
It is the name given to a standard file format for genealogical information specified by the Church of Latter Day Saints. It is derived from Genealogical Data Communication
Pronounced "jed-com". An abbreviation for "Genealogical Data Communications". A standard file format for genealogy records.
A file within family history software programmes, which allows you to transfer data from one programme to another, without having to re-type the it.
Genealogical Data Communication. the standard file format for exporting and importing information between genealogical databases: intended to make data translatable between different genealogical software programs so that you can share your family information easily.
acronym for "GEnealogical Data COMmunication". A standard format created by the LDS Church that allows genealogical software programs to transfer data.
The standard format for the interchange of genealogical data.
GEN ealogical ata COM munication allows you to share your information with other genealogy programs (trees) without having to re-type it all. A GEDCOM file can be used to generate a web page.
It is the name given to a standard file format for genealogical information specified by the Church of Latter Day Saints. It is derived from Ge nealogical ata Com munication
A standard file format for exchanging family history information between different computers and software. This format is meant to be read by computers, not humans. The standard is defined by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Current fully ratified version is 5.5. If you are a software developer, the GEDCOM standard may of interest. It can be found at ftp://ftp.gedcom.org
Acronym for Ge nealogical ata Com munications - A plain text program created for exchanging genealogical data between different genealogical programs. Family Tree DNA's 'My FTDNA' page, Y-Search and Mitosearch all contain a feature to upload a GEDCOM for pedigree comparisons to matches.
GEDCOM, an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunication, is a specification for exchanging genealogical data between different genealogy software. GEDCOM was developed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as an aid in their extensive genealogical research. A GEDCOM file is plain text (an obscure text encoding named ANSEL, though often in ASCII in the United States) containing genealogical information about individuals, and data linking these records together.