History of GEDCOM
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The GEnealogical Data COMmunication format (GEDCOM) was originally defined by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to provide a standard by which data could be uploaded to their archive. The current version 5.5 is used as a world wide standard for the exchange of genealogical data, and while several attempts have been made to move the XLM based standards, such as version 6 of GEDCOM, the now 10 year old text based version is still prefered. GEDCOM55.EXE contains the official version of the standard, and various samples to assist management of the information will be produced here. Sample file format
A list of the available tags is available here Gedcom Tags | The GEnealogical Data COMmunication format (GEDCOM) was originally defined by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to provide a standard by which data could be uploaded to their archive. The current version 5.5 is used as a world wide standard for the exchange of genealogical data, and while several attempts have been made to move the XLM based standards, such as version 6 of GEDCOM, the now 10 year old text based version is still prefered. GEDCOM55.EXE contains the official version of the standard, and various samples to assist management of the information will be produced here. Sample file format
A list of the possible tags can be found in the specification, but a convenient copy is available here Gedcom Tags PhpgedviewPackage |