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For questions about the use of GEDCOM files, the de facto standard file format for exchange of genealogical data. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunication.
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Free/open software or method to convert PAF file to GEDCOM?
It is written by the authors of PAF and allows PAF import and Gedcom export. …
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Parsing a GEDCOM
There is also Gedxlate available free here. It doesn't do the parsing but does extract to Excel where you could use sorting / pivot tables / data analysis to analyse your data.
Unfortunately it hasn' …
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Gedcom file with Person/Individual containing multiple Places/Residences
Multiple RESI tags are the proper way to do this. If you think about it each is an 'event' in that persons life. They live in 'place 1' when they are born and then in 'place 2' when they leave home an …
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Creating GEDCOM diff of all people in one GEDCOM but not another?
One way to automate some of what you want to do would be to use one of the many Gedcom to Excel converters to create two Excel spreadsheets. …
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What GEDCOM tag is used for overseas travel?
If you want to find what tags are valid in a Gedcom the Gedcom standards for v5.5 are available as a pdf download from HERE. As already stated there is no purpose build tag for this. …
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Application to create a Google Map of ancestors?
Take a look at Google Docs Fusion tables I know that several One-Name Studies are making use of them for mapping name distribution. This is a link to the Google info on Fusion tables. I haven't used t …
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I uploaded a tree to Ancestry and it has old UID facts. How do I delete them?
A Gedcom file is just plain text so any good text editor can edit it. Notepad++ which is free and also has a gedcom plugin is an excellent choice. … It can do the search and delete your UID facts but ensure that you take all the entries for each UID out of the gedcom there may be more than 1 line to remove per UID. …
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How to upload a "stripped" GEDCOM to DNA sites
Family Historian has a gedcom export plugin available that has a specific export option for this scenario. …
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Lateral gedcom visualisation with embedded pictures
Family Historian has a diagram for everyone in your gedcom regardless of how they are related and it copes with pedigree collapse. … However, it may not display your images correctly depending on exactly how they are linked in to the gedcom. …
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Automatically marking relatives dead when born more than 100 years ago
As a Gedcom file is just plain text you can easily modify it with a plain text editor such as the free Notepad++. If you do get Notepad++ it also has a free addon Gedcom parser. … Import your gedcom into that program and use its functionality to step through each individual and add a death if appropriate. …
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Is there software to display who lived at a certain time and place?
I use Family Historian (PC programme running under Crossover on my MAC) and this has a very powerful query language built in. It allows you to write your own queries that display in table form and the …
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Strip down a gedcom file
like GedXLate (very old but still works fine) to export minimal data from your Gedcom in to Excel format. … Edit the file in Excel and then use one of the many Excel to Gedcom converters to make the edited file a new Gedcom. …
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Importing source from Ancestry or FamilySearch into Gramps automatically?
You could possibly use something like Outwit Hub to scrape the data from the site into a suitable format that you could paste into Gramps. You can create your own scraper to get exactly the data that …
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How can I find loops in GEDCOM files?
You could always try one of the external analysis tools to check out your Gedcom file. … use before paying that will check your Gedcom on import and throw errors that may help you diagnose the issue. …
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Seeking tools to create tree of specific individuals in gedcom
Most FT software allows the export of some or all of the people from a Gedcom file. If your software allows this then select the people for export into a new DNA gedcom. … There may be some online Gedcom editors that allow this too. …
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