My parents and all of their offspring (including my grandsons etc.) is available as a gedcom file. That's not very useful for these modern computerized genealogy practice.Ī far-away related cousin from my fathers side has started some research of my father's family. The paper version is on 5 m blueprint paper of 1 m width, accompanied by a booklet with a summary of the sources he used. It was compiled by my uncle in the seventies. This current project is to make a modern web-based version of the family tree of my mother.
#GEDITCOM II TO EXCEL SOFTWARE#
As soon as I know the functionality and the various genealogical terms, I intend to switch to English, because most software that I may use, is not available in Dutch, but English only. Because I am new to genealogy, I use the Dutch interface. This does not apply for a new format to be invented by the main software houses. Being a strong believer in normalisation, I regret that you will no longer use the name Gedcom.ĭoes that mean that you will invent your own format? In that case, you do not need one: others will not accept a new format to be used for data exchange. I was informed, that GEDCOM is th de facto standard file format for transfer of genealogical data. Removal of the GEDCOM term is still in progress, but we expect to complete that goal within a reasonable time. We now use the term "Family tree" or "Family tree file". ToyGuy écrit: We no longer use, to any appreciable degree, the terminology 'GEDCOM" within webtrees. Have I made the right assumption about your goal? Finally, normally we find, through experience, that adding without individual review or merging without checking each entry, is unlikely to produce well-formatted, good genealogical work since you have to consider, sources, formatting, and preferences.
To add an addendum to an existing tree is also covered in these extensive posts, but is better handled by other software. A true merge, again as written elsewhere, is quite complicated, with many, many decisions about the formatting and quality of the data to be decided during the process. That function is not part of webtrees, nor do I expect that it will be added. If you wish to "merge" a new branch into an existing family tree file (GEDCOM), then the answer, as noted within this forum many time, with many suggestions, is "No". Going further, maybe it is the terminology you attempt to apply to your actions that is causing part of the problem. We no longer use, to any appreciable degree, the terminology 'GEDCOM" within webtrees.
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