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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 1,524 Send Message	teesdale	Report	9 Sep 2009 18:58
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 1,524 Send Message	hows it used?
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	9 Sep 2009 19:01
	Genealogical Data Communication - GEDCOM For exchanging data between different software programs - genealogy
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,195 Send Message	Joy	Report	9 Sep 2009 19:05
	GEDCOM - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaGEDCOM, an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunication, is a de facto specification for exchanging genealogical data between different genealogy software. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEDCOM GEDCOM 101 - What is a GEDCOM and How Do I Use It?Learn what a GEDCOM file is, how it works, how to create one, how to read one and more. genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa110100a.htm Ancestry.co.uk - GEDCOM FAQ'sGEDCOM stands for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. GEDCOM is a file format that allows genealogy files to be opened in any genealogy software program. ... www.ancestry.co.uk/trees/awt/faq.htm
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 78 Send Message	JennyBG	Report	16 Sep 2009 00:54
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 78 Send Message	Well that's as clear as mud!!!!!!!!! :) Jenny
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	16 Sep 2009 09:30
	As far as I am aware, IF the occasion arises that you want to send your family tree contents to a third person,who may not be using the SAME family tree program, as you. A GEDCOM is a program that electronically collects ALL the data from your particular family tree program,( OR the GENES one even,) and you can send this block of info, via email or other method ,cd, usb stick,to this third person, as opposed to actually writing out, or printing your tree info, by hand...... the third persons program is capable of decoding this information, and making it understandable in its own particular format......... is that any clearer? hope that helps a little, Bob
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 16 Send Message	Christine	Report	16 Sep 2009 12:13
Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 16 Send Message	Det/Bob I have LDS PAF. Last week a relative sent me a copy of her gedcom file by e-mail. can you explain please how I open it into the PAF file? Would be very grateful for any assistance.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 78 Send Message	JennyBG	Report	16 Sep 2009 17:14
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 78 Send Message	Thanks Bob. The thing is, all this supposes that I know what I am doing on a computer! Alas I am computer illiterate, and stuff takes me ages to understand :( Jenny
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	16 Sep 2009 19:39
	thats about right I think, I have on my desktop a gedcom of MY FTM tree, I sent a copy of this Gedcom to me bruvver!! who successfuly transferred it to his tree program....... I just tried double clicking on it as suggested, and it opened up my FTM, a dropdown box then offered me the title of this gedcom and asking me( presumably because the tree already exists, in my ftm) for a NEW name for the gedcom, so I guess thats about it.....Good luck Bob
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

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