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GEDCOM


The following quote explains what this actually is and how it facilitates the needs of family history researcher; "GEDCOM is an abbreviation for GEnealogical 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. ..."
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This is actual proof of the amazing technical advances which have helped to pave the way for genealogy researchers everywhere.