Thread: Help-what is ged com?????

Hi probably a stupid question but when you're new at computing, teetering on old age and blonde to boot, what the heck is ged com? Please explain

in simpleton terms. Many thanks.

Cheers Gayegel

Hi Gayegel,



A ged com = GEnealogical Data COMmmunications.

It is the standard file format for genealogists, enabling them to export their research databases, the contents of family charts and family group sheets, and share them with others. Gedcoms appear on your computer screen as a chronological list of names and dates written in plain text, so they can be easily read on a number of different machines and systems.

You make Gedcoms with special genealogical software.



In simple words, if you have a gedcom reader you can read the list of people in your tree. You can send your tree to other people or on to other trees just by clicking export gedcom.



I haven't tried it but there is a free gedcom reader here :- http://rmhh.co.uk/genapps.html#Decoder