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• Easy Gen Solutions - GEDCOM 101

• FamilySearch Wiki - GEDCOM

• GEDCOM

  Offers GEDCOM FAQ, GEDCOM version overview, the GEDCOM specifications, some GEDCOM samples and an overview of GEDCOM validators.

• Genealogy.com - GEDCOM: The Next Generation

  Article by Gary B. Hoffman.

• How to Mail GEDCOMs

• Introduction to GEDCOM

• Is GEDCOM Dead? Date/Place of Death, Please?

• Modern Software Experience

  Genealogy and technology articles, news and reviews by Tamura Jones.

  • A Gentle Introduction to GEDCOM

    Authoritative but understandable introduction to GEDCOM by the leading genealogy technology expert.

  • BetterGEDCOM

    Article about BetterGEDCOM.

  • Detecting GEDCOM 5.5EL

    How to detect GEDCOM 5.5EL extensions.

  • GEDCOM 5.6

    The article that introduced GEDCOM 5.6. Provides best practice for dealing with GEDCOM 5.6.

  • GEDCOM ADDR

    Best practice for the GEDCOM ADDR tag.

  • GEDCOM Alternatives

    Overview of GEDCOM alternatives, provides brief descriptions and notes, and many links.

  • GEDCOM date phrases

    When a date field isn't a date field...

  • GEDCOM SOUR and DEST

    Problems and best practice with SOUR and DEST tags in GEDCOM.

  • GEDCOM Tags

    Overview of GEDCOM Tags, differences between GEDCOM versions.

  • GEDCOM Usage Conventions

    Want to write about GEDCOM? Read this first.

  • GEDCOM Validation

    An overview of GEDCOM validation tools.

  • GEDCOM X

    The article that introduced GEDCOM X to the world, a GEDCOM alternative by FamilySearch.

  • Multi-volume GEDCOM Files

    Best practice for dealing with an outdated GEDCOM feature.

  • OpenGen

    Article about OpenGen.

  • The _UID tag

    Information and about the _UID tag, a common GEDCOM extension.

• The GEDCOM Standard, Draft Release 5.5.1 in PDF Format

• The Gedgrave Project

  The Gedgrave Project finds the burial places of your ancestors and relatives. Simply upload your GEDCOM file and the site looks at various burial websites for information about everyone contained within the file.

• The Perl-GEDCOM Mailing List (Archived on RootsWeb)

  For the discussion of using Perl for genealogical purposes, with the main focus on GEDCOM.