February – Resources

CREATING A GEDCOM, ORGANIZE YOUR RESEARCH

Resources for Creating a GEDCOM, Places to keep your GEDCOM,                                                    Organize your genealogy research, RootsTech – Free – Online.

Resources for Creating a GEDCOM

You can create a GEDCOM from your software genealogy program.

Click on the name of the genealogy program that you use and then follow the steps to create a GEDCOM.

http://www.blackseagr.org/research/gedcom-create.html

Making, using and exporting GEDCOM files (GEnealogical Data COMmunications)

GEDCOM files are text files that contain the information and linkages necessary to exchange genealogical data between two entities / persons. The entities may use the same or different software applications. 

https://www.gedcom.org/faq.html

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/GEDCOM

https://www.cyndislist.com/gedcom/

Places to keep your GEDCOM

Upload your GEDCOM to your:

Computer hard drive, a flash drive, an external hard drive,

Your email (send to yourself, then choose archive) or your cloud.

http://gedcomindex.com/

http://gedcomlibrary.com/form.html

Organize Your Genealogy – Cyndi’s List

https://www.cyndislist.com/organizing/

https://www.cyndislist.com/organizing/filing/

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