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UC Riverside: UCR historian awarded NEH grant to expand Early California Population Project. “The grant will enable [Professor Steven] Hackel to lead a comprehensive expansion and redesign of the ECPP database, dubbed ECPP 2.0. The expansion will incorporate roughly 20,000 records of immigrants, creating a fuller picture of the intertwined lives of Native peoples and settlers, as well as the […]

UC Riverside: UCR historian awarded NEH grant to expand Early California Population Project. “The grant will enable [Professor Steven] Hackel to lead a comprehensive expansion and redesign of the ECPP database, dubbed ECPP 2.0. The expansion will incorporate roughly 20,000 records of immigrants, creating a fuller picture of the intertwined lives of Native peoples and settlers, as well as the […]

#GEDCOM, the #Genealogy #Data #Standard

https://www.gedcom.org/

#GEDCOM, the #Genealogy #Data #Standard

https://www.gedcom.org/

@ancestris_officiel mais c'est peut-être le plus important : la généalogie, c'est avant tout une passion, et le meilleur logiciel est celui qui nous donne envie de l'ouvrir 😄 Merci pour cet échange constructif en tout cas ! #gramps #ancestris #gedcom #genealogie

@Geoglorus le respect de la norme garantit l'interopérabilité car tout est lu et interprété correctement.
Mais au final le choix du logiciel se base plus sur l'ergonomie et le flux de travail personnel que sur la conformité du #gedcom #ancestris #gramps
oui mais hélas

@ancestris_officiel La convention _ c'est effectivement la bonne pratique, pas de débat là-dessus. Mais la conformité à la norme ne garantit pas l'interopérabilité réelle : GEDCOM 5.5.1 laisse suffisamment d'ambiguïtés pour que deux logiciels conformes restent incompatibles en pratique. C'est d'ailleurs pour ça que GEDCOM 7 a été créé. Mais au final le choix du logiciel se base plus sur l'ergonomie et le flux de travail personnel que sur la conformité du #gedcom #ancestris #gramps

@ancestris_officiel C'est vrai que le GEDCOM de Gramps n'est pas toujours parfait mais aucun logiciel ne produit un GEDCOM 100% propre, c'est un problème inhérent au format lui-même. Stocker les données non conformes dans un tag NOTE est une solution de repli utile, mais ça reste une donnée à replacer manuellement. La vraie limite, c'est le format GEDCOM, pas le logiciel. #gramps #ancestris #gedcom

@ancestris_officiel
Merci pour toutes ces infos ! Juste quelques petites précisions, si tu permets : #Gramps gère l'import/export #GEDCOM de manière tout à fait fiable. Le risque de perdre des données pendant la conversion existe dans les deux sens y compris quand #Ancestris lit un #GEDCOM venant d'un autre logiciel. Le vrai sujet, c'est surtout la qualité de l'implémentation, pas le fait de bosser "directement" sur le fichier. 1/3

Genealogie und Geografie verknüpft in Ortsfamilienbüchern

https://www.compgen.de/2026/05/zusammenfuehrung-von-genealogie-und-geografie-in-ortsfamilienbuechern/

Aufzeichnung zum Zoom-Meeting im Februar: webtrees – Neue Funktionen

https://www.compgen.de/2026/03/aufzeichnung-zum-zoom-meeting-im-februar-webtrees-neue-funktionen/

Zoom-Meeting am 19.2.2026: Neue Funktionen in webtrees

https://www.compgen.de/2026/02/zoom-meeting-am-19-2-2026-neue-funktionen-in-webtrees/

Half-baked idea: #LLM enhanced #GEDCOM correction.

Dunno if you've ever used GEDCOM formatting for #genealogy before, but it's a very non-standard standard, if you get my meaning. Seems like a perfect use case for a little chaos engine to wrangle.

Half-baked idea: #LLM enhanced #GEDCOM correction.

Dunno if you've ever used GEDCOM formatting for #genealogy before, but it's a very non-standard standard, if you get my meaning. Seems like a perfect use case for a little chaos engine to wrangle.

Ahnenblatt mit neuem Schwung vom Genealogentag

https://www.compgen.de/2025/10/ahnenblatt-mit-neuem-schwung-vom-genealogentag/

... But, Oxygen does cost money (they have an "educational" license and a 30-day free trial that can often be extended).

I'm working on #WikiTree and #GEDCOM to DITA converters. These can help getting the bulk of the content into DITA. I'll soon put together a video that demos these tools so you can get an overview of the process.

I'm hoping to repurpose my technical publishing expertise to something more meaningful than "tech" publishing.

... But, Oxygen does cost money (they have an "educational" license and a 30-day free trial that can often be extended).

I'm working on #WikiTree and #GEDCOM to DITA converters. These can help getting the bulk of the content into DITA. I'll soon put together a video that demos these tools so you can get an overview of the process.

I'm hoping to repurpose my technical publishing expertise to something more meaningful than "tech" publishing.

Die GND hilft bei der Familienforschung

Bereits 2023 hat Peter Teuthorn hier im Blog beschrieben, wie die Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) bei der Familienforschung helfen kann. Inzwischen ist die Zahl der Daten und Verknüpfungen weiter gewachsen. Mit Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) können sogar Stammbäume daraus erstellt werden.

Was ist die GND?

Die Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) ist die größte Normdatensammlung für Kultur- und Forschungsdaten im deutschsprachigen Raum. Ursprünglich war sie ein Arbeitswerkzeug in Bibliotheken. Im […]

https://www.compgen.de/2025/07/die-gnd-hilft-bei-der-familienforschung/

FamilySearch CET: Nutzer-Stammbäume zum eigenständigen Forschen und Vernetzen

Der Weltbaum von FamilySearch bekommt Gesellschaft. Die Genealogie-Plattform bietet einen neuen Dienst zur Erprobung an: Nutzer-Stammbäume, die man eigenständig und im Team bearbeiten kann. Im Blog des Vereins für Computergenealogie (CompGen) haben wir bereits mehrfach über neue Funktionen im „Labor“ von FamilySearch berichtet – zuletzt etwa über die Volltextsuche mit KI. Nun ist eine weitere Funktion in die öffentliche Testphase gestartet, die das Potenzial hat, genealogisches […]

https://www.compgen.de/2025/07/familysearch-cet-nutzer-stammbaeume-zum-eigenstaendigen-forschen-und-vernetzen/

@saprentice I agree with you. I stopped within my first 20 profiles to use GEDCOMs, I think.
There is a #GEDCOM cleanup feature in WBE: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Browser_Extension#Automatic_GEDCOM_Cleanup_.28AGC.29

#WikiTree

@saprentice I agree with you. I stopped within my first 20 profiles to use GEDCOMs, I think.
There is a #GEDCOM cleanup feature in WBE: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Browser_Extension#Automatic_GEDCOM_Cleanup_.28AGC.29

#WikiTree

I just gotta say .. I hate it when I run into a WikiTree profile that was the result of a GEDCOM import. It reads like a raw data dump, and the references/sources are a rat’s nest, usually with very little meaningful content. They are typically orphaned, and take ages to clean up. Bah.

#wikitree #gedcom #genealogy

I just gotta say .. I hate it when I run into a WikiTree profile that was the result of a GEDCOM import. It reads like a raw data dump, and the references/sources are a rat’s nest, usually with very little meaningful content. They are typically orphaned, and take ages to clean up. Bah.

#wikitree #gedcom #genealogy

500 Jahre humanistische Bildung in Bautzen – Kooperation zwischen dem Stadtarchiv Bautzen und CompGen

https://www.compgen.de/2025/04/500-jahre-humanistische-bildung-in-bautzen-kooperation-zwischen-dem-stadtarchiv-bautzen-und-compgen/

Stiftung Warentest hat fünf Anbieter von DNA-Tests zur Ahnenforschung geprüft

#DNAGenealogie. Der Vergleich zeigt Stärken, Schwächen und Datenschutzrisiken bei Herkunftsanalysen und Verwandtschaftsmatching.

https://www.test.de/Ahnenforschung-Per-DNA-Test-die-eigene-Herkunft-ergruenden-5-Portale-im-Vergleich-6210345-0/ (€)

#paywalled #Ahnenforschung #StiftungWarentest #Ancestry #MyHeritage #23andMe #FamilyTreeDNA #LivingDNA #DNA #Ethik #Datenschutz #Strafverfolgung #Völkerwanderung #Ethnie #GEDCOM #Test #Vergleich #DNATest #DSGVO #AGB #Herkunftsanalyse
@ahnenforschung

@saerdnaer heute zufällig mit meinem Kollegen nachgegeschaut von wem #GEDCOM entwickelt worden ist. 🤮

@saerdnaer heute zufällig mit meinem Kollegen nachgegeschaut von wem #GEDCOM entwickelt worden ist. 🤮

#geneatip: Probier's mal mit #KI! Gleichartige Dokumente mit Schreibmaschinenschrift lassen sich damit bestens auswerten.

Ich habe z.B. mit #python gegen #openai die #Sterberegister eines Jahres per #chatgpt in #gedcom transferieren lassen. Das #script wurde vom #llm selbst generiert. Wichtig: gutes #prompting & kleine Aufgaben - gerne in einer Schleife. Manuelle Nachbearbeitung ist notwendig - aber die dauert Stunden statt Wochen an #transkription. Demnächst dann #deepseek!

#Genealogy

[OS4] AmiGen 1.0

Logiciel de généalogie pour votre Amiga
Dispose d'un import GEDCOM et Scion.
Gère plus de 100 000 personnes dans la base de données.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=office/database/amigen.lha

(source : @TarzinCDK sur X)

#amiga #généalogie #gedcom #scion #genealogy

Back to the Ancestors

“No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away.”
Terry Pratchett

Christmas is a contemplative time. You meet up with friends and family and enjoy being together. Until a family member gets in touch and asks for a new printout of the family tree. Family trees were a topic on this blog in 2018 and s

https://schegge.de/2025/01/back-to-the-ancestors/

#AgileAnekdoten #AusDemLeben #Bibliotheken #Java #Ancestor #Batik #GEDCOM #Java #SVG

Transform Your Family History: Introducing gedcom2wiki for Effortless Genealogy Sharing

Tired of clunky family tree websites? Meet gedcom2wiki, a Python tool that converts your GEDCOM files into a user-friendly, Wikipedia-style family tree, complete with data validation. Say goodbye to o...

https://news.lavx.hu/article/transform-your-family-history-introducing-gedcom2wiki-for-effortless-genealogy-sharing

#news #tech #Genealogy #GEDCOM #DataValidation

Ancestris v13, the free #Java and #GEDCOM based cross-platform #genealogy program received quite a few updates over the past few weeks. UI, translation, backup updates, along with PDF and report improvements.

https://genealogysoftware.net/java/ancestris-v13-november-9-20-2024-updates/

#genealogysoftware

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HuMo-genealogy 6.7.9 has been released - this is a major update to the #PHP online #genealogy web app and adds several new features (processing of clergy and officiator, #GEDCOM 7 updates), and lots of improved features/bug fixes.

https://genealogysoftware.net/online/humo-genealogy-6-7-9/

#genealogysoftware

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#throwbackthursday - 23 1/2 years ago, on April 21, 2001, Don Allingham publicly released #Gramps 0.1.1 for Linux - it is now a much-loved open-source and cross-platform #genealogy program, but it started as an experiment to create a simple #Python program to spot errors in #GEDCOM files and then became "Relativity", a genealogy program for his dad, before becoming Gramps.

His retrospective from 2006:

https://gramps-project.org/blog/2006/04/looking-back-over-5-years/

#genealogysoftware #familytree

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Ancestris v13, the dev version of Ancestris (Java-based, #GEDCOM based #genealogy program) has received several updates and a new Merge Module over the past few weeks.

https://genealogysoftware.net/java/ancestris-v13-oct-16-nov-7-updates/

#genealogysoftware

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Ancestris v13, the dev version of Ancestris (Java-based, #GEDCOM based #genealogy program) has received several updates and a new Merge Module over the past few weeks.

https://genealogysoftware.net/java/ancestris-v13-oct-16-nov-7-updates/

#genealogysoftware

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Sunday Spotlight: Ancestor Tree Manager 11.0 adds support for #GEDCOM 7.0. It's a free, #Java #genealogy program and is one of the few that has built-in FTP/SFTP/SCP functionality, making it easy to upload a family tree to your server

https://genealogysoftware.net/spotlight/sunday-spotlight-ancestor-tree-manager-11-0/

#genealogysoftware

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Over the past two weeks, Ancestris, the free Java-based, #GEDCOM -based #genealogysoftware has received quite a few updates to reports, language translations, and the Aries editor

https://genealogysoftware.net/java/ancestris-v13-oct-1-oct-15-updates/

This should run on the @haiku and #ChromeOS platforms.

#genealogy

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#Genealogy #throwbackthursday - exchanging genealogy data in 1991 was not easy or cheap. The #GEDCOM format was not used by many programs, and you had to have the right-sized floppies (and floppy densities) or use your telephone/BBSes, or simply print everything out.

https://genealogysoftware.net/throwback-thursday/throwback-thursdays-exchanging-data-in-1991/

#GenealogySoftware

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Double checking that my family reconstitution #code still runs ok on my #MacOS upgraded #Mac. The only #Python #program I have ever written. 233 lines of Python code (upgraded a while back to Python 3) to reconstitute families from baptism and marriage indexes from Scottish parish registers. After figuring out families it outputs the resulting family groups in #GEDCOM format to load into an external lineage linked genealogy database. Still gobsmacked the code basically worked first time 😜

Double checking that my family reconstitution #code still runs ok on my #MacOS upgraded #Mac. The only #Python #program I have ever written. 233 lines of Python code (upgraded a while back to Python 3) to reconstitute families from baptism and marriage indexes from Scottish parish registers. After figuring out families it outputs the resulting family groups in #GEDCOM format to load into an external lineage linked genealogy database. Still gobsmacked the code basically worked first time 😜

Tamura Jones has a couple of more deep dives on GEDCOM files out - one covering the compatibility issues between GEDCOM versions, the other getting into extensions and user-defined tags, and how both helped ultimately give us GEDCOM 5.5.5.

#genealogy #genealogysoftware #gedcom

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https://genealogysoftware.net/gedcom/gedcom-version-compatibility-and-extensions/

@ThierryStoehr @arthurperret IMHO #Ancestris is a very good genealogy program. Probably the best for #Gedcom compliance. Free too! @genealogy @geneadons #genchat

So, if anyone is having #StickerShock from #AncestryCom price increases, I would advise downloading your GEDCOM file, then find another service. I would also advise downloading any photos and important records as well. Making people pay just to preserve their trees is extortion, imho. I have links to Windows software, but if anyone knows of a free Mac OS GEDCOM editor, please let me know. Most of the Mac ones seem to be paid software.

Yes, You CAN Download Your Tree From Ancestry.com – Here’s How

https://familyhistorydaily.com/genealogy-help-and-how-to/yes-you-can-download-your-tree-from-ancestry-com-heres-how/

How to Create, View, and Edit GEDCOM file in Windows 11/10

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-create-view-and-edit-gedcom-file-in-windows-11-10

GEDCOM FAQ

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

#GEDCOM #Genealogy #FamilyTrees #FamilyHistory

Do you want a backup of all the profiles that you created or that are on your watchlist? If you leave the starting person blank when requesting a #GEDCOM file from #WikiTree, it will include all profiles that have you on the trusted list (maximal 10 000). https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:DownloadGedcom
#WikiTree

#challengeaz - S comme Signatures

https://daieux-et-dailleurs.fr/blog-genealogique/challenge-de-a-a-z/edition-2023/challenge-a-z-dataviz-signatures

#challengeaz #signatures #genealogy #genealogie #dataviz #statistiques #eventail #arbregenealogique #gedcom

hello internet brain trust

anyone know some OK web apps for running up a quickish "family tree " type mini-site from gedcom files etc?

open source stuff that hosts easily into your typical lamp stack etc is preferred.
I can see some out there, but there are a lot to work through...

#gedcom
#genealogy

🌳 How-to Guide #3: Create a GEDCOM family tree from birth and wedding announcements, obituaries, or newspaper articles using #AI, #ChatGPT. Try it now: https://aigenealogyinsights.com/2023/04/17/ai-genealogy-use-case-guide-how-to-get-from-story-to-structured-data-2-create-gedcom-family-tree-files-from-obits-articles-announcements/ #FamilyTree #GEDCOM #AIGenealogy #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Geneadons

#ChatGPT4 un outil révolutionnaire pour les généalogistes 🌿et les historiens de la famille.

ChatGPT est maintenant capable de générer un fichier #Gedcom à partir d'une simple phrase et inversement à partir d'un fichier Gedcom, il est capable d'écrire l'histoire de la famille et de générer des rapports.

Utiliser #ChatGPT pour écrire des histoires à partir d'arbres généalogiques, créer des arbres à partir d'histoires – Ashe Ancestors [Traduit par Google]

https://asheancestors-org.translate.goog/2023/03/17/artificial-intelligence-and-genealogy-using-chatgpt-to-write-stories-from-family-trees-create-trees-from-stories/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=fr&_x_tr_hl=fr-FR

@Ponga
If you're like me, your computer might have a folder full of record images (birth, marriage, death certificates, etc.); it's not hard to imagine asking an AI script to process that folder of records and generate a sourced family tree (#GEDCOM file) suggesting the relationships between everyone mentioned in the folder.

It's going to be a crazy year.
#genealogy #geneadons #familyHistory #genealogyAI #ChatGPT

Loving the new #GPT4--now with proper source citations! A personal #genealogy #storyteller that processes #GEDCOM files & generates reports. It even matches narrative styles to settings for authentic family tales! It handles sources in GEDCOM files & creates footnotes/endnotes, no hallucinations. Can't wait for visual record text extraction & handwriting recognition!
Here's a write-up of my discoveries this week: https://asheancestors.org/2023/03/17/artificial-intelligence-and-genealogy-using-chatgpt-to-write-stories-from-family-trees-create-trees-from-stories/
#genealogy #geneadons #familyHistory #genealogyAI #ChatGPT

#GPT4 can create, read, and interpret #GEDCOM files with ease. I tested it with a simple #PROMPT ("Create a GEDCOM file for John Smith, born 1863, father unknown, mother was Riley Bower") and it generated a flawless GEDCOM file. To test, I imported it into #RootsMagic, with no issues. Plus, #ChatGPT crafted a family story from a 4-gen GEDCOM export. PROMPT: "Below is a GEDCOM file. Use the information in the file to write a biographical narrative #genealogy #geneadons #familyHistory #genealogyAI

#GPT4 processes visual input! Imagine creating a #GEDCOM from a folder of record images in seconds! Soon we could drop birth, marriage, or death records into the AI for extraction, transforming them into text, stories, CSV files, and more. #genealogy #geneadons #familyhistory #genealogyAI

@Careerfromhome @afstunde Und was gibst du rein? Eine #gedcom
#AFStunde

Bit genealogy problem I'm wrestling with ... Many genealogy programs create "Descendants of" text-based narrative reports. They all have a formulaic structure and work from the oldest generation to the youngest. I have quite a few but I no longer have the database that created them. Are there any tools that can "scrape" the data into an #Excel or #Gedcom format? Or even go part-way there? @genealogy @geneadons