
Gedcom

        GEDCOM stands for GEnealogical Data COMmunication.  It is a
standard by which genealogical information can be transferred between
different computer systems.  It was developed by the Projects and
Planning Division in the Family History Department of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

        With gedcom, you can trade information with other people who are
doing genealogical research, provided that their program also supports
it.  Family Scrapbook supports the PAF v2.1/v2.2 implementation of
gedcom, but also uses many of the tags that are found in the Gedcom
Standard Release 4.0.  Many other genealogy programs support gedcom.

        Family Scrapbook is capable of exporting and importing all of
its data via its gedcom routines.  To do this, Family Scrapbook uses
many gedcom tags that are often not used by most other genealogy
programs.  Do not be surprised if another genealogy program does not
import all of the information that a scrapbook-created gedcom file
contains.  For instance, if another program has no place for entering
census information, it is likely that it will completely ignore that
kind of information if it is in a gedcom file.  Family Scrapbook offers
you many options during the creation of gedcom files so that you have
maximum flexibility when trading your data with others.

        Note:  The gedcom routines are contained in an external
executable file named FSGED.EXE.  This file can be run directly from DOS
provided that Family Scrapbook has been run at least once to create the
data files.

