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Added importing to Family Tree
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*Between users of differing applications - A PAF genealogist receiving information from someone using Ancestral Quest. | *Between users of differing applications - A PAF genealogist receiving information from someone using Ancestral Quest. | ||
*From an Internet site to a local application - Downloading information from [http://www.FamilySearch.org www.FamilySearch.org] to your PAF. | *From an Internet site to a local application - Downloading information from [http://www.FamilySearch.org www.FamilySearch.org] to your PAF. | ||
*Adding to [https://familysearch.org/upload/trees Family Tree]. | |||
<br> As a text-based file, it is easily transmitted as an attachment to e-mails or downloaded from web sites. The recipient then uses the "Import" function of their application to include the GEDcom file contents in their genealogy. Also, applications may be found on the web to print or manipulate individual GEDcom files without importing them into applications. | |||
As a text-based file, it is easily transmitted as an attachment to e-mails or downloaded from web sites. The recipient then uses the "Import" function of their application to include the GEDcom file contents in their genealogy. Also, applications may be found on the web to print or manipulate individual GEDcom files without importing them into applications. | |||
For more detailed information, the full text of the current [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pmcbride/gedcom/55gctoc.htm version 5.5 standard] is available, courtesy of Rootsweb. | For more detailed information, the full text of the current [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pmcbride/gedcom/55gctoc.htm version 5.5 standard] is available, courtesy of Rootsweb. | ||