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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 [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pmcbride/gedcom/55gctoc.htm The GEDCOM Standard Release 5.5] is available, courtesy of Rootsweb.
For more detailed information, the full text of GEDCOM:
* PDF at [https://edge.fscdn.org/assets/img/documents/ged551-5bac5e57fe88dd37df0e153d9c515335.pdf The GEDCOM Standard Release 5.5.1] is available from FamilySearch
* The older [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pmcbride/gedcom/55gctoc.htm GEDCOM Standard Release 5.5] is available online, courtesy of Rootsweb.


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