Re: GedCom standards


I wish to be able to clearly and succinctly identify the sources,
and logic used to establish a parent child relationship. This is not
usually as simple as citing an individual source, but for me often
requires establishing a "network" of interlocking bits of evidence.
This does not seem to be supported in many Genealogy programs, and
I've been told that the reason for that is that the capability is
not built into the GedCom standards.

If that's the case, then this would seem to be a severe problem. I
can't think of anything more important than establishing parent
child relationships.

Can anyone confirm that this is in fact a limitation in the GedCom
standards?

Quolla6@xxxxxxxxx


The GEDCOM standard supports the specification of one of four types
of relationship of child to a family (PEDI tag subordinate to FAMC
tag). These are: birth, adopted, foster, sealing. (Sealing is an
LDS ceremony of adopting a child into a family.)

Also, there is an "ADOP" event available for each individual. This
may contain the reference to the family which adopted the individual
(FAMC sub-tag) and a sub-tag (ADOP) to specify which or both parents
as HUSB, WIFE or BOTH.

Thus:
0 INDI @I1@
1 FAMC @F1@
2 PEDI adopted
2 NOTE As and if required.
3 SOUR ...
1 ADOP
2 FAMC @F1@
3 ADOP HUSB
.....
0 FAM @F1@
1 CHIL @I1@
.....

There are a small number of programs that support these tags as
defined. Some others define custom _MREL and _FREL tags within the
family record to define the relationships of an individual to
"father" and "mother" of a family. Note that custom tags may not
transport reliably between programs.

With respect to sources, the GEDCOM standard does not permit SOUR as
a sub-tag of PEDI, but it does permit SOUR as a sub-tag of NOTE as a
sub-tag of PEDI.

Nigel
www.tcgr.bufton.org

"Nigel Bufton" <nigel@xxxxxxxxxx>
.

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