
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.  Many other genealogy programs also 
support gedcom.

        Family Scrapbook should be capable of exporting and
importing all of it's data via it's gedcom routines.  Since most other 
genealogy programs do not support things like name changes and 
passenger list info, they probably won't be able to import everything.  
If you're a programer and you want to find out how I implemented 
gedcom to export something, get in touch with me.

        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.

Importing Data

        This option will read a gedcom file and add it's data to your
Family Scrapbook files.  All persons and families are added as new 
records.  In other words, this routine will not change or erase any 
existing data.  Do not import the same data more than once, or you
will have duplicate data in Family Scrapbook.

Exporting Data

        The three export options will let you store the data you select
in a gedcom file.  You may export a person, a whole family, or the 
entire Family Scrapbook database.  Like the import routine, exporting
will not change or delete any scrapbook data.

