The GEDCOM specification − Kiwitrees

Kiwitrees family history software uses the GEDCOM specification (5.5.1) as the main structure for storing and displaying your family history records.
GEDCOM was developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS Church) to provide a flexible, uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmmunication. Its purpose is to encourage sharing of genealogy information and to provide a common platform for genealogists, historians, and other researchers to use in software products.

For more information about GEDCOM, there is an excellent Wikipedia article at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEDCOM.

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Download a copy here: GEDCOM 5.5.1 file or read by clicking the link below.
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Below is a list of all GEDCOM tags recognised by Kiwitrees. Most can be edited easily through the software edit screen (GUI). A few of the more obscure ones from other software products can only be edited using the “Edit raw GEDCOM data” option.

Search any field, or part of a field using the search box; or filter on any column by entering a value in one or more of the filter boxes at the foot of the list.

Tag	Label	Source	Description	Type
ABBR	Abbreviation	GED 5.5.1	A short name of a title, description, or name.	E
ADDR	Address	GED 5.5.1	The contemporary place, usually required for postal purposes, of an individual, a submitter of information, a repository, a business, a school, or a company.	E
ADOP	Adoption	GED 5.5.1	Pertaining to creation of a child-parent relationship that does not exist biologically.	E
ADR1	Address line 1	GED 5.5.1	The first line of an address.	E
ADR2	Address line 2	GED 5.5.1	The second line of an address.	E
AFN	Ancestral File Number	GED 5.5.1	A unique permanent record file number of an individual record stored in Ancestral File.	E
AGE	Age	GED 5.5.1	The age of the individual at the time an event occurred, or the age listed in the document.	E
AGNC	Agency	GED 5.5.1	The institution or individual having authority and/or responsibility to manage or govern.	E
ALIA	Alias	GED 5.5.1	An indicator to link different record descriptions of a person who may be the same person.	E
ANCE	Generations of ancestors	GED 5.5.1	Pertaining to forbears of an individual.	E
Tag	Label	Source	Description	Type

The codes in the “Source” column represent where the tags originated from:

GED 5.5.1	The current GEDCOM specification
Kiwitrees	Specific for Kiwitrees only
AQ	Ancestral Quest
BKW	Brother’s Keeper (Windows)
FamHer	Family Heritage
FO	Family Origins
FTM	Family Tree Maker (DOS)
FTW	Family Tree Maker (Windows)
Gen	Generations
Leg	Legacy
PAF	Personal Ancestral File
Reunion	Reunion for the MAC
Roots III	Roots III
RM	RootsMagic
TMG	The Master Genealogist

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The GEDCOM specification

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