> 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@gmail.com wrote: GEDCOM does seem to require the forming of "family groups". The program I use for initial entry, Family History System (FHS) does not require this. You establish the parent-child relationship by inserting the father and/or mother's ID in the "Father" and "Mother" fields respectively. You don't have to "marry" the father and mother first, as most other genealogy programs require. When the data are exported to GEDCOM, the routine reports "x family groups created" -- the program has to create them for the GEDCOM format. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk Steve Hayes <hayesmstw@hotmail.com>