--------John Bossidy has asked: Can someone please straighten me out on how GEDCOM works? I know that my various genealogy programs have an "export" facility to send a family history to GEDCOM. But where is GEDCOM? And how can I find out if the file has actually been transferred to GEDCOM? I am working under some assumptions here; namely, that GEDCOM is an adjunct of LDS, which is no problem at all. However, how can I access what I intend to send on the Internet, so other family members can have access to my work? I would like to share. Thanks for any help,______________________________ Dear Mr. Bossidy GEDcom is not a place it is a what - a method of gathering together genealogical files from a formal program and arrangeing it into a format that will make it possible to cram it into as small a space as possible in order to transmit it to somewhere else by way of floppy, CD, email, internet, or between one computer and another or from your own computer to another program on the same computer. Yes, it was created by the LDS Church but is widely used as the most efficient method to do such transfers. It is not literally an "adjunct of the LDS" just a way they devised to move things around electronically and intact. If you go to a search engine on your internet provider and ask for information on GEDCom you will no doubt get an array of such information that will keep you busy for days. Try the following site, it might answer some of your questions about posting to the Internet. http://srd.yahoo.com/srst/18403382/Genealogy+GEDCom/16/33/*http://www.ged4web.com I hope this helps. May your Holidays be happy Agnes.