> Taken from Kindered Konnections > What Is A GEDCOM File? > > A GEDCOM file is a simple text file created by genealogy programs for sharing your > genealogy with other genealogy software programs. By using one of the popular family > history programs like PAF, Kindred Konnections, Brothers Keeper, Family Tree Maker, > Ancestry, ROOTS IV, and others, you can enter your family information into your home > computer. > > Once you have completed the entry of the data, you can now export a GEDCOM file from > your family history program and place it on your hard disk or a floppy disk. Please refer to > the index of your user's manual for your specific genealogy program under the subject > "exporting" or "GEDCOM" to make sure you understand how to export a GEDCOM file. > The GEDCOM file that you create of your own family history information should have the > ".ged" file extension appended to the file name by your genealogy program. If some other > file extension is there, then you have not created a GEDCOM file, and you will need to > refer back to your user's manual. If you are exporting a GEDCOM file from Family Tree > Maker, be sure to set the Destination format as PAF. > -- No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow.-Alice Walker