dkauffma@planet.eon.net wrote: > > It occured to me today, while reading the Roll Call responses that most > of us are working on lines that are interconnected, at least in the early > generations. > > This led to - since the respondees are using a computer the chances are > good that they have and use a genealogy software program, and if they > are, it likely has the capability of creating and receiving GEDCOM files. > > And - if they are using a genealogy program then a lot of us are likely > doing data entry of the same people. > > So - is there anyone out there in Yoderland who would like to exchange > GEDCOM files of our common, or not so common ancestors? > > I operate from a Macintosh, using REUNION v5.0.2. Editor Chris sent me a > couple of GEDCOMs which were made in Family Tree Maker in Windows. They > come into REUNION with no trouble, after all a GEDCOM is a gedcom. One of > these has the complete line of Hooleys, which I didn't have so I am > smiling :-) > > Chris sent them as a file attachment to an email message, took a while to > download the one with 8909 names, (about 1 MB and 20 minutes at 14.4) but > it works. > > I would be happy to exchange my research for yours. My only stipulation > is that you are not allowed to publish on the WWW information about the > present, living generations. There is still potential for problems if > personal info is put up for living people (and I'm not even paranoid)! > You may find that you don't like my work, but that's ok, just say > "thanks" and trash it <G> > > Looking forward to your thoughts on this. > > Don Don, I would put one stipulation on the Gedcom's, I would not post them to the Yoder list. What I think the best procedure would be, is to post a message on the Yoder list letting people know what your Gedcom contains. If somebody is interested they could e-mail the person with the Gedcom and then have it sent by private e-mail. This will keep the messages on the List from being too long and taking a long time to download. I liked your message about sources, I think that AAMG is quickly becoming the accepted abbreviation. I also have DJH and DBH. I also subscribe to both the Yoder and H/H/H newsletters. Steven A. Braman braman@wws.net