On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:10:38 -0800 (PST),
"leonardodiserpierodavinci@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"
<leonardodiserpierodavinci@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Jan 22, 3:51 pm, Charlie Hoffpauir <inva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Of course a GED file is simply a structured text file.
>
>Yes, I know.
>
>> Any word processor or text editor can edit such a file. This means if
you are
>> running Windows you already have two included..... Notepad and
>> Wordpad.
>
>I am not crazy enough to edit my genealogy tree in GEDCOM format by
>hand, using a text editor. ;-)
>
>> But why edit GEDCOM files directly? It's far easier to just
>> load it into a genealogy program and make your genealogical
>> corrections and additions there, then save it back as a GEDCOM. There
>> are several free Genealogy programs available too.
>
>This was exactly my first question. So far I have downloaded three
>freeware genealogy programs, installed it, noticed that they missed
>the feature to im****t GED files, then removed it from my machine. If
>you can point me to the names of some freeware programs able to work
>with GED files, I would be very grateful.
>Thanks in advance,
>
>L
Sure...
PAF and Legacy are the two that come immediately to mind. I've
downloaded and tried both (didn't really like either one very much,
but that's a personal choice, many people do like them and use them)
Legacy from http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Download.asp
PAF from http://www.familysearch.org/
I'm really surprised to hear that you found 3 genealogy programs that
would NOT im****t GED files. I've tried many programs, and every one I
tried easily im****ted GEDCOMs.
There are also many programs that offer a free trial version of their
software, including RootsMagic, the program that I use. Get the trial
version at: http://www.rootsmagic.com/demo.htm
since I don't actually
have the "trial" version, I'm not sure what it will do, but I believe
taht it will easily im****t your existing GEDCOM.
--
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
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