Documentation Archive

A repository of useful information for genealogy enthusiasts.

GEDCOM Specifications

pdf GEDCOM 3.0 (09 OCT 1987)

pdf GEDCOM 4.0 (04 AUG 1989)

pdf GEDCOM 5.0 (25 SEP 1991)

pdf GEDCOM 5.3 (04 NOV 1993)

pdf GEDCOM 5.4 (21 AUG 1995)

pdf GEDCOM 5.5 (02 JAN 1996)

pdf GEDCOM 5.5 errata sheet (10 JAN 1996)

pdf GEDCOM 5.5.1 Draft (02 OCT 1999)

pdf GEDCOM 5.5.1 (15 NOV 2019)

pdf GEDCOM 5.6 (18 DEC 2000)

pdf GEDCOM 7.0 (03 AUG 2023)

GEDCOM Future Direction

pdf GEDCOM Future Direction (07 JUL 1999)

GEDCOM XML

pdf GEDCOM XML Draft (02 OCT 2000)

pdf GEDCOM XML Draft (28 DEC 2001)

pdf GEDCOM XML Beta (06 DEC 2002)

GEDCOM BLOBs

pdf GEDCOM BLOBs (corrected)

pdf GEDCOM BLOBs (Ancestral Quest)

GEDCOM UIDs

pdf GEDCOM UIDs

ANSEL

pdf ANSI Z39.47-1985

pdf Code Table for ANSEL to Unicode conversion