This program will make a GEDCOM from a text file in ahnentafel format, such as one created by pasting the output of Pedigree Thief into text editor like notepad. It expects the format to be number. name born: place, date died: place, date ... So use your text editor to change the born and died designators to "born:" and "died:" if you need to. It can manage without the period after the number.

Please do not PUBLISH any GEDCOM you generate without the permission of the person who prepared the ahnentafel. THIS THE NEW VERSION 2.0, WITH A NUMBER OF ADDED FEATURES (see my blog) If you have any problems, let me know and click here to use the previous version

Select the ahnentafel file with text data to convert Choose File: Check here if the start person is male The output GEDCOM file will be named for the first person in the file plus a time stamp then .ged If you want a different file name, enter it here:

OPTIONAL EXTRAS Check this to use UNICODE, best for many foreign languages like Swedish (Otherwise it will be the normal for Ancestry, which is UTF-8) Check this to add a slash before each surname* Check this to add a slash before and after each surname** **Needed for GWorks *Needed to get surnames in the surname field on Ancestry (That way you will get a surname index in RootsMagic, MyHeritage, and Reunion, among others.)

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INSTRUCTIONS

Be sure the input file is in text format not a PDF or word file. Make sure the born and died information is preceeded by "born:" and "died:"

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