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FamilySearch GEDCOM

The official FamilySearch GEDCOM specification for exchanging genealogical data.

This repository is for the collaborative development of the FamilySearch GEDCOM specification. If you are looking for the specification itself, see https://gedcom.io.

If you are looking for FamilySearch's GEDCOM 5.5.1 Java parser, which previously had this same repository name, see https://github.com/familysearch/gedcom5-java

Repository structure

Branches

  • main contains the current release. Patch versions are generally pushed directly to main upon approval.

  • next-minor contains a working draft of the next minor release. Changes from main have been discussed and approved by the working group supervising the next minor release, but have not been fully vetted and approved for inclusion in the standard and may change at any time without notice.

  • next-major contains a working draft of the next major release. Changes from main have been discussed and approved by the working group supervising the next major release, but have not been fully vetted and approved for inclusion in the standard and may change at any time without notice.

  • All other branches are for conversation drafts that may or may not be incorporated into a future version of the specification.