* I've never found an ancestor on familysearch.org that precedes AD 1. Are there any Ancestry File records in BC years? I know that there are people who have submitted such records, but I don't know if it is possible to search for BC dates.
* How do you record a BC date in a GEDCOM 5.5 file?
Here is what the official GEDCOM 5.5.1 spec says.
DATE_GREG:= {Size=4:35}
[ <YEAR_GREG>[B.C.] | <MONTH> <YEAR_GREG> | <DAY> <MONTH> <YEAR_GREG> ]
So just suffix the date with B.C.
* How do you record a BC date in a GEDCOM 6 file?
I believe it is the same as GEDCOM 5.
* GEDCOM 6 will be a huge improvement on 5.5, but it's forever to get it
released... any ideas when?
At this point, I would say GEDCOM 6 will never be adopted. The Church under
the umbrella of FamilySearch has adopted a new XML standard quite different
from GEDCOM which allows you to interface with their web service APIs.
* Any good Gedcom 6 software out there that some of you recommend?
You can find lots of XML related software by browsing the GenealogyXML mailing
list archives. I don't think that anything nears the quality of PAF though.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GenealogyXML/
--John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Brandon Stout
Sent: Sat 9/22/2007 9:47 PM
To: LDS Open Source Software
Subject: [Ldsoss] Geneology questions
I have a few questions I hope this group can answer since it seems more
convenient to me than FamilySearch.org support - and beyond the normal
support level they have for some of my questions anyway:
* I've never found an ancestor on familysearch.org that precedes AD 1.
Are there any Ancestry File records in BC years?
* How do you record a BC date in a GEDCOM 5.5 file?
* How do you record a BC date in a GEDCOM 6 file?
* GEDCOM 6 will be a huge improvement on 5.5, but it's forever to get
it released... any ideas when?
* Any good Gedcom 6 software out there that some of you recommend?
Brandon Stout
http://pgv.flfn.org <http://pgv.flfn.org/>
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