John (Cardinal) Thank you for the informative information. I seldom - almost never - have used .GED import or export. But I think I have read that improvements and a non-official later version has not been accepted/adopted (I will check Wikipedia, which gives good peer-reviewed information).
However, as I posted before, really there was only the ONE error and due to the code-page format in the text, for my use of GEDCOM Validator. I am totally sceptical that my UK correspondent's problem when just exporting a .GED file to send to me caused him internal database problems, loss of information, etc. I think something else "has gone wrong". He uses Family Tree Maker, but I am not yet aware of which version. Certainly it would be more recent than FTM 2006 which I have had for years (and installed and used for the first time ever last week). Regarding the Validator: I think it may be a worthwhile tool to have. Tweaking the "Severity" is important after choosing the "Standards only" Validation mode. Also, within the Settings (top right, click the standard cog-wheel symbol) there are useful functions, including Encoding repair. John, perhaps you can explain what the Blob decoder does. My guess is that attached media is handled, but I don't know if the GEDCOM 5.5 standard caters for that. Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Cardinal Sent: Friday, 22 February 2019 3:25 AM To: 'Legacy User Group' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] GEDCOM Validator Ian, I have used GEDCOM Validator by Chronoplex. I forget exactly where I found it, but I did not get it via the Windows Store. I use it with Windows 7. <snip>
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