Re: [LegacyUG] changed to Gedcom history/future

2009-08-25 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
Gedcom does not belong to LDS, nor anyone else. It was created by a committee of interested parties, of which LDS was represented. What needs to happen is to create a new committee, containing all (or most) of the major program writers, database companies, descendant societies; if not actully

Re: [LegacyUG] changed to Gedcom history/future

2009-08-25 Thread Chick Lewis
I beg to differ. The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the creator and owner of the GEDCOM specification. The current version, 5.5, came out in January of 1996. http://www.rootsworks.com/genart13.htm and