GedCom Explorer

• New version as of 2nd Feb 2011.

• Will load FTW TEXT files and translate them to GEDCOM format.

• Discover all the independent trees or family groups within the Gedcom files. View these as trees, produce an index of the people in each group as a spreadsheet or save the tree as a separate Gedcom.

• Detect loop errors, linking problems and other discrepancies in trees or family groups.

• Produce an index of all the people in the Gedcoms as a spreadsheet.

• Produce a spreadsheet of Gedcom events (birth, baptism, marriage, etc) in the Gedcom files.

• Search spreadsheets using the Soundex and MetaPhone algorithms on surnames.

• Save spreadsheets in HTML, Excel, or Word formats.

• Slice, prune or edit a tree or family group into another Gedcom file in a visually intutative way. Slice off only the necessary data prior to sending your Gedcom to others or prior to merging Gedcoms.

• View Notes and Citations associated with people and their Gedcom events. Search Notes for items of text.

• View various trees associated with a person (Pedigree, Descendant, etc).

• View and search the raw Gedcom file.

• Download a trial.

• Check for additional resources on the Support page.

• Please Note: The utility is a viewer and cannot edit Gedcom files.