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Posted on November 23, 2021February 16, 2022

Retrogen – Sample screenshots.

Shown below are some screenshots of Retrogen (running on a Macbook Air with Ubuntu 20.04 and programmed using GnuCOBOL) using a publicly available family tree for President Kennedy (via Ian Davis GitHub). This GEDCOM file was uploaded to Ancestry and subsequently, this tree was exported from Ancestry with some minor data cleansing. The first screenshot …

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Posted on October 27, 2021October 27, 2021

Retrogen – Ancestry GEDCOM size issues.

Ancestry is doing some excellent work with data stored in the exported GEDCOM files from their website but they appear to be deviating from the GEDCOM standard. Record Size One interesting issue I came across is that the record size varies between a maximum of 255 characters when that record has a 4 character tag …

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Posted on October 24, 2021

Retrogen – Ancestry GEDCOM export

During my time developing Retrogen, I have been studying the GEDCOM file exported from Ancestry. I am troubled since I believe there are issues within the GEDCOM file meaning it isn't a true representation of my family tree data or at least, my understanding of what should be exported. One potential issue appears to relate …

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Posted on December 14, 2020

RetroGen – Simplification

Afew months ago, as I neared completion of the GEDCOM loading module within RetroGen, I stopped developing while I pondered over a dilemna. My initial goal, somewhat noble, was to develop a genealogy program using old programming language and database support to support the entire breath of the GEDCOM 5.5 standard. As my coding neared …

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