lingo.lol is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A place for linguists, philologists, and other lovers of languages.

Server stats:

59
active users

#gedcom

0 posts0 participants0 posts today
Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (CompGen)<p><strong>Die GND hilft bei der Familienforschung</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.compgen.de/2025/07/die-gnd-hilft-bei-der-familienforschung/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">compgen.de/2025/07/die-gnd-hil</span><span class="invisible">ft-bei-der-familienforschung/</span></a></p>
Scott P ✅<p>I just gotta say .. I hate it when I run into a WikiTree profile that was the result of a GEDCOM import. It reads like a raw data dump, and the references/sources are a rat’s nest, usually with very little meaningful content. They are typically orphaned, and take ages to clean up. Bah. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wikitree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikitree</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gedcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gedcom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogy</span></a></p>
🇺🇦 🇨🇦:nonazis: Cui Bono?<p>"If, like me, you want to process sections of your family tree into stories to enrich what you understand about your family, this truly simplifies what you are able to accomplish."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ancestry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ancestry</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FamilyEcho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyEcho</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GEDCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GEDCOM</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FamilyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genealogy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.many-roads.com/2025/02/16/extracting-and-sharing-sections-of-an-ancestry-tree-using-family-echo/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">many-roads.com/2025/02/16/extr</span><span class="invisible">acting-and-sharing-sections-of-an-ancestry-tree-using-family-echo/</span></a></p>
Genealogy Software<p>Ancestris v13, the free <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a> and <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/GEDCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GEDCOM</span></a> based cross-platform <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogy</span></a> program received quite a few updates over the past few weeks. UI, translation, backup updates, along with PDF and report improvements.</p><p><a href="https://genealogysoftware.net/java/ancestris-v13-november-9-20-2024-updates/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">genealogysoftware.net/java/anc</span><span class="invisible">estris-v13-november-9-20-2024-updates/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/genealogysoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogysoftware</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/genealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>genealogy@a.gup.pe</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@genealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>genealogy@fedigroups.social</span></a></span></p>
Genealogy Software<p>HuMo-genealogy 6.7.9 has been released - this is a major update to the <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/PHP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PHP</span></a> online <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogy</span></a> web app and adds several new features (processing of clergy and officiator, <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/GEDCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GEDCOM</span></a> 7 updates), and lots of improved features/bug fixes.</p><p><a href="https://genealogysoftware.net/online/humo-genealogy-6-7-9/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">genealogysoftware.net/online/h</span><span class="invisible">umo-genealogy-6-7-9/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/genealogysoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogysoftware</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/genealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>genealogy@a.gup.pe</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@genealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>genealogy@fedigroups.social</span></a></span></p>
Genealogy Software<p><a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/throwbackthursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>throwbackthursday</span></a> - 23 1/2 years ago, on April 21, 2001, Don Allingham publicly released <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/Gramps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gramps</span></a> 0.1.1 for Linux - it is now a much-loved open-source and cross-platform <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogy</span></a> program, but it started as an experiment to create a simple <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> program to spot errors in <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/GEDCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GEDCOM</span></a> files and then became "Relativity", a genealogy program for his dad, before becoming Gramps.</p><p>His retrospective from 2006:</p><p><a href="https://gramps-project.org/blog/2006/04/looking-back-over-5-years/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gramps-project.org/blog/2006/0</span><span class="invisible">4/looking-back-over-5-years/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/genealogysoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogysoftware</span></a> <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/familytree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>familytree</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/genealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>genealogy@a.gup.pe</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@genealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>genealogy@fedigroups.social</span></a></span></p>
Genealogy Software<p>Ancestris v13, the dev version of Ancestris (Java-based, <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/GEDCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GEDCOM</span></a> based <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogy</span></a> program) has received several updates and a new Merge Module over the past few weeks.</p><p><a href="https://genealogysoftware.net/java/ancestris-v13-oct-16-nov-7-updates/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">genealogysoftware.net/java/anc</span><span class="invisible">estris-v13-oct-16-nov-7-updates/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/genealogysoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogysoftware</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/genealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>genealogy@a.gup.pe</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@genealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>genealogy@fedigroups.social</span></a></span></p>
Genealogy Software<p>Sunday Spotlight: Ancestor Tree Manager 11.0 adds support for <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/GEDCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GEDCOM</span></a> 7.0. It's a free, <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a> <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogy</span></a> program and is one of the few that has built-in FTP/SFTP/SCP functionality, making it easy to upload a family tree to your server</p><p><a href="https://genealogysoftware.net/spotlight/sunday-spotlight-ancestor-tree-manager-11-0/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">genealogysoftware.net/spotligh</span><span class="invisible">t/sunday-spotlight-ancestor-tree-manager-11-0/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/genealogysoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogysoftware</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/genealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>genealogy@a.gup.pe</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@genealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>genealogy@fedigroups.social</span></a></span></p>
Genealogy Software<p>Over the past two weeks, Ancestris, the free Java-based, <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/GEDCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GEDCOM</span></a> -based <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/genealogysoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogysoftware</span></a> has received quite a few updates to reports, language translations, and the Aries editor</p><p><a href="https://genealogysoftware.net/java/ancestris-v13-oct-1-oct-15-updates/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">genealogysoftware.net/java/anc</span><span class="invisible">estris-v13-oct-1-oct-15-updates/</span></a></p><p>This should run on the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@haiku" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>haiku</span></a></span> and <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/ChromeOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChromeOS</span></a> platforms.</p><p><a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogy</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@genealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>genealogy@fedigroups.social</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/genealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>genealogy@a.gup.pe</span></a></span></p>
Genealogy Software<p><a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/Genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genealogy</span></a> <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/throwbackthursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>throwbackthursday</span></a> - exchanging genealogy data in 1991 was not easy or cheap. The <a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/GEDCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GEDCOM</span></a> format was not used by many programs, and you had to have the right-sized floppies (and floppy densities) or use your telephone/BBSes, or simply print everything out.</p><p><a href="https://genealogysoftware.net/throwback-thursday/throwback-thursdays-exchanging-data-in-1991/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">genealogysoftware.net/throwbac</span><span class="invisible">k-thursday/throwback-thursdays-exchanging-data-in-1991/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://genealysis.social/tags/GenealogySoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenealogySoftware</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/genealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>genealogy@a.gup.pe</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@genealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>genealogy@fedigroups.social</span></a></span></p>
Graham Ward<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://framapiaf.org/@ThierryStoehr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ThierryStoehr</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.sciences.re/@arthurperret" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>arthurperret</span></a></span> IMHO <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Ancestris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ancestris</span></a> is a very good genealogy program. Probably the best for <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Gedcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gedcom</span></a> compliance. Free too! <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/genealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>genealogy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geneadons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geneadons</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/genchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genchat</span></a></p>
Amgine<p>I am working on <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>family</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogy</span></a> this <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FamilyDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyDay</span></a> holiday, and I just got annoyed by the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LDS</span></a>-controlled <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GEDCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GEDCOM</span></a> standard again.</p><p>The standard froze at v5.5.1 in 1999 - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Jean Chrétien</a> was the PM of Canada, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bill Clinton</a> in the White House. Version 7.0 was released in 2021, with controversial changes, and not yet widely implemented.</p><p>5.5.x does not recognize a stepchild/stepparent relationship.</p><p></p>
FKA ZOG<p>hello internet brain trust</p><p>anyone know some OK web apps for running up a quickish "family tree " type mini-site from gedcom files etc?</p><p>open source stuff that hosts easily into your typical lamp stack etc is preferred.<br>I can see some out there, but there are a lot to work through...</p><p><a href="https://jauntygoat.net/tags/gedcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gedcom</span></a><br><a href="https://jauntygoat.net/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogy</span></a></p>
Steve Little<p>🌳 How-to Guide #3: Create a GEDCOM family tree from birth and wedding announcements, obituaries, or newspaper articles using <a href="https://geneadon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, <a href="https://geneadon.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a>. Try it now: <a href="https://aigenealogyinsights.com/2023/04/17/ai-genealogy-use-case-guide-how-to-get-from-story-to-structured-data-2-create-gedcom-family-tree-files-from-obits-articles-announcements/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aigenealogyinsights.com/2023/0</span><span class="invisible">4/17/ai-genealogy-use-case-guide-how-to-get-from-story-to-structured-data-2-create-gedcom-family-tree-files-from-obits-articles-announcements/</span></a> <a href="https://geneadon.social/tags/FamilyTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyTree</span></a> <a href="https://geneadon.social/tags/GEDCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GEDCOM</span></a> <a href="https://geneadon.social/tags/AIGenealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIGenealogy</span></a> <a href="https://geneadon.social/tags/FamilyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyHistory</span></a> <a href="https://geneadon.social/tags/Genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genealogy</span></a> <a href="https://geneadon.social/tags/Geneadons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geneadons</span></a></p>
Steve Little<p><a href="https://geneadon.social/tags/GPT4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPT4</span></a> can create, read, and interpret <a href="https://geneadon.social/tags/GEDCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GEDCOM</span></a> files with ease. I tested it with a simple <a href="https://geneadon.social/tags/PROMPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PROMPT</span></a> ("Create a GEDCOM file for John Smith, born 1863, father unknown, mother was Riley Bower") and it generated a flawless GEDCOM file. To test, I imported it into <a href="https://geneadon.social/tags/RootsMagic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RootsMagic</span></a>, with no issues. Plus, <a href="https://geneadon.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> crafted a family story from a 4-gen GEDCOM export. PROMPT: "Below is a GEDCOM file. Use the information in the file to write a biographical narrative <a href="https://geneadon.social/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogy</span></a> <a href="https://geneadon.social/tags/geneadons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geneadons</span></a> <a href="https://geneadon.social/tags/familyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>familyHistory</span></a> <a href="https://geneadon.social/tags/genealogyAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genealogyAI</span></a></p>