gedcom

Gedcom Reader for C#

Does anyone know of a good class to read in .ged files Gedcom is a file format that is used to store genealogical information. My goal is to write something that would let me import a ged file and export a .dot file for graphviz so that I can make a visual representation of a family tree thanks if you can help ...

Reading a line from a streamreader without consuming?

Is there a way to read ahead one line to test if the next line contains specific tag data? I'm dealing with a format that has a start tag but no end tag. I would like to read a line add it to a structure then test the line below to make sure it not a new "node" and if it isn't keep adding if it is close off that struct and make a new o...

Best way to Find which cell of string array contins text

I have a block of text that im taking from a Gedcom (Here and Here) File The text is flat and basically broken into "nodes" I am splitting each node on the \r char and thus subdividing it into each of its parts( amount of "lines" can vary) I know the 0 address will always be the ID but after that everything can be anywhere so i want ...

Please critique my class

Hi all I've taken a few school classes along time ago on and to be honest i never really understood the concept of classes. I recently "got back on the horse" and have been trying to find some real world application for creating a class. you may have seen that I'm trying to parse a lot of family tree data that is in an very old and ant...

inbreeding coefficient calucation and genealogical software

I am currently looking for a piece of software which will be able to map a very large number of GEDCOM files (for around 33,000 individuals) as well as working out ancestral and individual inbreeding coefficients. Does anyone know of any software which is capable???? Thanks ...

Social networking website- usage of GEDCOM in it

Hello ppl, i have to develop one social networking website. i have to follow gedcom standards for that. someone told me you have to take care at time of database designing if you are going to use GEDCOM. so please anybody can help me out for material i can read before i start website development and things to be taken care. or from where...

GEDCOM File import export from web application

Hello everybody, i am working on a social networking site having facility to create Family Tree. there are so many sites which supports family tree import/export from GEDCOM File. i have to implement family tree with gedcom standards. i also have to design my database as it should be capable to store data in a manner tht it can be export...

Is there a GEDCOM parser written in Python?

GEDCOM is a standard for exchanging genealogical data. I've found parsers written in C perl Ruby and even Factor but none so far written in Python. The closest I've come is the file _GedcomParse.py from the GRAMPS project, but that is so full of references to GRAMPS modules as to not be usable for me. I just want a simple standal...

how to do gedcom import with minimal database roundtrip. what is best practice for this kind of development

In My current application, I need to import users from gedcom file. these users may exist in my registered users or i need to create one registered user for the same. now gedcom file contain s many information e.g. PersonalDetails,Addresses, Education Details, ProfessionalDetails this is one sample of xml file we are storing to store us...

Cocoa interface to GEDCOM file

The only full-fledged GPL Cocoa editor for GEDCOM 5.5 files (GenerationX) was last released in 2003: http://sourceforge.net/projects/generationx/ It looks unstable under Snow Leopard and would badly need a revamp. Someone recently posted a proof-of-concept application (unrelated to GenerationX) on Google Code, but it looks like an unmai...

Using a Python GEDCOM parser: Receiving bad output (gedcom.Element instance at 0x00...)

I'm new to Python, and I can say off the bat my programming experience is nominal compared to many of you. Brace yourselves :) I have 2 files. A GEDCOM parser written in Python that I found from a user on this site (gedcom.py - http://ilab.cs.byu.edu/cs460/2006w/assignments/program1.html) and a simple GEDCOM file that I pulled from hei...

What database structure to use to store GEDCOM information?

What database structure to use to store GEDCOM information? ...