GEDCOM 7.0 - Fri, 19 Feb 2021

**UPDATE** June 8: 
FamilySearch has released the official version of GEDCOM 7.0.
See my blog post: GEDCOM 7.0, Official.

It appears that a GEDCOM Version 7.0 Release Candidate will be announced at RootsTech Connect on February 25.

This will likely take place in the session by Gordon Clarke titled:
”GEDCOM is Alive and getting Smarter” –> See Feb 24, 2021, below.

The home for GEDCOM 7.0 appears to be:  https://gedcom.io

The current Release Candidate 7.0.0-rc1 appears to be available:

As a web page:  https://gedcom.io/specifications/GEDCOM7rc.html

As a PDF:  https://gedcom.io/specifications/gedcom7-rc.pdf

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I’m going to keep track on this blog post of anyone writing about GEDCOM 7.0. Please let me know of any new articles you find and I’ll post them here:

Feb 19, 2021:

• Introducing GEDCOM Version 7.0 release candidate with GEDZip, a long-awaited upgrade – Genealogy’s Star (James Tanner)
• GEDCOM Standard – FamilySearch. The gedcom.info domain redirects to this site.
• http://gedcom.io/ – The actual specification, programmatic tools and guides on GitHub does not yet appear to be available.

Feb 20, 2021:

• Why there is a GEDCOM Standard and why we need a new Version 7.0 release candidate of the GEDCOM Standard. – Genealogy’s Star (James Tanner)

Feb 21, 2021:

• GEDCOM 7.0 – ein neuer Standard für Genealogieprogramme ist angekündigt! – ComGen Blog (Albert Emmerich) – in German

Feb 22, 2021:

• The Website GEDCOM Specifications – GEDCOM site at gedcom.io became available. Pages include:  About, Specifications, Tools, Guides and Community

Feb 23, 2021:

• GEDCOM.io Website Online- Information for those who want to know about the current GEDCOM Standard 7.0 release candidate – Genealogy’s Star (James Tanner)

Feb 24, 2021

• GEDCOM is Alive and Getting Smarter, Part 1 – FamilySearch (Gordon Clarke) – video 10 minutes
• GEDCOM: Techincal Aspects of GEDCOM 7, Part 2 – FamilySearch (Gordon Clarke)- video 18 minutes
• All inquires about GEDCOM 7 can be emailed to: GEDCOM@FamilySearch.org
• March 10, 10 a.m. PST will be a Post RootsTech Open Online Forum. Request forum participation by email:  GEDCOM@FamilySearch.org
• The Technical Aspects of GEDCOM 7 video listed the public repository to be: https://github.com/FamilySearch/GEDCOM, but that page does not seem to be on GitHub yet.

Feb 25, 2021

• Gordon Clarke’s two presentations inexplicably no longer are available from RootsTech Connect.  The YouTube videos at the links above (Feb 24) are unavailable as well.
• The gedcom.io site also became inaccessible.
• The three blog posts on James Tanner’s Genealogy’s Star personal blog have been removed. (see above, Feb 19, 20, 23)
• The GEDCOM Standard page at familysearch.org has removed the “What can we expect in the future?” and “What is GEDZip?” paragraphs that referenced GEDCOM 7.0 and GEDZip. (See Feb 19)

Feb 27, 2021

• Markus Henn tweeted:  Answer from @RootsTechConf staff: @FamilySearch has determined to not publish information regarding #GEDCOM standards at this time. This includes some content intended for #RootsTechConnect 2021. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your patience and support.”

Feb 28, 2021

• GEDCOM Grammars - 5.5.1 vs 7.0 RC - Blog Coret in English – Bob Coret. Post was dated Feb 23.