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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

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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


   

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:

Feb 20, 2021:

Feb 21, 2021:

Feb 22, 2021:

Feb 23, 2021:

Feb 24, 2021

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

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1. colin (colin)
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Posted: Thu, 25 Feb 2021  Permalink

The second video is private so not viewable also the GitHub page does not exist and gedcom.io throws an error saying ‘unauthorised access!!! They really do seem to want to share this with the wider community.

2. Louis Kessler (lkessler)
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Posted: Thu, 25 Feb 2021  Permalink

Yes, Colin. Today they removed everything. Don’t know why yet.

 

The Following 4 Sites Have Linked Here

  1. GEDCOM 7.0 by Adrian Bruce on the Family Historian User Group Forum : Sun, 21 Feb 2021
    "... Thanks to Louis Kessler's blog post on https://www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog/?p=3724, which he hopes to update as information is found."

  2. Friday\'s Family History Finds - Empty Branches on the Family Tree - Linda Stufflebean : Sun, 28 Feb 2021
    "Tech News ... GEDCOM 7.0 by Louis Kessler on Behold Genealogy"

  3. RootsTech Connect – the pick of the talks and the final countdown - Cruwys news - Debbie Kennett : Mon, 1 Mar 2021
    "Technology ... GEDCOM is ALIVE and Getting SMARTER by Gordon Clarke [This talk has been withdrawn. See Louis Kessler's blog post.]"

  4. GEDCOM, on Wikipedia : Fri, 29 Sep 2023
    Reference 56: "GEDCOM 7.0 at Louis Kessler's Behold Blog". Archived from the original on 2021-05-11.

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