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From: Debbie Harper <>
Subject: RE: [SMITH-L] Please send me your gedcoms
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 13:20:29 -0500


Oops, this URL is misbehaving:)
Here is another link from the GEDPAGE software site, that has links to not one but THREE gedcom cleaning utilities.
http://www.frontiernet.net/~rjacob/gedpage.htm
Incidentally, it is NOT ME that wants the GEDCOMs but John Smith (below in mail). I am just adding a comment about how you can clean your Gedcom of living people before you send it to him if you wish.

-----Original Message-----
From:ccmiller [SMTP:]
Sent:Friday, May 22, 1998 3:58 PM
To:Debbie Harper
Subject:Re: [SMITH-L] Please send me your gedcoms

Debbie, I tried and that site will not d/l it gives false #'s so the message
said. do you know URL's of the others you mentioned?
What GEDCOMs do you want and what are you going to do with thewm when you
get them???
-----Original Message-----
From: Debbie Harper <>
To: <>
Date: Friday, May 22, 1998 10:05 AM
Subject: RE: [SMITH-L] Please send me your gedcoms

>One more note about GEDCOMS. There are some shareware/freeware utilities
that will let you clean out your gedcoms first. For example, the one that I
use, GEDCLEAN, will let me take out all dates for anyone whose birthdate is
less than a parameter I specify- IE, I have no dates for anyone who was born
in the last 70 years, who might still be living and object to me publishing
their data-their names are still there, of course.
>Here's one place to download GEDCLEAN-there are other utilities like this.
>http://www.surnames.com/organizations/agcig/shareware/gedclean.htm
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Smith [SMTP:]
>Sent: Friday, May 22, 1998 11:29 AM
>To:
>Subject: [SMITH-L] Please send me your gedcoms
>
> I've been getting lots of positive responses on the proposal to create
smith-l database
>that is automatically searched for matching ancestors.
>
>Glad to start recieving gedcom's now. I'll post any matches as soon as we
start
>getting some.
>
>I've heard several people who were interested in maintaining a web page,
but all
>later. Well, it will probably take a bit before the matches make it worth
while,
>although just the raw data would be nice to view.
>
>Let me point out before anyone sends me anything that we are talking about
making
>this information public. Free access to all.
>
>Not necessarily the gedcom files themselves, but the one line reports about
each
>person in the gedcom file. There is no way for me to filter out anyone
from the
>gedcom, so bear that in mind before sending me anything.
>
>The one line report contains the person's name, spouses name, date of
birth, date
>of death, and the name of the gedcom file.
>
>We can keep access to the owner of the gedcom file restricted if the group
(smith-l)
>decides to.
>
>Email me your gedcom files.
>
>John Smith
>
>
>
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>
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