Want to share your GEDCOM with others by posting it to WorldConnect, but your genealogy software doesn't provide a way to exclude the living from the database?

Relax. You do not need to filter, exclude or remove information about the living before uploading your GEDCOM to WorldConnect because it has "living" filters built into it that will do this.

In fact, allowing WorldConnect to "clean" or "remove the living" is preferable because this way your original GEDCOM is still on file with WorldConnect with ALL your information intact should you ever need to download it as a backup in the event your data on your computer should ever be lost, corrupted, or destroyed.

Here's how it works. Two GEDCOMs are maintained for you in your account on WorldConnect server -- your original (which is not displayed but is stored as a backup for you), and another "filtered" version, which is displayed. The latter is based on the selections you make on either the standard or advanced setup page.

To learn more about options pertaining to ignoring, cleaning, and removing the living from your GEDCOM files at WorldConnect, see http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/tips/tip-04.html



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from 07/19/00