.GED File Description

GEDCOM, an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunication, is a specification for exchanging genealogical data between different genealogy software. GEDCOM was developed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as an aid to genealogical research.

Other Information For .GED File Extension

• Company:

  N/A

• File Type:

  GEDCOM Genealogy Data File

• Identifying Characters (Hex):

  30 20 48 45 41 44

• Identifying Characters (ASCII):

  0 HEAD