Compare Gedcoms

[Elizabeth Snowden]

Does anyone have a method for comparing two or more gedcoms so you can see the similarities or the differences? I use ancestry.com and other sites to research for information so I have a tree there, as well as in reunion. I am looking for a way to compare the information in ancestry to my reunion file so I can make sure both are complete.

Many thanks!

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[kyuck]

Originally Posted by Elizabeth Snowden

Does anyone have a method for comparing two or more gedcoms so you can see the similarities or the differences?...Snip

Search for "Document Comparison" using Google and you will find many of them.
HTH
Kevan

[Tom Robinson]

Originally Posted by kyuck

Search for "Document Comparison" using Google and you will find many of them.

The free and powerful TextWrangler from Bare Bones has a great comparison feature.

Most word processors can also compare two documents; like NeoOffice and Word.

Of course you'll be looking at the raw GEDCOM codes and this approach will start to fall apart if the formats are different (rather than just the info being different).

Another variation would be to import the data into two separate family files in Reunion. Run the same report on both of them and compare the reports instead.

Cheers

[Leslie]

Originally Posted by Elizabeth Snowden

Does anyone have a method for comparing two or more gedcoms so you can see the similarities or the differences? I use ancestry.com and other sites to research for information so I have a tree there, as well as in reunion. I am looking for a way to compare the information in ancestry to my reunion file so I can make sure both are complete.

I open both my file and the Ancestry.com file at the same time, using 1/2 screen for each, and compare the two that way - it works well for me with a 15" screen on my laptop, or the larger screen on the desktop computer.