GEDCOM Files
Information about GEDCOM files – Standards
Heiner Eichmann’s GEDCOM 5.5 Sample Page
The GEDCOM Standard Release 5.5
Articles
GEDCOM 101 – Jan McClintock – LeisterPro.com (Reunion for the Mac)
GEDCOM Explained – Dick Eastman (Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter)
Introduction to GEDCOM – 2001, Nigel Batty-Smith (Excellent guide)
GEDCOM Decoded – Rick Crume – Article at Family Tree Magazine
Sharing Genealogy Files – Sep, 1998, Gary B. Hoffman
Help, Tips, etc.
Tips and Techniques (users.sisna.com/mhobart/Generations/tips/tip38.html) – Tips and Techniques on working with GEDCOM problems.
GEDCOM 5.5 Torture Test Files (geditcom.com) – Use these GEDCOM 5.5 files to test your applications’ abilities to import and export GEDCOM 5.5 files.