

The only GEDCOM encoding Family Tree Maker 2014 supports is Windows ANSI, and that is an illegal one. The first release of New Family Tree Maker is Family Tree Maker 2008 released back in 2007, also supports just just one encoding.
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The Software MacKiev Family Tree Maker 2017 GEDCOM export simply uses UTF-8 always you can no longer choose any any other encoding. The Software MacKiev Family Tree Maker 2017 GEDCOM export does not merely default to UTF-8 encoding, States so correctly (unlike some other products, including previous versions of Family Tree Maker, see Truncated GEDCOM Version),ĭefaults the encoding to UTF-8, and the UTF-8 GEDCOM files it produces start with a Byte Order Mark (BOM) like they should.įamily Tree Maker 2017, released mid 2017, continues to do all these things right, and goes one step further Software MacKiev Family Tree Maker 2014 uses GEDCOM version 5.5.1, The Software MacKiev Family Tree Maker 2014 GEDCOM header also contains a valid Family Tree Maker versions number, and defaults the destination ( HEAD.DEST) to the source ( HEAD.SOUR) instead of some invalid made-up value. Software MacKiev released Family Tree Maker 2017 SP1 (23.1) about a week ago,Īnd the only thing different about the GEDCOM header it produces is the version number. Family Tree Maker 2017 GEDCOM: UTF-8 only To keep parsing the GEDCOM header as simple as possible. That is not just about providing a more structured address, it is also about keeping CONC and CONT out of the GEDCOM header, Instead of the one introduced with GEDCOM 5.5, which uses ADR1, ADR2 and ADR3. The most significant criticism of the Family Tree Maker 2017 GEDCOM header is that it still uses the old address structure, which uses ADDR followed by CONT lines,

Including the use of a made-up name for the submitter record, so it is a bit disappointing that Software MacKiev did not fix that detail. Software MacKiev Family Tree Maker 2014 is the first ever release of New Family Tree Maker to produce a valid GEDCOM header.Ī & Software MacKiev Family Tree Maker GEDCOM Header discusses the errors and Software MacKiev fixes in detail, Software MacKiev took Ancestry's product and my criticism and fixed it In fact, the Family Tree Maker GEDCOM header does not even include a valid Family Tree Maker version number. The ostensible GEDCOM files these products produce do not even start with valid GEDCOM header. Software MacKiev did make some improvements before reintroducing Family Tree Maker to the market, and one of these improvements is a valid GEDCOM header.Ī Family Tree Maker 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 20 do not produce valid GEDCOM files, GEDCOM file Software MacKiev Family Tree Maker 2014 GEDCOM

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