GEDCOM Submission Instructions
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to family databases with possible ancestrial links. Find
contacts to other OWENS/OWEN researchers like yourself. Get
connected to the rapidly growing online community, e-mail and
links to other Web sites and HomePages around the world.
This page describes the information and things you will need
to submit your GEDCOM. Please read the instructions below for
submitting your GEDCOM..*
Submit Now...become a
part of the growing database!
Things You Will Need To Submit
First and
most important, you will need a GEDCOM formatted file so that it
can be processed into a gedpage for others to search. You can
make this file using your genealogical software that stores your
family information, providing your software has the feature of
importing and exporting files. Most of todays software has this
feature. To make the file, you will have to refer to your
software manual. Information extracted should only be
descendants and siblings of your earliest OWENS/OWEN family
member entry. The reason for this is size restriction.
Example...I have over 11,000 names in my overall family file,
not all are OWENS descendants. My (OWENS) descendants only make
up about 800 of these entries. Some are my wife's ancestors,
some my mother's side of the family, and so on. I'm sure the
OWENS/OWEN researchers are not real interested in other family
lineages, that's why we are all looking for an OWENS/OWEN
database. If your software does not allow this, don't fret, I
can take your complete GEDCOM, import it into my software and
pull out just the OWENS/OWEN descendants. If your GEDCOM file
is larger than 400,000 bytes, I would ask that you use the US
postal service to mail a diskette of the file (e-mail tends to
take a long time to transfer large files, and I don't wish to
tie up my machine for long e-mail downloads). If you have the
ability of "zipping" your GEDCOM file with a program called
PKZip, this will compress a large file down to 50-75% of its
normal size, making it easily transferred through the e-mail
system. If you have a question, please feel free to e-mail me
at Keith Owens
Along
with your GEDCOM file I will need some required information. I
will need your e-mail address, full name and mailing address,
and phone number (phone # is optional).
GEDCOM's submitted will be "zipped" and then placed into a
download section and made available to people visiting the site.
If you DO NOT wish for your GEDCOM to
be made available, you must include a statement to that effect
"DO NOT INCLUDE GEDCOM FOR DOWNLOAD"
with your submission. If you do not include this statement,
the default is to make it available. If you would like it
removed or find you forgot to include the statement to NOT
include the GEDCOM for download, you may do so at any time.
Email Keith Owens and
let me know about the removal request.
For indexing of the
various OWENS/OWEN files I will need the complete name of the
earliest ancestor in your file, the date range of the family
listing, and the migration route of your family so that I can
label the index.
Example:
Thomas
Owens (1755-present) migration NC-TN-AR-MO submitted by
Keith Owens
Optional Things You May Submit
To help me
make your gedpage more personal , here are some optional things
you might consider submitting. An introduction page will be
made if you would like. To do this I would ask that you take
time to write a few lines about your family, the researching you
have put into your findings, where you, yourself, are from or
live, how your family might have come to this country and how
they may have migrated across this land. You might want to
thank the people who have helped you in your research, maybe
tell them how sorry you are you bugged them at family reunions
or other gatherings (although if you are a true genealogist,
you're probably not sorry). You might tell about the libraries,
courthouses and archives you have searched through and how long
you have been researching. You don't have to say a lot, just
introduce yourself.
If you have a homepage of your own you
would like me to link, I would gladly do so. I need the
complete address for the link (all links will be tested first
for connection).
Another optional submission that would enhance your gedpage
is scanned pictures of your family. I will incorporate up to
four pictures, one of you or you and your immediate family and
three of your ancestrial pictures. You can look at some of the
submitted files to help you make up your mind if this is an
option you might like. Remember, it's an option, you don't have
to do this to submit your GEDCOM. If you do decide to attach
scanned photos with your submission, please put a description of
each picture so that I might add it to the picture. An idea
would be to post pictures you have of people for whom you have
no names, then ask for anyone to contact you if they have
knowledge of the person or picture. Who knows, maybe someone
will see them and say "Elmer! Come in here, quick. Isn't that
uncle.....?"
How Do I Submit My GEDCOM?
After you
have rounded up the things you will need to submit: GEDCOM file
Name, and mailing address
E-Mail address
Name of earliest ancestor, range date of
family, and migration route
Scanned photos and
description (optional)
HTTP link
to your homepage (optional)
Introduction for your gedpage (optional)
You may submit the above via E-mail, US Postal Service,
or UPS.
If you decide to e-mail (good choice, this is the
cheapest and quickest), send attachments and submission to Keith Owens at
"keithrayowens@sbcglobal.net".
If you are a JUNO non-internet
e-mail customer, you probably know you cannot attach files, you
will have to use UPS or postal service.
To use UPS or US
Postal Service as a way to submit, you will have to enclose a
letter with your information, introduction, and "DO NOT INCLUDE GEDCOM FOR DOWNLOAD"
statement. The GEDCOM files and scanned pictures files (in JPG
or GIF format) need to be on a 3.5 diskette.
I welcome all OWENS/OWEN researchers to join a
growing database of information by submitting their GEDCOM.
Thank you for your consideration and thank you for visiting
the site. I invite you to use it as a research tool in your
genealogical hunt. Please allow a couple of weeks for your
gedpage to be posted.
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Get unlimited access to all OWENS/OWEN family gedpages... download GEDCOMs...no charge for any access, free to all, submitters and non-submitters...
No charge. No obligation.
GEN-TREE is the easy way to get online
to family databases with possible ancestrial links. Find
contacts to other OWENS/OWEN researchers like yourself. Get
connected to the rapidly growing online community, e-mail and
links to other Web sites and HomePages around the world.
This page describes the information and things you will need
to submit your GEDCOM. Please read the instructions below for
submitting your GEDCOM..* Things You Will Need To Submit
First and
most important, you will need a GEDCOM formatted file so that it
can be processed into a gedpage for others to search. You can
make this file using your genealogical software that stores your
family information, providing your software has the feature of
importing and exporting files. Most of todays software has this
feature. To make the file, you will have to refer to your
software manual. Information extracted should only be
descendants and siblings of your earliest OWENS/OWEN family
member entry. The reason for this is size restriction.
Example...I have over 11,000 names in my overall family file,
not all are OWENS descendants. My (OWENS) descendants only make
up about 800 of these entries. Some are my wife's ancestors,
some my mother's side of the family, and so on. I'm sure the
OWENS/OWEN researchers are not real interested in other family
lineages, that's why we are all looking for an OWENS/OWEN
database. If your software does not allow this, don't fret, I
can take your complete GEDCOM, import it into my software and
pull out just the OWENS/OWEN descendants. If your GEDCOM file
is larger than 400,000 bytes, I would ask that you use the US
postal service to mail a diskette of the file (e-mail tends to
take a long time to transfer large files, and I don't wish to
tie up my machine for long e-mail downloads). If you have the
ability of "zipping" your GEDCOM file with a program called
PKZip, this will compress a large file down to 50-75% of its
normal size, making it easily transferred through the e-mail
system. If you have a question, please feel free to e-mail me
at Keith Owens Along
with your GEDCOM file I will need some required information. I
will need your e-mail address, full name and mailing address,
and phone number (phone # is optional).
GEDCOM's submitted will be "zipped" and then placed into a
download section and made available to people visiting the site.
If you DO NOT wish for your GEDCOM to
be made available, you must include a statement to that effect
"DO NOT INCLUDE GEDCOM FOR DOWNLOAD"
with your submission. If you do not include this statement,
the default is to make it available. If you would like it
removed or find you forgot to include the statement to NOT
include the GEDCOM for download, you may do so at any time.
Email Keith Owens and
let me know about the removal request. For indexing of the
various OWENS/OWEN files I will need the complete name of the
earliest ancestor in your file, the date range of the family
listing, and the migration route of your family so that I can
label the index. Example: Thomas
Owens (1755-present) migration NC-TN-AR-MO submitted by
Keith Owens
Optional Things You May Submit
To help me
make your gedpage more personal , here are some optional things
you might consider submitting. An introduction page will be
made if you would like. To do this I would ask that you take
time to write a few lines about your family, the researching you
have put into your findings, where you, yourself, are from or
live, how your family might have come to this country and how
they may have migrated across this land. You might want to
thank the people who have helped you in your research, maybe
tell them how sorry you are you bugged them at family reunions
or other gatherings (although if you are a true genealogist,
you're probably not sorry). You might tell about the libraries,
courthouses and archives you have searched through and how long
you have been researching. You don't have to say a lot, just
introduce yourself. If you have a homepage of your own you
would like me to link, I would gladly do so. I need the
complete address for the link (all links will be tested first
for connection).
Another optional submission that would enhance your gedpage
is scanned pictures of your family. I will incorporate up to
four pictures, one of you or you and your immediate family and
three of your ancestrial pictures. You can look at some of the
submitted files to help you make up your mind if this is an
option you might like. Remember, it's an option, you don't have
to do this to submit your GEDCOM. If you do decide to attach
scanned photos with your submission, please put a description of
each picture so that I might add it to the picture. An idea
would be to post pictures you have of people for whom you have
no names, then ask for anyone to contact you if they have
knowledge of the person or picture. Who knows, maybe someone
will see them and say "Elmer! Come in here, quick. Isn't that
uncle.....?"
How Do I Submit My GEDCOM?
After you
have rounded up the things you will need to submit: GEDCOM file You may submit the above via E-mail, US Postal Service,
or UPS. I welcome all OWENS/OWEN researchers to join a
growing database of information by submitting their GEDCOM.
Please allow a couple of weeks for your
gedpage to be posted.
Submit Now...become a
part of the growing database!
Name, and mailing address
E-Mail address
Name of earliest ancestor, range date of
family, and migration route
Scanned photos and
description (optional)
HTTP link
to your homepage (optional)
Introduction for your gedpage (optional)
If you decide to e-mail (good choice, this is the
cheapest and quickest), send attachments and submission to Keith Owens at
"keithrayowens@sbcglobal.net".
If you are a JUNO non-internet
e-mail customer, you probably know you cannot attach files, you
will have to use UPS or postal service.
To use UPS or US
Postal Service as a way to submit, you will have to enclose a
letter with your information, introduction, and "DO NOT INCLUDE GEDCOM FOR DOWNLOAD"
statement. The GEDCOM files and scanned pictures files (in JPG
or GIF format) need to be on a 3.5 diskette.
Thank you for your consideration and thank you for visiting
the site. I invite you to use it as a research tool in your
genealogical hunt.
[Home]
[Index of Families]
[Comments]
[E-Mail]
©
1998 - 1999
PC-Help!.
All
rights reserved