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Fixing GEDCOM files with ReplaceEm

Post by RalfofAmber » 04 Jul 2007 15:12

I have started importing bits of trees from Ancestry (which has its own dangers I know[smile]). In doing so I have run into many problems with data in other GEDCOM files (eg FTM putting things in brackets around dates).

To avoid remembering how to programme and writing lots of one off bits of code, I have found a freeware utility called ReplaceEm available on http://www.orbit.org/replace/.

This is not trivial to use, but is fast, can handle lots of files in batch mode and has very powerful tools way beyond simple search and replace.

I am still learning the syntax but so far it is doing an excellent job for me!

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