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# [Import a GEDCOM file]

- [Select your GEDCOM file by clicking on the file or navigating in your folders.]

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  [Note][:] | [../ allows you to reach the parent directory. In the Windows world, this will be insufficient to change the drive letter (C: -> D:), but you can do this directly in the url in your navigator.] %( ../ allows you to reach the parent directory. In the Windows world, this wil l be insufficient to change the drive letter (C: -> D:), but you can do this dir ectly in the url in your navigator. %)

- [Enter the name of the folder holding databases.]

  -bd [If you write nothing, it will be taken as "."]

- [Enter the name you want to give to your %G database. If omitted, it will be deducted from the name of the GEDCOM file.] %( Enter the name you want to give to your %G database. If omitted, it will be deducted from the name of the GEDCOM file. %)

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- [Select the options you want][:]

  -f | [Delete database if already existing.]

  -uin | [Put untreated GEDCOM tags in notes.]

  -lf | [Convert first names to lowercase letters, with initials in uppercase.]

  -ls | [Convert surnames to lowercase letters, with initials in uppercase. Try to keep lowercase particles.] %( Convert surnames to lowercase letters, with initials in uppercase. Try to keep l owercase particles. %)

  | [When creating a person, if the GEDCOM first name part holds several names separated by spaces, you can ask that the first of this names becomes the person "first name" and the complete GEDCOM first name part a "first name alias" (-no_efn default.] %( When creating a person, if the GEDCOM first name part holds several names separa ted by spaces, you can ask that the first of this names becomes the person "firs t name" and the complete GEDCOM first name part a "first name alias" (-no_efn de fault. %)
  -efn | [Set this option.]

  | ["first names enclosed": the -fne option must be followed by a two characters string "be". When creating a person, if the GEDCOM first name part holds a part between 'b' (any character) and 'e' (any character), it is considered to be the usual first name: e.g. -fne "\\" or -fne "()".] %( "first names enclosed": the -fne option must be followed by a two characters str ing "be". When creating a person, if the GEDCOM first name part holds a part bet ween 'b' (any character) and 'e' (any character), it is considered to be the usu al first name: e.g. -fne "\\" or -fne "()". %)
  -fne [(do not enter the quotes "" in the input zone).]

  | [By default, when creating a person, if the GEDCOM first name part looks like a public name, i.e. holds: A number or a roman number, supposed to be a number of a nobility title (e.g. George V) One of the words: "der", "den", "die", "el", "le", "la", "the", supposed to be the beginning of a qualifier (e.g. William the Conqueror) then the GEDCOM first name part becomes the person "public name" and its first word his "first name" (-epn default).] %( By default, when creating a person, if the GEDCOM first name part looks like a p ublic name, i.e. holds: A number or a roman number, supposed to be a nu mber of a nobility title (e.g. George V) One of the words: "der", "den", "d ie", "el", "le", "la", "the", supposed to be the beginning of a qualifier (e.g. William the Conqueror) then the GEDCOM first name part becomes the person "public name" and its first word his "first name" (-epn default). %)
  -no_epn | [Cancel this option.]

  -no_pit | [Not public even if titles (see -epn option).]

  -tnd | [Set negative dates when inconsistency (e.g. birth after death).]

  -no_nd | [No negative dates: do not interpret a year preceded by a minus sign as a negative year.] %( No negative dates: do not interpret a year preceded by a minus sign as a negativ e year. %)

  -nc | [No consistency check.]

  -nopicture | [Don't extract individual picture.]

  -rs_no_mention | [Force relation status to "NoMention" (default is "Married").]

  -org | [Reorg mode.]

  [Default source][:]
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  | [Some GEDCOM files sometimes write dates with numbered months (from 1 to 12). The GEDCOM standard 5.5 requires that the months be represented by identifiers (e.g. "MAY 1912" and not "05/1912"). The notation "02/05/1912" is ambiguous (means "May 2, 1912" or "February 5, 1912" according to the countries).] %( Some GEDCOM files sometimes write dates with numbered months (from 1 to 12). The GEDCOM standard 5.5 requires that the months be represented by identifiers (e.g . "MAY 1912" and not "05/1912"). The notation "02/05/1912" is ambiguous (means " May 2, 1912" or "February 5, 1912" according to the countries). %) |
  |  |  | [For these dates, extract only the "year" part.]
  | -dates_dm | [Interpret these dates as "day/month/year".]
  | -dates_md | [Interpret these dates as "month/day/year".]

  | [The accentuated characters encoding is normally specified in the GEDCOM header.] |
  | -charset | [Follow the indications of the GEDCOM header.]
  |  | [The accentuated characters are in ANSEL encoding.]
  |  | [The accentuated characters are in ANSI encoding (ISO 8859-1).]
  |  | [The accentuated characters are in ASCII encoding.]
  |  | [The accentuated characters are in MSDOS encoding.]

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