Royal Ged database

[Kevin_of_Sussex]

A new royal ged file is being updated.

The new file is based on the royal92.ged database of European royal family. It will be updated to 31 December 2007.

Including:
* more relatives such as spouses and parents
* extended descendant tree of Queen Victoria of Great Britain
* royal lineages of european royalty where directly related to the main tree
* full dates where found with day, month, and year
* places of birth, marriage, death where found
* full names
* urls to wikipedia article for details of the relative

Wikipedia has been chosen for stability of urls, ease of searching, readbility, biography, illustrations such as coats of arms, citation of sources where given, citation of external links (eg to royal family websites), and cross references to other relatives.

The ged file can be imported into Family Historian, Family Tree Maker, and any genealogical software able to import .ged files

It is a fascinating project and I have learnt much about the history of European royal families.

As the original 1992 file contains records of over 3000 relatives, the project is still underway, but should be completed in the near future.

In due course, the new file shall be released into the public domain.

[Elspeth]

How's it coming along?

[Kevin_of_Sussex]

Sorry for the late reply. I am slowly updating the entries. So far I have done all the descendants of King Edward VII, and almost done the descendants of Queen Victoria. then I will gradually go up the English royal tree, then the other trees.

[Warren]

It's a mammoth task Kevin, I hope it's going smoothly.