Freeware for Conversion of Web to GED Files?

[socrtwo]

Eh Folks,

I have started a family tree project and have found a few already
posted family trees which have info which I would like to add.
Unfortunately I cannot find a program which will produce GED files (GED
is kind of like the HTML of the genealogy field) starting with a Web
Page generated by one of the popular family tree making programs.

There is an old program called web2ged which really works great, but
the only place to find it, is at the Internet Archive and this is a
time and 3 generation limited demo. It is here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20010622095907/http://www.pratt.lib.md.us/~bharding/rippleeffect/

I am trying to contact the developer and have gotten as far as finding
out that the sister of programmer still works for the Pratt Library in
Baltimore, but the E-mail address they gave me for her does not work.
Eventually, I would like to see if the developer, William Harding, is
interested in making the software freeware.

On another front, I am trying the perhaps unethical route of cracking
the software, since the software has been unavailable on the Web for 3
years.

At any rate, does anyone know of any other free software that will
produce GED files from Web pages produced by say Family Tree Maker,
GED2HTML, GED2WWW, GedPage, HTML2GED, Sparrowhawk, and/or
WWW.MY-GED.COM as web2ged does so well?

socrtwo

 

[Susan Bugher]

Eh Folks,

I have started a family tree project and have found a few already
posted family trees which have info which I would like to add.
Unfortunately I cannot find a program which will produce GED files (GED
is kind of like the HTML of the genealogy field) starting with a Web
Page generated by one of the popular family tree making programs.

At any rate, does anyone know of any other free software that will
produce GED files from Web pages produced by say Family Tree Maker,
GED2HTML, GED2WWW, GedPage, HTML2GED, Sparrowhawk, and/or
WWW.MY-GED.COM as web2ged does so well?

These genealogy apps have been mentioned in ACF posts:

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_BUSINESS-HOME.php#8.07Genealogy

I looked at the info I have about them and don't see any mention of the
capability you are looking for. There is one program that lists
genealogy resources. Perhaps it has some information that would be helpful.

Program: Genealogy Finder
Author: (Peter Western)
http://www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk/freedownloads/genfinder.html

"Genealogy Finder is an application that contains more than 750 quality
Genealogy links, divided into 27 easy categories. It is the result of
hundreds of research hours to locate the most valuable Genealogy sites
on the Net. Regardless if you are a seasoned veteran or a Genealogy
newbie, Genfinder will no doubt save you time. Genfinder is freeware."

http://www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk/freedownloads/GenFinder-setup.exe
{975 KB}

Susan

 

[socrtwo]

Susan,

Thanks for the links. I tried out Genealogy Finder, but no dice.
However it does seem to be a decent resource for other uses. I had
seen it before. It was good to download and try it. I may try to do
something similar with Data Recovery Frereware Links that I have
catalogued.

socrtwo

 

[Susan Bugher]

Susan,

Thanks for the links. I tried out Genealogy Finder, but no dice.
However it does seem to be a decent resource for other uses. I had
seen it before. It was good to download and try it. I may try to do
something similar with Data Recovery Frereware Links that I have
catalogued.

YW. I wish I could point you toward an app that can do the conversion.

Susan