GENDEX (GENealogical inDEX) File is a specification to export the index of a genealogical home page to a global name index service. It was developed by Eugene W. StarkUploading Your gendex.txt Files to the Genealogical Index as a feature of his GEDCOM to HTML translator software, GED2HTML.GED2HTML - A GEDCOM to HTML Translator Stark's GENDEX site originally accepted the GENDEX files until that site was retired in 2004. Another site that continued to support the format, was the GenDex Network,GenDex Network from 4 April 2013 to August 2021, when it became a spam site. The GenDex Network was the direct successor to the TNG Network created by Darrin Lythgoe and is based in part on the code used in the TNG Network.
Format
Each line in a GENDEX file represents the reference to a person record. Each GENDEX record has the following fields, each terminated by a '|' character:
Reference|SURNAME|given name /SURNAME/|date of birth|place of birth|date of death|place of death|
Field 1: file name of web page referring to the individual Field 2: surname of the individual Field 3: full name of the individual Field 4: date of birth or christening (optional) Field 5: place of birth or christening (optional) Field 6: date of death or burial (optional) Field 7: place of death or burial (optional)
The full name field and the date fields have the format as it appears in the GEDCOM NAME and DATE record.
Example
E.g. the URL to a genealogical person record is http://domain.com/index.php?individual=I0001. The first part including the '=' is the static base URL, which is constant for each person record. The 'I0001' is the variable part, which refers each individual. The GENDEX file could look like this:
I0001|MILLER|Jhon A. /MILLER/|30 JUN 1899|Berlin|20 SEP 1905|Hamburg| I0002|SMITH|Ann /SMITH/||England||| ...
References
External links
GenDex Network: GenDex GENealogical inDEX What is a GENDEX file? FAQ at FamilyTreeSeeker.com FamilyTreeSeeker.com: GENDEX search FamilyTreeSeeker.com: GENDEX file registration