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'Gedcom' is an acronym standing for Genealogical Data Communication. The specification for Gedcom files was originally developed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as an aid to genealogical research. Gedcom files will only be useful to you if you use a genealogy software program. |
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What are Gedcom Files?
Gedcom files use a program-independent data format to represent family history data. This enables
family history information to be shared between different genealogy programs. Most modern
genealogy programs can export the data from the program database as a gedcom file, which can be
imported into a different genealogy program. The gedcom format is supposed to be a standard (the
latest version of the standard is 7.0, issued in 2021) which defines how the data is formatted in
the file. Unfortunately, many software programs do not adhere rigorously to the standard, and have
their own extensions to it. This means that it is not always possible to share all the information
between different programs. However, most of the basic information is usually imported and
exported correctly between programs. When we generate the gedcom files for this Web Site we use
an option of our genealogy programs which is supposed to produce files compatible with the gedcom
standard. Please let us know if you have problems importing any of our gedcom files by sending a
message to our Discussion Group to advise us of them, or
alternatively use one of the contact addresses at the bottom of each page of our Webtrees utility.What use is a Gedcom File?
The short answer is that the gedcom file can contain much more information than that included in a descendant tree.The family trees which are, for instance, presented in the Lovelock Family Trees Overview section of this Web Site display basic information about the descendants (and spouses of descendants) of the progenitor of the tree; the information includes the name and dates of birth/baptism, marriage, death/burial for each descendant (and the descendant's spouse) where available. However, when one does family history research one collects much more than this basic information, including:
- Information about individuals who are not direct descendants, but are related in some way to a descendant - for example, the siblings of a spouse of a descendant, or the ancestors of the spouse of a descendant
- Source information which has been used in constructing the tree or which supports the information in the tree. This includes transcripts of parish records, census records, General Record Office and non-UK Record Office data, wills, information provided by family members, newspaper notices and articles, etc.
Available Gedcom Files
The following table lists the available Lovelock gedcom files with a short description of what they contain. In most cases a gedcom file contains a single tree; however, for historical reasons this is not always so and some of our gedcom files contain two or more trees, as described below.To download a gedcom file, right click on the corresponding link in the left hand column of the table below, and select a folder to save the file to.
Note that the latest update information concerning the different files is provided on the What's New page.
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Gedcom Name
(right click on the link in the column below to download the desired gedcom file) |
Description |
Last Updated |
| Wiltshire |
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| Wiltshire Trees 1 | This gedcom file contains the following trees: - The Lieflock Line - The Tangley Tree (see footnote) - The Wootton Rivers Tree |
14-May-2025 |
| Wiltshire Trees 2 | This gedcom file contains the following trees: - The Lyneham Line - The Ramsbury Tree - The Shrewton Tree - The Warminster Tree - The Wootton Rivers Tree 2 - The Lyneham Tree 2 |
15-Nov-2024 |
| Wiltshire Extras | This gedcom file contains a collection of Wiltshire tree fragments and isolated families, which had not been connected to any of the established Wiltshire trees listed above at the time maintenance of the file was terminated in 2006. | 23-Oct-2006 |
| Wiltshire and beyond |
This file consists of the aggregate of the
above three gedcom files,
as they were on 29 Sep 06
. Since that date the file has not been updated. Any new or modified data will
have been included in one or other of the top two files above. |
29-Sep-2006 |
| Wiltshire - Cornwall | Descendants of Robert Lovelock b abt 1749/50 at Easton Royal, Wilts, who married Jane Taye on 15 Oct 1815 at Budock, Cornwall. | 19-Aug-2024 |
| Collingbourne Kingston |
This tree begins with John Lovelock born between 1749 and 1750, and buried in 1823 at South Tidworth, Hampshire. | 19-Aug-2024 |
| Ropley - Tidcombe |
This gedcom file contains the following trees: - The Ropley, Crondall and Dogmersfield Tree - The Wroughton-Tidcombe Tree |
19-Aug-2024 |
| Cholderton |
This tree starts with an unidentified Lovelock whose son John Lovelock born between 1772 and 1776 married Sarah Clifford in Cholderton in 1796. | 19-Aug-2024 |
| Luckington-Dowdeswell |
This tree starts with an unidentified Lovelock with children John and Ann who were born some time before 1707. | 15-Nov-2024 |
| Berkshire |
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| Aldermaston | The progenitor of this tree is Edward Loveluck, buried on 7 Mar 1701 at Sulhamstead Abbots, Berkshire. | 10-Sep-2024 |
| Beenham, Berkshire | The progenitor of this tree, James Lovelock, married 9 Nov 1760 at Beenham, Berkshire; the tree extends into Cheshire and Lancashire. | 10-Sep-2024 |
| Bray-USA | A tree which begins with John Lovelock and Elizabeth Oxlade who married in Bray, Berkshire, on 5 Dec 1774. | 26-Feb-2025 |
| Brimpton Branch |
The progenitor of this tree is a Thomas Lovelock who was buried at Brimpton on 23 Jul 1839. | 20-Aug-2024 |
| Hungerford-Shalbourne | A tree which begins with John Lovelock who married Sarah Dore on 29 Apr 1770 at Hungerford, Berkshire with links to Shalbourne (Wiltshire/Berkshire) and beyond. | 3-Mar-2025 |
| Kintbury | Descendants of Thomas Lovelock and Elizabeth Unknown. He was buried at Kintbury, Berkshire on 7 Apr 1711. | 10-Sep-2024 |
| Lambourn-Sparsholt | This tree begins with John Lovelock, who was buried on 10 Nov 1724 at Lambourn, Berkshire. He may have married a Jane or Jean, otherwise unknown, and then married Mary Drue on 1 Nov 1708. | 19-Aug-2024 |
| Swallowfield-Heckfield-Worplesdon |
Descendants of Thomas and Joane Lovelock, who were buried at Fawley, Berkshire but whose origins and place of marriage are unknown. | 15-Nov-2024 |
| Wallingford, Berkshire Tree | The Line to which Gwen Eastment, Robert Sterry and John Lovelock belong. Mostly Berkshire but also extends into Oxfordshire and as far as Australia. | 26-Sep-2022 |
| Hampshire |
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| Wiltshire Trees 1 | This gedcom file contains: - The Tangley Tree |
14-May-2025 |
| Compton |
This tree begins with an Unknown LOVELOCK who had sons Thomas born 1763/4 and Christian born 1767/8, both buried at Compton. | 19-Aug-2024 |
| Froyle |
Progenitor John Lovelock, who married Elizabeth Cooper at Froyle on 9 Feb 1771. | 26-Oct-2023 |
| Hampshire-Suffolk-Rutland-Herefordshire | A tree which begins with the marriage of Thomas Lovelock to Lydia Carter at Twyford, Hampshire on 21 Nov 1771 and extends through Suffolk, Rutland and Herefordshire, and on to New Zealand. | 10-Sep-2024 |
| Kingsclere | Descendants of Francis Lovelock and Ann Payne who married on 8 May 1743 at Kingsclere, Hampshire. | 10-Sep-2024 |
| Monxton |
This tree begins with the marriage of Richard Lovelock
and Mary Munday at Amport, Hampshire on 15 Oct 1795. |
29-Feb-2024 |
| Portsmouth | This tree is based on a gedcom file submitted by Roger Hobbs in March 2006. Considerable additional material has been included, but Roger's proposed connection to the Ropley, Crondall and Dogmersfield Tree has not. | 19-Aug-2024 |
| Ropley-Tidcombe |
This gedcom file contains the following trees: - The Ropley, Crondall and Dogmersfield Tree - The Wroughton-Tidcombe Tree |
15-Nov-2024 |
| London and Middlesex |
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| Islington | Descendants of Thomas Lovelock and Sarah Unknown | 19-Aug-2024 |
| Lambeth (London), Australia and NZ |
This gedcom file contains the following trees: - Lambeth-Australia and New Zealand Tree - New South Wales Tree |
15-Nov-2024 |
| Middlesex |
This gedcom file contains the following trees: - St Pancras (Main) Tree - Bethnal Green Tree |
10-Sep-2024 |
| Stepney |
Descendants of
William Lovelock, whose son William was born in 1804 in
Stepney, Middlesex. |
24-Jun-2024 |
| 2nd Stepney Tree |
Descendants of William Lovelock and Jane Unknown | 28-Jan-2023 |
| 2nd St Pancras Tree |
Descendants of
Richard LOVELOCK and Mary UNKNOWN Richard LOVELOCK and Mary COOPER |
15-Nov-2024 |
| Surrey |
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| Farnham, Surrey Tree |
Descendants of Stephen Lovelock born about 1782/3 at Farnham, Surrey. | 19-Aug-2024 |
| Gloucestershire |
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| Shipton Moyne and Derbyshire Tree | Descendants of Thomas Lovelock and Mary Saunders, who married on 16 Jun 1799 at Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire. | 22-Jun-2024 |
| Other Counties |
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| Beckenham, Kent Tree | Descendants of William Lovelock born about 1804 in Beckenham, Kent. | 10-Sep-2024 |
| Hambleden-Tasmania Tree | Descendants of Thomas Lovelock and Elizabeth Willis, who married on 1 Oct 1738 at Hambleden, Buckinghamshire. | 19-Aug-2024 |
| Tonbridge, Kent Tree |
Descendants of Levi Lovelock, who married Maria Foreman at Tonbridge, Kent 27 Jan 1793. | 16-Apr-2025 |