Gedcom Files


        


'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.
        


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 5.5.1) 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 5.5 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:

Genealogy software programs are able to store all this information, and are able to export it to a gedcom file in order for it to be shared with other family historians, who may be using a different genealogy program.

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.

Gedcom Name

(right click on the link in the column below to download the desired gedcom file)

Description
Last
Updated
Wiltshire


Wiltshire Trees 1 This gedcom file contains the following trees:
- The Lieflock Line
- The Tangley Tree (see footnote)
- The Wootton Rivers Tree
16-Mar-2024
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
17-Mar-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. 26-Oct-2023
Collingbourne Kingston
This tree begins with John Lovelock born between 1749 and 1750, and buried in 1823 at South Tidworth, Hampshire.
8-Mar-2023
Ropley - Tidcombe
This gedcom file contains the following trees:
- The Ropley - Crondall - Dogmersfield Tree
- The Wroughton - Tidcombe Tree
17-Mar-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. 2-Jan-2024
Luckington-Dowdeswell
This tree starts with an unidentified Lovelock with children John and Ann who were born some time before 1707. 29-Feb-2024
Berkshire


Aldermaston The progenitor of this tree is Edward Loveluck, buried on 7 Mar 1701 at Sulhamstead Abbots, Berkshire. 28-Mar-2024
Beenham- Berks The progenitor of this tree, James Lovelock, married 9 Nov 1760 at Beenham, Berkshire; the tree extends into Cheshire and Lancashire. 29-Feb-2024
Bray-USA A tree which begins with John Lovelock and Elizabeth Oxlade who married in Bray, Berkshire, on 5 Dec 1774. 28-Mar-2024
Brimpton Branch
The progenitor of this tree is a Thomas Lovelock who was buried at Brimpton on 23 Jul 1839. 29-Sep-2021
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. 28-Mar-2024
Kintbury Descendants of Thomas Lovelock and Elizabeth Unknown. He was buried at Kintbury, Berkshire on 7 Apr 1711. 29-Feb-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. 2-Jan-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. 9-Sep-2023
Wallingford Berkshire Tree Gwen Eastment's, Robert Sterry's and John Lovelock's Line. Mostly Berkshire but also extends into Oxfordshire and as far as Australia. 26-Sep-2022
Hampshire





Wiltshire Trees 1 This gedcom file contains:
- The Tangley Tree
29-Feb-2024
Compton
This tree begins with an Unknown LOVELOCK who had sons Thomas born 1763/4 and Christian born 1767/8, both buried at Compton. 28-Mar-2024
Froyle
Progenitor John Lovelock, 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. 29-Feb-2024
Kingsclere Descendants of Francis Lovelock and Ann Payne who married on 8 May 1743 at Kingsclere, Hants. 29-Feb-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. 29-Feb-2024
Ropley - Tidcombe
This gedcom file contains the following trees:
- The Ropley - Crondall - Dogmersfield Tree
- The Wroughton - Tidcombe Tree
28-Mar-2024
London and Middlesex


Islington Descendants of Thomas Lovelock and Sarah Unknown 29-Feb-2024
Lambeth (London), Australia and NZ
This gedcom file contains the following trees:
 - Lambeth-Australia and New Zealand Tree
 - New South Wales Tree

17-Mar-2024
Middlesex
This gedcom file contains the following trees:
- St Pancras (main) Tree
- Bethnal Green Tree
28-Mar-2024
Stepney
Descendants of William Lovelock, whose son William was born in 1804 in Stepney, Middlesex.
24-Feb-2023
2nd Stepney
Descendants of William Lovelock and Jane Unknown 28-Jan-2023
2nd St Pancras
Descendants of Richard LOVELOCK and Mary UNKNOWN
Richard LOVELOCK and Mary COOPER
29-Feb-2024
Surrey


Farnham, Surrey
Descendants of Stephen Lovelock born about 1782/3 at Farnham, Surrey. 29-Feb-2024
Gloucestershire


Shipton Moyne and Derbyshire Descendants of Thomas Lovelock and Mary Saunders, who married on 16 Jun 1799 at Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire. 2-Jul-2023
Other Counties


Beckenham, Kent Descendants of William Lovelock born about 1804 in Beckenham, Kent. 29-Feb-2024
Bridgwater Fragment (Somerset) Descendants of Charles Lovelock, who married Catherine Player at Glastonbury 7 Feb 1725. 18-Jul-2019
Hambleden-Tasmania Descendants of Thomas Lovelock and Elizabeth Willis, married on 1 Oct 1738 at Hambleden, Buckinghamshire. 29-Feb-2024
Tonbridge, Kent
Descendants of Levi Lovelock, who married Maria Foreman at Tonbridge, Kent 27 Jan 1793. 12-Aug-2023