GEDCOM 7 Family Link Auditor

How to use GEDCOM 7 Family Link Auditor

Check the local relationship links in a small genealogy exchange file before reviewing it in your genealogy application. The report lists selected spouse/child family pointers, unresolved or wrong-type targets, explicit void pointers and reciprocal-link observations while retaining the original records for manual inspection.

1. Choose a small local UTF-8 GEDCOM 7 file or load the generated fictional family example.
2. Run the selected-link audit and inspect missing targets, target types and reciprocal-link observations by source line.
3. Use the retained records for manual review without treating the report as full schema, privacy or genealogical validation.

Good to know

• One well-formed UTF-8 file of at most 200,000 bytes, 5,000 lines, 500 top-level records and 20 levels. An initial UTF-8 BOM is recorded and removed. CRLF, CR and LF are accepted; final line termination is required. Banned controls, malformed spacing, level jumps, repeated cross-reference IDs and non-record cross-references are refused.
• Requires first HEAD, childless final TRLR and exactly one HEAD.GEDC.VERS value of 7.0. Selected INDI/FAM records must have document-local IDs. This is not an older GEDCOM/ANSEL parser or a full version 7 schema validator.
• Only direct INDI FAMS/FAMC and FAM HUSB/WIFE/CHIL are resolved. Missing/wrong-type targets are evidence findings; absence of a reciprocal link is a review observation. A direct FAMC without CHIL membership can be permitted and is never automatically labeled invalid.
• Dates, names, biological/adoptive meaning, extension semantics, other relationships, resources and media are not interpreted or fetched. Raw source records and private notes remain in the downloaded evidence; this tool does not anonymize living people or establish genealogical truth.
• Processing is local. Output is limited to 1,000,000 text characters unless a stricter file limit is stated.