A problem with GED-GEN was reported when using GEDCOM files downloaded from geni.com. When you export a GEDCOM file from geni.com, the file may not include all required family records.
After you set the options for multimedia galleries, you may find that GED-GEN still does not generate your gallery web pages.
The reason is, GED-GEN relies on a “scrapbook” flag that most genealogy programs use to determine whether a particular item is included in its scrapbook.
Family Tree Maker 2011 appends “description” fields to event tag lines when you export a GEDCOM file. This violates the GEDCOM standard.
Please download and install GED-GEN version 1.8.1 for a work-around to this situation.
Family Historian uses a nonstandard GEDCOM tag to identify multimedia files. It uses _FILE rather than FILE. To allow GED-GEN to recognize your multimedia files and create your gallery web pages, please enable the option “Process nonstandard tags.” This option is found in GED-GEN on the Program tab, under GEDCOM.
Please be aware of the following condition when you export a GEDCOM file using Family Historian version 4.1.3. An individual’s complete name is included in a NAME record as expected. However Family Historian apparently does not process certain optional parts of a name, like a separate given name and surname.
While GED-GEN was being developed, RootsMagic changed the way it exports source citations to a GEDCOM file. The initial revisions of version 4.0 included source templates, but these have since been removed.
As of version 4.1.1.4, RootsMagic still does not export source citations properly, either with or without source templates. In GED-GEN, please choose the option for RootsMagic and not RootsMagic Templates. See the “Special Processing” option under GEDCOM on the Program tab.
GED-GEN removes empty space and extraneous punctuation in the source citations exported by RootsMagic. Your citations and bibliography entries may be worded strangely, but all the information is still present.