GEDCOM Converter
Turn a .ged file into a spreadsheet, JSON, or a single branch. Everything runs in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
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A GEDCOM is built for other genealogy programs to read, not for you. Open one in a text editor and you get 1 BIRT and @I417@ where you wanted names and dates. This converter turns the file into three things you can actually work with: a spreadsheet, structured JSON, and a trimmed-down .ged holding one branch.
The people sheet is the one most researchers want. Every person gets a row, and the parents, spouses and children come through as names rather than the internal identifiers the file stores. There is also a column counting the source citations on each person, so you can sort by it and see at a glance which ancestors you have been taking on faith.
Nothing is uploaded. Your file is parsed on your device, the same way our GEDCOM viewer and GEDCOM validator work. If the conversion looks wrong, run the file through the validator first: a broken reference or an unreadable date usually explains the gap. Step-by-step help lives in GEDCOM to Excel and how to open a GEDCOM file.
Just moved off another site? The export guides for Ancestry, MyHeritage, and FamilySearch cover getting the file out in the first place, including what the export leaves behind.
FAQs
How do I convert a GEDCOM file to Excel?+
Drop your .ged file on this page, leave the Excel option selected, and download the people sheet. Open the CSV in Excel and save it as .xlsx if you want to keep the formatting. Nothing to install, and no account.
What is in the spreadsheet?+
The people sheet gives one row per person: name, given name and surname separately, sex, birth and death with places, father, mother, spouses, children, occupation, and how many sources cite them. The families sheet gives one row per marriage. Parents and children appear as names, not as the raw @I12@ identifiers stored in the file.
Why do accented names look wrong when I open a CSV in Excel?+
Excel guesses the encoding from your system settings and usually guesses wrong, so Zoé becomes Zoé. The Excel option here writes a byte-order mark at the start of the file, which is the marker Excel reads to get UTF-8 right the first time.
Can I convert just one branch of my tree?+
Yes. Pick a person, choose whether to keep their ancestors, their descendants, or both, optionally cap the number of generations, and save that branch as its own .ged file. Handy when a cousin wants their side of the family and not all 4,000 people.
Is my file uploaded to convert it?+
No. The file is read and converted in your browser. Your family data never leaves your device and is never sent to a server.
Start with one relative and see what comes back.
Add what you remember and AncestorIQ searches for the rest. Free to build your tree for as long as you like.
No credit card needed. Your tree stays yours.
