Editing GEDCOM (section)

===Example===
The following is a sample GEDCOM file.
{| class="infobox vcard" style="text-align: center; font-size:90%;"
|class="adr" style="text-align: center;"|'''sample.ged'''
|-
|class="adr" style="text-align: left;"|
 0 HEAD
 1 SOUR PAF
 2 NAME Personal Ancestral File
 2 VERS 5.0
 1 DATE 30 NOV 2000
 1 GEDC
 2 VERS 5.5
 2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED
 1 CHAR ANSEL
 1 SUBM @U1@
 0 @I1@ INDI
 1 NAME John /Smith/
 1 SEX M
 1 FAMS @F1@
 0 @I2@ INDI
 1 NAME Elizabeth /Stansfield/
 1 SEX F
 1 FAMS @F1@
 0 @I3@ INDI
 1 NAME James /Smith/
 1 SEX M
 1 FAMC @F1@
 0 @F1@ FAM
 1 HUSB @I1@
 1 WIFE @I2@
 1 MARR
 1 CHIL @I3@
 0 @U1@ SUBM
 1 NAME Submitter
 0 TRLR
|}

The header (HEAD) includes the source program and version (Personal Ancestral File, 5.0), the GEDCOM version (5.5), the [[character encoding]] ([[ANSEL]]), and a link to information about the submitter of the file.

The individual records (INDI) define John Smith (ID I1), Elizabeth Stansfield (ID I2), and James Smith (ID I3).

The family record (FAM) links the husband (HUSB), wife (WIFE), and child (CHIL) by their ID numbers.