UPDATE

This page has been replaced by

http://www.dnagedcom.com/docs/Welcome_to_the_New_DNAGedcom_Client.pdf

You can find the latest version of DNAGedcom V2 1.9 at

http://www.dnagedcom.com/app2/DNAGedcomClientv2.htm

Introduction

The DNAGedcom Client (“DGC”) is a new Windows and Mac application that runs on a user’s machine. It will import AncestryDNA data into a Matches csv file and an Ancestors of Matches csv file.  In addition, the Windows

The Windows version also includes the capability to download 23andMe data as well as the new Shared Matches (ICW) from Ancestry.

A Mac version can be downloaded here: http://www.dnagedcom.com/app/DNAGedcom.app.zip.  The 23andMe and ICW features will be added to the Mac version in the near future.

FTDNA and other capabilities will be added in the future.

In order to give our users the best and easiest service we can provide, this client app will be available by subscription only. Monthly rates to become a subscriber is $5.00. The annual rate is $50, a 17% discount over the monthly rate.  The subscription helps to support the other features on DNAGedcom.  

Instructions

To install the DNAGedcom Client, login to DNAGedcom.com. Go to the Members tab and in the drop down menu, click on Subscriber Information.


You will be taken to a page to the subscriber page, where you can add a subscription. You can make your payment through PayPal for a recurring $5.00 per month or an annual subscription for $50.


After doing your subscription, it can take up to 30 minutes for the subscription to be processed. Once it is processed, you will see a link to the DNAGedcom Client tool as shown above. Follow this link to http://www.dnagedcom.com/app/publish.htm.


If you are sure you already have Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or greater installed, you can click on the Launch link to launch the application, otherwise, click “install”. After clicking on “Install”, a setup.exe file will be downloaded to your computer. You may get a warning, please accept/keep the download. Save to a folder you will remember, then click on the setup.exe file to install the app. Again, you may get a warning, please allow the installation file to run.

After installing, you will be able to run the program from your start menu under DNAGedcom / DNAGedcom

 Using the DNAGedcom Client

After selecting DNAGedcom Client from your start menu, a small box will come up verifying the application. It may also ask you to confirm an update. When it opens the first time, you will be asked for your DNAGedcom log in and password to verify your subscription. An incorrect DNAGedcom username or password will cause the program to end.  After verifying your subscription, you will be taken to the main page where you will see two selections: “Options” and “Ancestry”. Select “Options” to choose a folder location where to download the output files. Then “Save”. Use the little back arrow in the upper left to go back to the main page. Then select “Ancestry”.

Enter the username and password for your Ancestry account, then click “Logon”.


Once you are logged in, the profile drop-down box will show the DNA tests you have in your account. Choose the test you want to download.


Then Click “Gather Matches”. The progress bar will then show you when that is complete. The “Cancel” tab will also gray out when it is complete. Next click “Gather Trees”. Again the progress bar will proceed. This portion will take much longer than gathering the matches and also depends on the number of matches as well as trees in the DNA account. The tree gathering for an AncestryDNA account with 2,767 matches took just about a half-hour to complete getting the trees.

Once all the data has been downloaded, go to the folder you set under “Options”. The files will be named something like m_ProfileName.csv (“m” file is Matches file) and a_ ProfileName.csv (“a” file is Ancestors of Matches file).

Surprise

Open the matches file and you will see something none of have seen before based on Ancestry’s decision not to release any chromosome browser information. Column H contains “sharedCM” amounts!

We are not sure how Ancestry is going to react to this, so for now we are not advertising it. And at least for the time being, we suggest you download all and any of your AncestryDNA accounts.

What can I do with these files?

See the documentation for GWorks, a Gedcom Comparison Utility, produced by DNAGedcom.com for additional information how to work with these files. See: http://bit.ly/1J51bGI

Problems?

Please send an email to GSupport@dnagedcom.com if none of the instructions above answer your question.


Thanks for using DNAGedcom!