diff --git a/.changeset/itchy-eyes-make.md b/.changeset/itchy-eyes-make.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..739060a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/itchy-eyes-make.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+"gedcom": patch
+---
+
+Allow all text in plain text fields
+
+Plaintext fields (CONC, CONT, and NOTE) all allow any kind of text
+and do not match for pointers.
diff --git a/lib/parse-to-unist.test.ts b/lib/parse-to-unist.test.ts
index ea3b4a8..754b9d8 100644
--- a/lib/parse-to-unist.test.ts
+++ b/lib/parse-to-unist.test.ts
@@ -287,13 +287,15 @@ test("parser - concatenation", () => {
   );
 });
 
-test("parser - concatenation", () => {
-  expect(() => {
+test("parser - concatenation with @ symbols", () => {
+  expect(
     parse(`
 0 SOUR Waters, Henry F., Genealogical Gleanings in England: Abstracts of W
 1 CONC ills Relating to Early American Families. 2 vols., reprint 1901, 190
-1 CONC @123@`).children[0].data?.value;
-  }).toThrow();
+1 CONC @123@`).children[0].data?.value,
+  ).toEqual(
+    "Waters, Henry F., Genealogical Gleanings in England: Abstracts of Wills Relating to Early American Families. 2 vols., reprint 1901, 190@123@",
+  );
 });
 
 test("parser - error, too large a jump", (t) => {
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.ts b/lib/tokenize.ts
index 439727d..b5129c3 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.ts
+++ b/lib/tokenize.ts
@@ -71,10 +71,11 @@ export function tokenize(buf: string, lineNumber: number): Line {
 
   if (xref_id) line.xref_id = xref_id;
 
+  const plaintext = tag === "CONC" || tag === "CONT" || tag === "NOTE";
   const delim = buf.match(rDelim);
   if (delim) {
     buf = buf.substring(delim[0].length);
-    const pointer_match = buf.match(rPointer);
+    const pointer_match = !plaintext && buf.match(rPointer);
     const value_match = buf.match(rLineItem);
     if (pointer_match) {
       line.pointer = pointer_match[0];