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sue

sue Report 23 Mar 2010 08:31

could anyone help please. is there anyway of saving your tree to a disc from gr or ancestry.or do i need to purchase a program ie (family tree maker . ancestral quest . tribal) many thanks to everyone.

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 23 Mar 2010 08:35

You can save it by exporting a gedcom and copying the file to whatever storage medium you choose..

However, to read and make sense of the file you will need a program such as Family Tree Maker on your PC.

sue

sue Report 23 Mar 2010 08:48

inspectorgreen pen. thank you i will have to purchase family tree maker or another program.i tried downloading a gedcom' when e mail came windows said it does not recognize this file'so i gave up.could you recomend a good tree maker.that is easy to use thank you

ChristineinPortugal

ChristineinPortugal Report 23 Mar 2010 09:48

You could try a free one. Family search do a free PAF programme.

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp

If you want to purchase one TWR computing have some offers on the 2009 Family Tree Maker. £19.95 which includes a 6mth subscription to Ancestry or £14.95 with 3mths.

Christine

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 23 Mar 2010 09:57

Yes, I would agree with Christine. PAF if you want a freebie, else FTM

FTM 2010 is the latest version, but a bit more expensive. It has a few extra facilities but the main tree building part is exactly the same. If you do decide to go for FTM, don't get the 2008 one as this was the first release of the current offering and had a few teething problems.

There are other programs around - you can see some of them on the TWR Computing site - but I don't have experience of them

sue

sue Report 23 Mar 2010 10:09

thank you christine and inspector green pen i think i will try family tree maker 2009. thanks again for your help

Eddieisagrandad

Eddieisagrandad Report 23 Mar 2010 10:39

There's a reasonable freebie at My Heritage family tree builder.