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sue

sue Report 26 May 2010 09:50

thank you inspector greenpen i will give that a try .i will bookmark your instuctions otherwise i will only make mistake thank you for your help

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 26 May 2010 09:41

Open your FTM program and click on File / Export

If your daughter is going to install FTM 2010 then export the file in Family Tree Maker Format, if she is using another program then export as a gedcom 5.5 format.

Save the file to My documents or somewhere else where you can find it. Then, in Windows Explorer, drag and drop the file you have just created to copy to your CD

Your daughter must then copy the file to her hard drive, after which she can run her tree program and open the file using File / Import as new tree.. It is not possible for FTM to open it directly from the CD.

sue

sue Report 26 May 2010 09:04

hi shirley yes i downloaded a gedcom for the first time' from my tree on ancestry to fmt now i was hoping to save to a disc' so as to give my daughter.she is going to purchase fmt so she can use the disc ect. but i not sure if i can do it. ie save to disc hope you can understand my dribble. thanks

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 26 May 2010 08:41

do you mean a gedcom of FTM? For anyone to view it they would have to have FTM on their PC too so as imput it

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

sue

sue Report 26 May 2010 08:15

help please i have just put family tree maker on my computer and managed to export gedcom from my tree on ancestry.'but is there anyway i can make a copy of it to a blank disc. so as to give to my daughter that will work on her computer.hope you lovely people can help. thank you all very much