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Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 0 Send Message	Debbie	Report	4 Feb 2007 18:56
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 0 Send Message	I have just exported my gedcom to my email, but when open it ..it opens it in notepad and its all crammed together and unreadable. What am i doing wrong. Ive looked to see if there is an option to open kit with word or something else, but it doesnt give me any options! Thanks Debbie
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 155 Send Message	Angela	Report	4 Feb 2007 19:08
	have you a family tree software on your computer if not then maybe this is most likely the reason why you cant read it well go to latterday saints they have a free software that you can download . that should help you with most things angie
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 5,644 Send Message	KeithInFujairah	Report	4 Feb 2007 20:07
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 5,644 Send Message	Debbie, as Angela says, to read a Gedcom file, you need to have an offline family tree programme. There are many available, some modestly priced, some expensive and some free. Again as Angela said, there is a free one at the LDS site, www.familysearch.org that can be downloaded. I personnaly use Family tree maker, a modest priced package that does all I need.