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Exporting Gedcom

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Glen In Tinsel Knickers

Glen In Tinsel Knickers Report 24 Oct 2006 20:42

A GEDCOM is just a file, to access the info on it you have to use a programme that can read a GEDCOM. You can send it onto someone else (for instance another rellie who is researching the same families) or you can add it to your own genealogy software programme (ie Family Tree Maker ((FTM)), Legacy, Family Historian etc). Without a programme you can only store the file you can't access it.If you don't yet have a programme you should consider getting one, just having your tree on here (or for example Ancestry tree builder) is too big a risk. If you have a programme you have control of the info independent of an internet connection and third party website hosting. A programme could be yours for less than £10, well worth it just for the backup facilities they offer. Glen

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 24 Oct 2006 19:52

Carol, When you export your tree, GR send you an email with your tree as a gedcom attachment. You can then save this onto your computer, load it into a family tree program or email it to someone else. What is it you are actually trying to achieve?

Carol

Carol Report 24 Oct 2006 19:34

Am I the only person who dosn't understand how to export the tree, I request to export the tree and it shows as being transfered to my own e.mail,how does that then go to the next person, confused or what.........