Ancestry if I download a Gedcom as a Zip File woul

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Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 4,785 Send Message	Val wish I'd never started	Report	28 Jul 2006 22:43
	I found a whole lot of stuff on a rellie been put on Ancestry it says you can download a full as a Zip File would I be able to open this to read it, or if not could I import into my family tree thanks
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	28 Jul 2006 22:53
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Zip files are compressed, so they take up less room, but are unreadable. Gedcom is also unreadable - you need to import it into family tree software to read it. nell
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Mark	Report	28 Jul 2006 22:55
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	You can open a zip file with windowsXP and extract the information onto your computer. If it is a GEDCOM file you would then be able to import it into FTM or similar. Hope that helps Mark
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 4,785 Send Message	Val wish I'd never started	Report	28 Jul 2006 23:03
	have to answer quick as I might lose connection again thanks both of you