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CAN I AND IF SO HOW CAN I ?

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Carter

Carter Report 6 Jul 2006 11:10

Can i exprt my tree from my ftm 2005 to tribal pages ? if so how do i do that and i know this might sound strang to all of you who are experts but believe me i am a novice. if i exprt it to tribal pages will it still be in my ftm2005 as well. as i dont want to lose it hope this makes sense love linda x x

Elaine

Elaine Report 6 Jul 2006 11:13

I haven´t used Tribal Pages - so someone will correct me if I am wrong - but I imagine what you need to do is to EXPORT a Gedcom file from FTM - and then IMPORT the Gedcom file into Tribal Pages - and don´t worry you will not lose your original file in FTM.

Susan

Susan Report 6 Jul 2006 11:14

save your fmt as a .ged file, then download the ged both your fmt & ged files will still be on your hard drive - all you do is send a copy Sue remember that will take abt 2 days for your ged to be useable in tribal. Also check tb tree. Sometimes have difficulty with connections (spouse etc) If I remember from when I did this mixes up marriage order (2nd becomes 1st etc) Sue

Carter

Carter Report 6 Jul 2006 11:35

thank you both could someone give me the idiots guide to doing this. i have never done this before and i am a bit of a technophobe i am sorry to take up everyones time love linda x x ps i am just off to the opticians will be back soon

fraserbooks

fraserbooks Report 6 Jul 2006 11:40

I will nudge the tribal pages thread. Remember you have to register with tribal pages first and then confirm their E.mail which takes about a day. I exported my gedcom from here not ftm and had to do quite a bit of editing as tribal pages allows for kinship marriages. The free site is fine for what I need.

Elaine

Elaine Report 6 Jul 2006 12:34

To export gedcom from FTM Go to file click on export select - entire file OR select individuals to include You will then be presented with a box where you put in the file name - choose a name for your file - would suggest something different from your normal FTM files to make it easier for you to find afterwards! In the box under the file name - where it says TYPE of file, click and select GEDCOM (*.GED) Click OK - and its done. As I don´t use Tribal pages will leave it to someone else to talk you through getting your file on to that site.