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Uploading Gedcom File

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Cougarjo

Cougarjo Report 6 Sep 2004 23:33

i had to delete my kids off my paf file so that i was first one on it, then change the char set to 'other gedcom utf-8' and then it worked. joanne

Diane

Diane Report 6 Sep 2004 23:11

I have followed all the instructions to upload my tree including choosing ANSEL for my PAF programme. Every time I try again and again but keep getting a message that tells me "No member in the tree matches the owner of the tree. I only have myself on the GR tree and my details match exactly. I have contacted the support team 4 or 5 times and never got a reply!!!!!!!!. Does anyone know what the problem could be as we seem to have to help each other on this one. Thanks

Beryl

Beryl Report 17 Jun 2003 08:28

Helena, In the cold light of morning I've remembered something - I had to make sure about the ANSEL format before mine would load too. Hope you get it sorted, Beryl.

Sally-Anne

Sally-Anne Report 16 Jun 2003 22:50

Helena I had the same error when uploading from the PAF Gedcom file. I had to go into the options in PAF and change something or other to ANSEL - then it worked fine! Might be the same problem for you perhaps? Good Luck Sally, Coventry - was Warwickshire now West Midlands!

Lynne

Lynne Report 16 Jun 2003 22:17

Helena Maybe a daft question but did you delete all records except yourself? Nichola Gedcom is a file format used for saving family trees to enable them to be loaded into different family tree programs. If you have created your tree in a FT program then you can upload it to the GC site to save you re-inputting all the data. Hope this helps. Lynne

Beryl

Beryl Report 16 Jun 2003 21:24

Helena, That's too technical for me I'm afraid. Why don't you e-mail support and get their advice? Hope you get it sorted soon, Beryl

Ellen

Ellen Report 16 Jun 2003 19:28

Can anyone tell me why my gedcom file will not load? I keep getting a message saying "invalid file, incorrect header/footer"