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Linda G

Linda G Report 20 Dec 2007 20:31

Someone has sent me an email with a gedcom of their family tree.

What do I do now. There's nothing to click on just a big long list of information.

Thanks

Linda

KeithInFujairah

KeithInFujairah Report 20 Dec 2007 20:36

Linda, you need a family tree programme to open and make sense of it.
There is a free one on www.familysearch.org called Personal Ancestral file.

Linda G

Linda G Report 20 Dec 2007 20:38

Hi Keith,

I have FTM 2006 is that what you mean?

Linda

KeithInFujairah

KeithInFujairah Report 20 Dec 2007 20:42

Yes that will do nicely, if you open FTM, click on file, open, then look for where you have saved the file and open it, it will ask you what you wish to save it as, as an FTW file, type the name and it click open, this will open the file with the name you typed as another FTW file.

Sorry got to go to bed, its 10 to 1 here.

Linda G

Linda G Report 20 Dec 2007 20:58

Thanks for your advice Keith but I still don't understand what you have to do.

How do I 'save' this big long list of info, I have so that I can use FTM to open it?

Linda

HeadStone

HeadStone Report 20 Dec 2007 21:03

Hello Linda,
Has someone sent you a text file?
Paul

KeithInFujairah

KeithInFujairah Report 20 Dec 2007 21:05

Linda, if you save the GEDCOM file sent you, open that in FTM, not the long list!

Still here but must go to bed lol

Linda G

Linda G Report 20 Dec 2007 21:56

Hi Paul,

Thanks for all your help and for sorting it all out for me. Am now looking at the Tree

Linda