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Member Since: August 2009 Posts: 26 Send Message	William	Report	16 Sep 2015 02:05
Member Since: August 2009 Posts: 26 Send Message	I am having trouble trying to print my tree can anyone tell me what to do. I have a Gedcom file but can't open it.
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 341 Send Message	Berniethatwas	Report	16 Sep 2015 05:43
	Hi William, You need to load your Gedcom into a genealogical program (FTM, Legacy, etc.) on your computer. You can open it using either notebook or wordpad - forget which - but it is near enough to gibberish as you'll get. B
	Researching: Avatar - George Cluni-kuni. Not from the South Hams.
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	16 Sep 2015 10:29
	As Bernie says, you need a family tree program to print your tree properly. However if you open it with Notepad you can read it as about 80% of the file is plain text. It is just the start of each line which may seem to be gibberish. Should you make a repeated spelling mistake in your tree it can sometimes be easier to edit the GEDCOM file rather than look for all the instances on your on-line tree.