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How do I download my messages?

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Rowan

Rowan Report 27 Sep 2017 20:22

I have something like 300+ messages stored in GenesReunited, many of them from quite a few years ago. I would like to download these to my local computer, so that I've got a record of who I communicated with and what about and when. I would also like to be able to download details of the contacts that I received messages from and sent them to. Can I do this? How?

I don't want to lose access to these messages if GenesReunited disappears, or jacks its prices up to the level where it no longer makes sense to belong, or whatever.

Thanks - Rowan

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 27 Sep 2017 20:31

all I've ever done is c&p

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 27 Sep 2017 20:34

Unless someone comes up with a better idea, you could copy & paste messages from an individual into a word doc & save that. You might need to edit or summarise as you go.
Name each document with the contacts name & family surname in common then put them in one 'folder'. Each of the different family surname folders could then be moved into one FH contacts one.

It's only a suggestion!

Researching:
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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 27 Sep 2017 21:12

Detective .............

that's what I had to do with some contact information that I wished to keep .....

......... it took a long while when one contact and I had had months worth of exchanges re finding a mutual gt gt grandfather!

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Andysmum

Andysmum Report 27 Sep 2017 22:14

I did that recently, but I did it page by page so that I could edit out the bits I didn't want. I didn't download it though, but printed it off, so that I could take it on holiday with me.

I agree with Sylvia - it takes a long time if the correspondence is extensive! :-)