Roberta That's what I did - it took some work, but it's been very helpful. Also I took that Ancestry tree and made a GEDcom from it, which I posted on the free World Connect site, and can use at FTDNA. Jim - Sent from my iPhone - FaceTime! On May 13, 2012, at 11:52 AM, "Roberta Estes" <[email protected]> wrote: > I certainly do think it would be easier to start over and make a skeleton > one than to try to modify the existing one. > > Roberta > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Diana Gale > Matthiesen > Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 11:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AUTOSOMAL-DNA] FF clients not uploading GEDCOMs > > Well, you could do what I did... > > I made a new version of my genealogy database, expressly for use in creating > a GEDCOM to upload to FTDNA. It contains only the bare genealogical > information: name, birth date and place, and death date and place. No > sources, no media, no siblings, nothing else, just the pedigree (ancestral > lines). It only goes back 11 generations (12 if you count the test subject) > because that's all FTDNA will display, no matter how many generations you > include in the file. The GEDCOM is only 106K in size. > > Yes, it was a nuisance to create, but IMO, it was worth the effort because I > think it's *that* important to have a GEDCOM uploaded to your FTDNA account. > > > And yes, when I add a new near ancestor (within 11 generations), I have to > update both genealogy files (my regular one and the abbreviated FTDNA one), > then re-export a new GEDCOM to re-upload to FTDNA. But doing so only takes > minutes; and, again, I think it's well worth the effort. > > Diana > > > > > ______________________________ > For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: > http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message