To all of my fellow genealogy listers - FAMILY TREE MAKER has some errors in it that are causing me to lose some of my entries in my family file database. I am also not able to export my data into a GEDCOM format that would allow me to save it. I may be forced to re-enter my data before I can confidently use the FAMILY TREE MAKER program again. (This is where I remind myself that I have 28 years worth of data stored in that database.) Some of you also read messages earlier this week about several others among us who have ALREADY LOST ALL OF THEIR DATA from their FAMILY TREE MAKER program. To make a long story short, I spent the major part of this weekend trying to fix problems in FAMILY TREE MAKER from error codes. In case you were wondering, FAMILY TREE MAKER doesnt DO weekends. Fortunately, I was able to post my problem to their website and other genealogists who have had similar problems came to my rescue with attempted fixes. None of the fixes worked, however, one of the attempted fixes did identify that I have 276 ERRORS in my family file! I am still hopeful that FAMILY TREE MAKER will respond to my series of messages on Monday. However, most of the other genealogists have expressed similar frustration at not being able to get their FAMILY TREE MAKER problems fixed. So, all I can do is keep my fingers crossed . . . . . AND REMIND YOU TO BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP ! ! ! ! ! I would highly recommend that you make a complete backup of your family file by either copying your .FTW file or by exporting a GEDCOM file that can be saved as a backup for later. Or, better yet, do both! Also, make TWO backups. Keep one at home -- Take the other one to work, a friends, a relatives, ANYWHERE but your house! AND DO IT NOW ! ! ! In case any of you are having FAMILY TREE MAKER problems, here is the FAMILY TREE MAKER site to which all problems are posted: http://genforum.genealogy.com/errors/ My hope is that in the long run, I will not have to re-enter my data -- AND that at least we all realize that as wonderful as many thought FAMILY TREE MAKER was, it is not infallible. You know, I completely lost my hard drive at my office one time . . . . THAT was nothing compared to the heart and soul I have put into my family file database. . . . Laura Darr