Hello! Listers ... I recently received a GEDCOM which contained LDS information throughout. Is there any way of deleting all this info from the database without having to erase/delete each line or word? Thanks! -=Carl=- " HAPPY HOLIDAYS "

Carl O Demings <carl.demings@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: >I recently received a GEDCOM which contained LDS information throughout. > >Is there any way of deleting all this info from the database without having >to erase/delete each line or word? Are you talking about LDS events? Once you have imported the gedcom file into a new database you can edit each unwanted event from the fact types list and uncheck the box to include it in a gedcom file. Then you can drag & drop the entire database into a new database and all the events you unchecked will be omitted. Wayne League

Import the GEDCOM into a temporary database, but if you have already imported it, the same thing applies. Open your database, go to the Lists menu and select "Fact Types." Find the LDS facts that you do not want and edit them so that their information does not get sent to a GEDCOM file. Do that for each of the LDS facts that you want to eliminate. Then export a GEDCOM of that database and import it into a new, empty database and see if it is what you want. You could just use the original database, but uncheck the reports that you do not want the LDS information to go to. Alfred D. Eller http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adelr/ ===================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl O Demings" <carl.demings@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 1:42 PM Subject: [FO] Gedcom import with LDS info. > Hello! Listers ... > > I recently received a GEDCOM which contained LDS information throughout. > > Is there any way of deleting all this info from the database without having > to erase/delete each line or word? > > Thanks! > > -=Carl=- > > " HAPPY HOLIDAYS " >

--=======3A697930======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-3D1ADF2; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Thanks for the information on this topic. There have been some very helpful ideas! I agree with some of the other list members that it is better to go ahead and put in 'dummy' parent records using only the father's surname and either 'unknown' or '?' for the mother's given name & surname. This allows me to keep this family group together as siblings, and to list what I do know about the parents. Here's an example based on an actual household in the 1880 census. John Green 36 years old, head of household Thomas K. Green, brother, 39 Joseph Green, brother, 33 Nannie Brown, sister 42 Adelia Brown, niece 21 James Blue, half-brother, 20 Here are a few things we know about the parents from this census entry: The half-brother, whose surname is not Green, is the youngest of the siblings listed, so probably the mother of the older children was widowed and remarried. Mr. Green (father of the older children) died before 1860 when the half-brother (James Blue) was born. The oldest child listed in this group, Nannie, was born about 1838. So, her father (Mr. Green) was probably born before 1820, and her mother was probably born before 1822. The mother of these children married Mr. Green before 1838, when Nannie was born. The mother of these children married Mr. Blue before 1860, when James Blue was born. This information will make it easier to eliminate some choices as possible parents of these children. For example, any male with the surname Green who died after 1860 is not likely to be the father of the Green children, and can quickly be eliminated from consideration. >Jerry Bryan" <c24m48@hotmail.com> wrote: >It's not common, but the same situation can arise out of your own personal >research, not just with imported GEDCOM. You might discover that two men >were brothers and yet not have a clue as to their parents' names. --=======3A697930======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-3D1ADF2 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.426 / Virus Database: 239 - Release Date: 12/02/2002 --=======3A697930=======--

>Unlinking the children from the unknown parents is not a good fix, for >if there are two or more children in the family then they will no >longer be shown to be siblings. A better fix is to highlight one of >the children and add a father parent to the family. The father's >surname will most likely be the same as the children and that's all >the information you really need to have a parent record entered in FO >to tie the siblings together. (FO works better if you have a real >parent entered.) It's not common, but the same situation can arise out of your own personal research, not just with imported GEDCOM. You might discover that two men were brothers and yet not have a clue as to their parents' names. For example, John Doe might have kept a journal where he spoke of his brother James, and yet you might not know who their parents were. The solution is the same -- enter a set of dummy parents. Styles vary on what names to use. In this case, I try to use the brothers' surname as the father's surname (not always correct, of course) and I leave the given name blank. Other researchers will put "Unknown" or "UNK" or something like that as the given name. I prefer to minimize the use of "unknown" and I like to just leave data blank when I don't know what it is. Styles vary a lot between researchers. For the mother's name, I would prefer leaving both surname and given name blank, but Family Origins won't let me. So I leave the surname blank and put "unknown" as the given name. (I also don't like leaving the mother "null", where there are pointers to a phantom.) I find that I am often able to fill in the father's complete name or the mother's complete name some weeks or months later. One last complication ought to be mentioned. It's certainly possible that siblings with unknown parents were half-siblings, having only a single parent in common. The way I propose implementing dummy parents suggests that the siblings were full-siblings. If you know that they were half-siblings, then you can enter a common mother and separate fathers or vice versa, as appropriate. But if you don't know, I would just enter one dummy father and one dummy mother, pending further research. Jerry Bryan _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_virusprotection_3mf

I will just mention that I just bought a really good book called "CD and DVD for Dummies" or something like that. It has a lot of really good information. If you can find it, buy yourself a Christmas present! Remember when we used to buy a computer and get a load of manuals to tell us how to run all the wonderful software we were getting? Now we don't even get a list of software already installed, and what it does. You don't know whether you can delete some of the stuff you don't use, or whether doing so will completely wreck your computer. Anyway, I vote for the formatting where any computer can read the CD. Adaptec apparently puts a rudimentary program on the CD so that anyone you give the CD to can install the program and run the CD. Pretty useful.

A HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE ON THIS LIST. FROM DIANE SOWDEN

At the risk of remaining off topic, here's how I have chosen to deal with my ancestry.com subscription so as not to stay mad all the time. My library has ancestry.com (and much more), but their hours are not very convenient for me. So I do subscribe to ancestry. However, I view it as a database of images, and most of the time try to pretend that the indexes don't exist. Going to the ancestry.com images is usually *much* faster than going to the end of a reel of microfilm. The indexes are useful sometimes, but they are full of omissions and serious errors. So I do a lot of index lookups at the library (which doesn't take too long), and then come home and lookup the images on ancestry.com. I *really* wish ancestry.com (or somebody) would place the 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 Soundex online. It wouldn't cost very much as compared to having human beings do all that indexing. And I have found a lot of people in the Soundex that I can't find in the ancestry.com indexes. But I just use the Soundex at the library. Jerry Bryan _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 limited-time offer: Join now and get 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_newmsn8ishere_3mf

"Varick" <tallygators@earthlink.net> wrote: >I have never used GEDCOM. Could someone please explain how you import >a GEDCOM directly into a database when the information is not exactly >the same? Importing a gedcom file is really just importing a new genealogy database. The gedcom format is used because that allows you to import data from other genealogy programs that store their data in different formats than your program. If your cousin calls your Uncle Bob "Henry Alvin" and if you should import his gedcom file into your database where you have Uncle Bob listed as Henry Alvin "Bob", you would end up with two different people in your database which would both be Uncle Bob. You would then need to merge the duplicates, Henry Alvin and Henry Alvin "Bob" to combine them both into just one person. But you should never import a gedcom file into your main database. There's no telling what kind of mess you're going to find in someone else's gedcom database. You should create a brand new, empty database to import a new gedcom file into. There you can inspect the data and change it around if you need to, and decide which parts you want to put into your main database and which parts you don't. Then combining databases causes duplicates where the same people are involved, and merging will be required. Finding and merging duplicates is about the most complicated thing you can do in FO, and for that reason, many folks opt not to combine gedcom files at all. They prefer to enter new data one person at a time either by copying or by dragging and dropping only one person at a time from one database to the other. (When you d&d only one person, you can have FO automatically merge that person with the same person you drop him on.) Wayne League

"Ron Mitchell" <ronnie@itol.com> wrote: > I discovered a bunch of phantoms that arrived on a downloaded >GEDCOM from the internet. > I discovered them when I did a Marriage List report and found better >than half of the first page was blank. Some genealogy programs allow you to enter siblings in a family with the parents unknown. FO does not allow you to enter siblings without a parent but, as you've seen, you can import that situation from a gedcom file. Even from an FO gedcom file if you include the siblings but not their parents. Unlinking the children from the unknown parents is not a good fix, for if there are two or more children in the family then they will no longer be shown to be siblings. A better fix is to highlight one of the children and add a father parent to the family. The father's surname will most likely be the same as the children and that's all the information you really need to have a parent record entered in FO to tie the siblings together. (FO works better if you have a real parent entered.) Wayne League

I have never used GEDCOM. Could someone please explain how you import a GEDCOM directly into a database when the information is not exactly the same? For instance: I have an Uncle Bob - never heard him called anything else. His "registered name" is Henry Alvin. I enter him in my program as Henry Alvin "Bob". In official records I have seen him listed as 'Bob', 'Henry', 'Alvin' and 'Henry Alvin'. Suppose on the GEDCOM he is listed as 'Bob' - would that be imported into the database? My parents were married June 17, 1923. The license was purchased June 16, 1923. The license was returned to the courthouse but the minister had forgotten to enter the actual date of the marriage so in courthouse records their marriage date is June 16, 1923. If the GEDCOM had the date as listed at the courthouse, how would that be imported into a database? Floreda

A while back a discussion was ongoing about phantom folks in the data base. I discovered a bunch of phantoms that arrived on a downloaded GEDCOM from the internet. I discovered them when I did a Marriage List report and found better than half of the first page was blank. Oops. Looked around for a while and couldn't find any way to identify them but they were there. Finally double clicked on one of them and was taken to the Family View screen showing a child and blank parents. One of the blank parent fields was highlighted (depending on which one you double clicked on from the marriage list screen). The fix is to select the child and then edit>unlink> from parents and hit enter. Phantoms disappear also entry on Marriage List. One thing in common with all the events was as soon as I made the phantom parents disappear, the child showed up as a marriage partner (legitimate, so no problem) and was no longer showed as a child as the parent screen had disappeared. Theory on how this happened. Try it if you want to. On a GEDCOM download, you select the person you want, then ancestors or descendants. What I think happens is you get the descendants and spouses but the parents of the spouse are made into phantoms and come along. Whether you have a marriage fact doesn't matter. I had both Y and N in the column indicating whether or not a marriage fact was created. Bottom line. No big deal but one might want to consider taking the whole GEDCOM if possible and not try to just take a person with either ancestors or descendants. This might not be possible but if you get phantoms, at least this outlines one way of finding and exorcising them. I run FO 10.0 with Windows XP (Home). Merry Christmas to all who don't mind reference to Christmas and Happy Holidays to the rest and a Happy New Year to everyone. Ron Mitchell.

Well, Floreda, you're on the right track by asking questions in this group! Heh. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Varick" <tallygators@earthlink.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 2:57 PM Subject: RE: [FO] back-up on CD-RW > How in the name of common sense does one learn all this stuff? > > My computer came with two burners - and precious few instructions. > > The CDs themselves have no instructions. > > Time to give myself a Christmas Present of a visit by my Computer-Man. > > Thanks > > Floreda > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank L. Rose [mailto:rosedale@clinic.net] > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 11:53 AM > To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FO] back-up on CD-RW > > Ayup... That method of formatting creates a file system on a CD-RW > allowing > it to be used like a "big floppy" or another hard drive. Unfortunately > in > many cases the CD is not readable in any drive except the one that > created > it. > > I believe that some of the FO users are being misled by the CD-RW > nomenclature. They may think that if it is RW, it can be used like a > floppy. They may not realize that the CD-RW must be formatted for > "packet > writing" in order to use it as a "big floppy." > > Most of the CD burners come with multiple software packages. For > example, > the Sony that I use has CD Extreme (creates regular CDs) and abCD > (formats > CD-RWs for packet writing). There are probably third party software > packages available that will give similar options and possibly even > more. > > FL Rose > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeffrey Scism" <Scismgenie@adelphia.net> > To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:40 AM > Subject: Re: [FO] back-up on CD-RW > > > > There are ways of formating CD-rws to use them directly as if they are > > another hard-drive, movingfiles fro windows explorer or "send" the as > > you would any other ocation onyour computer. One application is ade > by > > Adaptec, called Direct CD. > > > > (it takes about 25 minutes to originally reformat a CD-RW, after that > is > > streated as a Hard-drive (for that formatted CD-RW disc.) > > > > Jeff > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > Family Origins GenForum - http://genforum.genealogy.com/fo/ > Tech Support Knowledge Base http://www.familyorigins.com/support/ > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > Family Origins GenForum - http://genforum.genealogy.com/fo/ > Tech Support Knowledge Base http://www.familyorigins.com/support/ >

How in the name of common sense does one learn all this stuff? My computer came with two burners - and precious few instructions. The CDs themselves have no instructions. Time to give myself a Christmas Present of a visit by my Computer-Man. Thanks Floreda -----Original Message----- From: Frank L. Rose [mailto:rosedale@clinic.net] Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 11:53 AM To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FO] back-up on CD-RW Ayup... That method of formatting creates a file system on a CD-RW allowing it to be used like a "big floppy" or another hard drive. Unfortunately in many cases the CD is not readable in any drive except the one that created it. I believe that some of the FO users are being misled by the CD-RW nomenclature. They may think that if it is RW, it can be used like a floppy. They may not realize that the CD-RW must be formatted for "packet writing" in order to use it as a "big floppy." Most of the CD burners come with multiple software packages. For example, the Sony that I use has CD Extreme (creates regular CDs) and abCD (formats CD-RWs for packet writing). There are probably third party software packages available that will give similar options and possibly even more. FL Rose ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Scism" <Scismgenie@adelphia.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [FO] back-up on CD-RW > There are ways of formating CD-rws to use them directly as if they are > another hard-drive, movingfiles fro windows explorer or "send" the as > you would any other ocation onyour computer. One application is ade by > Adaptec, called Direct CD. > > (it takes about 25 minutes to originally reformat a CD-RW, after that is > streated as a Hard-drive (for that formatted CD-RW disc.) > > Jeff ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== Family Origins GenForum - http://genforum.genealogy.com/fo/ Tech Support Knowledge Base http://www.familyorigins.com/support/

To export your Family File to GEDCOM: 1. From the File menu, select Copy/Export Family File (ALT, F, C). 2. Click the Save as type drop-down list and select GEDCOM (*.GED). 3. In the File name field, type a name for the GEDCOM file. It must have the extension .GED. 4. In the Save in fields, select the drive and folder where you want to place your file. 5. Click Save. Family Tree Maker displays the Export to GEDCOM dialog box. 6. Make your selections from the dialog box. Each of the options is described below. File Type The "Destination" field allows Family Tree Maker to check for special requirements of the program that will read the GEDCOM file. The table below will help you make a selection. FTW offers the most complete export; select it if you plan to later re-import the file into Family Tree Maker for Windows. If the program you are exporting to is not listed, choose FTM. Select this To create this type of file FTM Family Tree Maker for DOS FTW Family Tree Maker for Windows TempleReady Temple submission to LDS Church PAF Personal Ancestral File, 3.0 or later ROOTS Roots II, Roots III, Roots IV, Roots V, Visual Roots When you make a selection in the "Destination" field, Family Tree Maker makes suggestions for the "GEDCOM" and "Character set" fields. However, if Family Tree Maker's suggestions are incorrect for your purposes, make your own selections. Whenever possible, choose Version 5.5 in the "GEDCOM" field; it offers the best export. When you don't know which file type to use, select Version 4. Options — Select the Indent records check box to make the file more readable in a word processor. Some programs cannot read indented records, in which case this setting will be ignored. Select the Abbreviated tags check box to use abbreviations for the GEDCOM tags, instead of full names. 7. Click OK. Family Tree Maker creates the GEDCOM file. Note: The Genealogy.com Online Help Center is a resource for answers to technical or customer service-related questions — 24 hours a day. Here you’ ll find easy to understand articles, tips, step-by-step instructions and tools for using Family Tree Maker. From the Internet menu, select Technical Support, or point your browser to www.genealogy.com/help. Family Tree Maker version 10 Have A Great Day John S. Wilkinson WILKINSON, McCOTTER, GREENWELL - Maryland DELAMAR, McCOTTER - North Carolina -----Original Message----- From: JohnFiala [mailto:searcher@kdsi.net] Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 11:21 AM To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [FO] GEDCOM from FTM help A person who was supposed to be sending me a little GEDCOM from his FTM software actually sent me a 10.6 MB file named with his name, but with an extension of .FTW He says he "sent me everything he had" and that is the way he "has exported before". (Maybe it's the whole program?) Having never seen FTM I'd like some step by step direction thru the menu in order to tell him what he should do to create a GEDCOM. Thanks. John Fiala ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== GETTING THE MOST OUT OF FAMILY ORIGINS by Bruce Buzbee - FO DEMO http://formalsoft.com NO WEB ACCESS? Write to FormalSoft@aol.com for ordering information.

Several people have contacted me privately about what I meant by HFC "online" and who is HFC, so I thought I would answer it to the list. - It was a "Typo" I meant to say "The FHC" which is Family History Center operated by LDS [Church of Latter Day Saints}. Many of the FHC's in the USA are undergoing reorganization, and are moving to "electronized" data to make more genealogical materials available to their patrons of the FHC. Many of the FHC's have installed computers and have subscribed to groups such as Ancestry, Genealogy.com, Heritage Quest, etc. Many public libraries are moving to provide similar service. To offset costs, a small fee is charged to use the computers. I recommend contracting your local FHC and/or public library first to find out if these services are being offered, the cost, and time limit. Sorry for the confusion Lynn -- Visit my genealogy new "Updated" website: http://www.lanset.com/lingbro Researching surnames BOCHNICEK, BROD, BROZ, DVORAK, GRAHAM, PETRAN, PAZDERA, SMRCKA and more

I have sometimes received that same message when going to my CD-R backup disk. I think I have resolved it by removing and reinserting the CD. I use FO 9.02 and Windows XP. J Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank L. Rose" <rosedale@clinic.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [FO] back-up on CD-RW Ayup... That method of formatting creates a file system on a CD-RW allowing it to be used like a "big floppy" or another hard drive. Unfortunately in many cases the CD is not readable in any drive except the one that created it. I believe that some of the FO users are being misled by the CD-RW nomenclature. They may think that if it is RW, it can be used like a floppy. They may not realize that the CD-RW must be formatted for "packet writing" in order to use it as a "big floppy." Most of the CD burners come with multiple software packages. For example, the Sony that I use has CD Extreme (creates regular CDs) and abCD (formats CD-RWs for packet writing). There are probably third party software packages available that will give similar options and possibly even more. FL Rose ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Scism" <Scismgenie@adelphia.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [FO] back-up on CD-RW > There are ways of formating CD-rws to use them directly as if they are > another hard-drive, movingfiles fro windows explorer or "send" the as > you would any other ocation onyour computer. One application is ade by > Adaptec, called Direct CD. > > (it takes about 25 minutes to originally reformat a CD-RW, after that is > streated as a Hard-drive (for that formatted CD-RW disc.) > > Jeff ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== Family Origins GenForum - http://genforum.genealogy.com/fo/ Tech Support Knowledge Base http://www.familyorigins.com/support/ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.427 / Virus Database: 240 - Release Date: 12/6/2002

Ayup... That method of formatting creates a file system on a CD-RW allowing it to be used like a "big floppy" or another hard drive. Unfortunately in many cases the CD is not readable in any drive except the one that created it. I believe that some of the FO users are being misled by the CD-RW nomenclature. They may think that if it is RW, it can be used like a floppy. They may not realize that the CD-RW must be formatted for "packet writing" in order to use it as a "big floppy." Most of the CD burners come with multiple software packages. For example, the Sony that I use has CD Extreme (creates regular CDs) and abCD (formats CD-RWs for packet writing). There are probably third party software packages available that will give similar options and possibly even more. FL Rose ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Scism" <Scismgenie@adelphia.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [FO] back-up on CD-RW > There are ways of formating CD-rws to use them directly as if they are > another hard-drive, movingfiles fro windows explorer or "send" the as > you would any other ocation onyour computer. One application is ade by > Adaptec, called Direct CD. > > (it takes about 25 minutes to originally reformat a CD-RW, after that is > streated as a Hard-drive (for that formatted CD-RW disc.) > > Jeff

Though this is "off subject" It's Christmas - I've been using Ancestry.com 1930 index heavily the past few weeks and have learned afew tricks I'll pass on. Their 1930 Index search engine doesn't "search" very well. You can also use their site's universal search engine if their 1930 engine is misbehaving, and your people will appear if they were indexed in any census, including 1930, The 1930 search engine also seems to tire easily. After a 1930 search, the 1930 engine will reappear for another search and then says "not found" [or something of that nature] if you request another search - don't believe it, click on the link "1930 Census" at the top of the page, go back to the starting 1930 Index page and redo your search with a fresh engine. I've also noticed when I used a Capital for the first letter of a name, the engine changes it to a small letter after its search and then won't redo or do another clean search, even when I changed the letter[s] back to a capital. I won't be reviewing my subscription to Ancestry this year. They've gotten too expensive, they don't like my browser (which I love), and my local HFC has it on line for a much cheaper fee, and there I can get everything! - not just Ancestry. Lynn > "John Chapman" wrote > > Their indexes are not 100%. If you look at their listing, you'll see > that NY, NH and IL are not listed as 100% Also, in this and other of > their indexes, if you don't find your relative, it does not mean > they were not included in the census. I've relatives in a number of > census that are in the NARA soundex, but NOT in Ancestry.com's > indexs. So use the indexes with caution. -- Visit my genealogy new "Updated" website: http://www.lanset.com/lingbro Researching surnames BOCHNICEK, BROD, BROZ, DVORAK, GRAHAM, PETRAN, PAZDERA, SMRCKA and more

He sent you a copy of the Family Tree Maker database, not a GEDCOM copy of it. If you cannot educate him on how to create a GEDCOM file, you may be able to find someone with FTM who can convert it for you. In FTM 6, which is the only one I have, to export a GEDCOM file: Go to the file menu, Select "Copy/Export Family File At the bottom of the "New Family File" dialog window, "Save as type" has to be set to: "GEDCOM (*.GED) Then you can enter a file name, just above it, and hit the save button. (I am only guessing that this process hasn't changed too much from version to version) With the GEDCOM file, you can COMmunicate your GEnealogical Data with others that have different genealogy programs. Alfred D. Eller http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adelr/ ===================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "JohnFiala" <searcher@kdsi.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:20 AM Subject: [FO] GEDCOM from FTM help > A person who was supposed to be sending me a little GEDCOM from his FTM > software actually sent me a 10.6 MB file named with his name, but with > an extension of .FTW He says he "sent me everything he had" and that is > the way he "has exported before". (Maybe it's the whole program?) > > Having never seen FTM I'd like some step by step direction thru the menu > in order to tell him what he should do to create a GEDCOM. Thanks. > > John Fiala >