Yepper, you can read minds, Wayne:o) And I could understand your take much better! Sue At 02:51 PM 6/5/2001 -0400, Wayne League wrote: >My take on what Sue said is that FTW ver 6 or earlier cannot open an >.ftw database made by FTW version 7 or 8. But then you would not >expect any program to be able to open a file from a newer version. > >I think her point was that the most viable solution when someone is >sending you an .ftw file is to help your friend with FTW learn how to >make a gedcom file with his/her program. > >Wayne League

Or you can have your submitter to save the FTW file in an earlier format of FTW, making you able to read it. Ole P. Bielefeldt Ry, Denmark -----Original Message----- From: Gil & Sue [mailto:genjunky@cancios.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 11:12 AM To: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FO] converting FTM to Gedcom Yepper, you can read minds, Wayne:o) And I could understand your take much better! Sue At 02:51 PM 6/5/2001 -0400, Wayne League wrote: >My take on what Sue said is that FTW ver 6 or earlier cannot open an >.ftw database made by FTW version 7 or 8. But then you would not >expect any program to be able to open a file from a newer version. > >I think her point was that the most viable solution when someone is >sending you an .ftw file is to help your friend with FTW learn how to >make a gedcom file with his/her program. > >Wayne League ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== UNSUBSCRIBE? Send the word: UNSUBSCRIBE(inside the message) and no additional text to: FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L-request@rootsweb.com or FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-D-request@rootsweb.com for DIGEST ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB