If you are going to attach it to an email anyway, why not create the GEDCOM file on your hard drive? Then it will be in one piece and much easier to handle. Alfred D. Eller http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adelr/ ===================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Ronnerud" <swtsales@mhtc.net> To: <FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 5:21 PM Subject: [FO] Making a GEDCOM > HI: > I am making a GEDCOM with version 10 and need two disks to make an A disk copy. > When I attached the GEDCOM to an email to be sent I got a mixed up GEDCOM on the other end. > I know there must be a better way to make a copy to attach to an Email so can someone tell me how to do it. > Jim Ronnerud > ++++FREE++++++++++++FREE+++++++ > Vist my web site and get one of our > most popular products. > Click Here ----> http://www.swtsales.com > ******FREE*****************FREE*********** > > > ==== FAMILY-ORIGINS-USERS Mailing List ==== > Family Origins GenForum - http://genforum.genealogy.com/fo/ > Tech Support Knowledge Base http://www.familyorigins.com/support/ > >

This came in the Rootsweb Review today, and I thought it might be a good idea for us FO and future RootsMagic users Russ Turner Tips from Readers. Technology to the Rescue Thanks to: John W. Grace jwgrace99@yahoo.com A couple of years ago I purchased a document scanner and CD-ROM writer for my PC. Like many people, we used our CD writer to record music, but I soon found the CDs to be very useful as digital archives for genealogical information. The first things that I put on a CD were my descendancy charts. I maintain my charts in text files, and I found that it was easy to convert them into the HTML format that my Internet browser uses. I "write" the HTML-formatted charts onto a CD and whenever a relative with a PC asks for a copy of my chart, I give them a CD. The HTML format allows them to easily view the charts using their Web browser. Like many genealogy "nuts," I have hundreds of old photos, birth and death certificates and the like that I have collected through the years. Now I put scanned images of these onto CDs (usually in the .JPEG image format). I made some small changes in my HTML charts to allow the viewer to click on a link next to a person’s name and bring up a photo or other image associated with that individual. I include a few lines of informa- tion describing the image, any date associated with it, the source, etc. It works great, and only needs to be done once. I also have some recorded audio files that I have linked to my chart so that now we can not only see the family relationship on the chart and view their photo, but also hear their voice! It didn’t require a lot of technical knowledge either. I am now in the process of creating my "ultimate" CD-ROM. My plan is to scan just about everything that I have that’s scannable, and put it all onto CDs. I will then worry much less that a fire, flood or some other disaster will destroy my genealogical treasures. I put copies of my CDs in safe places, so even if the original documents are lost, at least I will still have digital images of them. It’s much more economical to create CDs (about 10 cents each) than it is to make photo copies. So my advice is: "scan everything