I received a question about Family Origins that I need help with. I know that when upgrading all the data entered in the old version remains and will be present in the new version. My questioner has version 4 and wants to upgrade to 10. Will that work the same or does she need to do anything different? Thanks. Tony Grisolia

Tony Grisolia <[email protected]> wrote: >I received a question about Family Origins that I need help with. I >know that when upgrading all the data entered in the old version >remains and will be present in the new version. My questioner has >version 4 and wants to upgrade to 10. Will that work the same or does >she need to do anything different? FO10 can open and convert databases made from FO versions 4.0 and later. It can restore backups only from FO 4.1a forward. It can import a gedcom file from any previous version of FO no matter how old. To be on the safe side, have both a backup and a gedcom file made from the old version ready for FO10 to use. Also, in your FO10 program folder you will find a program named convert4.exe. This program will help you convert databases made by FO versions prior to v4.0. That plus the gedcom method makes two ways you can convert really old databases. Also too, in your FO10 program folder you will find a 'readme' file that tells you all this plus more. Wayne League