Thank you BJ for clearing that up for me. Ali ----- Original Message ----- From: BJ To: ftm-tech@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 2:28 AM Subject: Re: [FTM-TECH] GEDCOM options on FTM 2012 In FTM 2012, there is no option to "upload GEDCOM file" to Ancestry.com. You do have these options: 1. Upload and link your file to Ancestry.com 2. Upload but do not link your file to Ancestry.com Neither of these options use a GEDCOM file. In FTM 2012, you have the option to use File, Export, GEDCOM file. In Ancestry.com, you have the option to "Upload" GEDCOM file. BJ On 12/1/2011 8:22 PM, Ali wrote: > Yes BJ it did help to answer my concern until I read your line "My point is you cannot upload a GEDCOM file directly using FTM 2012." then it all went blank. > Ali > > > > > BJ wrote: > > > I'm sorry for the confusion, I should have been more specific. > > The question was not about whether FTM 2012 can export your file to a > GEDCOM file. You can. There are several options for doing this. You > can elect to export it as an FTM 16 GEDCOM (this would be the option to > use to import the GEDCOM file into FTM 16 or earlier due to the > difference in handling the Comment/Place information. The other option > is to export the file as a GEDCOM 5.5 file. > > What I said was in relation to the question of using FTM 2012 to "upload > a GEDCOM" file to Ancestry.com. In versions before FTM 2012, you had > the ability to upload your file to Ancestry.com. It used a modified > GEDCOM file. I say it was modified because it include information about > media and so it could upload your media files to the AMT. In FTM 2012, > you can share your file by uploading it to Ancestry.com. No idea how > the information is transmitted. You don't get an external file. The > information is uploaded to Ancestry.com. You can either link the > Ancestry Member Tree (AMT) to your PC file or you can elect to not link > the two files. > > Now having said that, you can export your file to a GEDCOM file and then > go to Ancestry.com and from that end, you can upload the GEDCOM file. > My point is you cannot upload a GEDCOM file directly using FTM 2012. > ********************************** List information page http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Software/FTM-TECH.html Online Support for Family Tree Maker Version 16 and earlier http://pastftm.custhelp.com/ Version 2008 - 2011 http://ftm.custhelp.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FTM-TECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message