Hi Grannie Pauline--You say that you have Legacy Family Tree.Legacy should handle your Gedcom. What I do is in legacy start a NEW family file with a name of it's own , This will be an empty family file, now go to File --- then Import From --- GEDcom file & follow the prompts & Hey Presto , you should now have a new family file Which you can copy into your main family file --Good luck --John from West Aus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pauline Harper" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 6:02 AM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] unable to open gedcom >I just received a ged com from a gentleman who has matched my cousins > DNA, and I cannot open it. I believe it was sent from the family tree > maker program, because when I try to open it, the Family Tree maker > archive viewer on my computer comes up, but is blank. I use Legacy as > my genealogy program , and I am stumped !!! I hate to reply to this guy > with my problem……Thanks for any help!!!! Granny Pauline > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.7/618 - Release Date: 1/6/2007 > 7:47 PM > > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message