Hi, Futher what I said. Word of caution. Do Not change the .FTW extension otherwise FTM will not open the file. It would pay to save a copy of the existing files prior to changing ( re-naming) the files as a safe guard. A thumb drive or USB memory stick, Flash drive will do just fine. Double clicking on the new File name ought to get FTM to open it. Regards, David J Grimshaw (or is it Grimason?) Genealogical Researcher of the "Grimason" surname and variations of the "Grimason" surname World Wide. A One Name study registered with the Guild of One Name Studies (GOONS): 6138 formerly 2962 The "Sherlock Holmes" of this family according to some. On 19/05/2017 5:17 AM, Merryl Wells wrote: > Hi, > > I use FamilyTreeMaker 2006 for my ONS family trees which contains about > 20 files using rather inconsistent names. In some cases I have called > them by part of the surname first then place or country and others the > other way round so it is now difficult for me to find the file required. > > I just want to change some file names but cannot discover how to do this > on either the Help button or a book I bought at the time. Originally > you could only use eight? letters but more recently I have used quite a > few more successfully. One in particular I wish to change is > 'LondonGu.FTW' to show it is a Gullock family rather than Gullick and > although the family 'ended up' in London they were previously from Kent > but blend in with the Essex family. > > I thought I could just open the list of files, delete the name part and > replace it with a new name, but that doesn't seem to work. > > Can anyone help please? > > From > Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. > E-Mail: merryl.wells@one-name.org > GOONS Mem. No. 1757 Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock, Moist/Moyst. > _____________________________________________ > > Information and admin page: > http://one-name.org/guild-information-administration/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- David J Grimshaw (or is it Grimason?) Genealogical Researcher of the "Grimason" surname and variations of the "Grimason" surname World Wide. A One Name study registered with the Guild of One Name Studies (GOONS): 6138 formerly 2962 The "Sherlock Holmes" of this family according to some.