I think those of you that have FTM will be able to use this one. The following is a note I sent to Broderbund the makers of Family Tree Maker, and the response they gave me. I hope I didn't leave anybody out,pass it along. Jerry Subj: To Rootsman57 Date: 97-12-02 04:36:32 EST From: BBS1 >>A cousin of mine sent me a .FTW file from version 4.0 I have 3.01. It wouldn't open in family tree maker and told me to upgrade. My thing about this is what good is 4.0 if knowbody else can open a file sent from it? I realize that they can send it gedcom but I would rather use .FTW format. Is there a patch to download that will work around this problem. With my 3.01 I can send .ftw file to anybody that has it and they can open it ( not sure about 4.0). I've been using this genealogy program for a long time and consider it the best. People dont always have the money to upgrade right away especially just to recieve files from the people that do. Please help in this matter and thankyou for letting me bring it to your attantion!<< Gerald, Have your cousin send you the file in a Family Tree Maker version 3 format. This is done by going to the File menu, choosing Copy/Export Family File and changing the File forat (or Save as type) to Family Tree Maker version 3 for Win/Mac. You should then be able to use that file in your version. I hope this helps. Please include this entire message in any response you make. Sincerely, Paul Burchfield visit our Web site at: Broderbund Software, http://www.familytreemaker.com Banner Blue division One of PC Magazine's Top 100 Web sites ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== To unsub or for more info on the HOWELL list please see: http://members.aol.com/TreeCrazyD/howell_l.html Note: that is HOWELL _L just like in the list name. It is case sensitive.