I'd never noticed that 'Other Gedcom 5.5' option until you mentioned it, Bill. How does one know which character set to use? Thanks, Charlotte Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Burning CD for hurrican protection From: "Bill Linn" <billinn@suscom.net> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 01:05:18 -0400 To: PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com The first step is to export your PAF-5 file to GEDCOM. I would use "Other GEDCOM 5.5" since this would be compatible with almost any genealogy program, not just PAF. After exporting you can compress it with Windows XP Zip utility or Winzip. I can't imagine a GEDCOM so large it wouldn't fit on one CD after it was zipped. Your sister would need some genealogy program to view your data. She could open the GEDCOM in a text editor but that's a pretty tough way to wade through any serious amount of genealogical data. If your "data" includes photos or links to photos you could reduce the size of the photos and convert them to jpg format and burn them to the CD also. Regards...... Bill