To save as a GEDCOM, you don't go to File - Save As, you go to File - Export. Aloha, John -----Original Message----- From: Bartretrd@aol.com [mailto:Bartretrd@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 2:19 PM To: PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Gedcom In a message dated 9/11/2005 9:55:56 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, MEsser112@aol.com writes: After three years of putting my geneology into PAF5Englishsetup.exe.paf I have just discovered that when following directions to convert to GEDCOM, when I click on the SAVE AS TYPE drop down menu there is no GEDCOM listed. Is this because it was a free download? Marilyn Do not use SAVE AS, use FILE > EXPORT. That is how gedcoms are created. ==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List Archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAF-5-USERS/

Hi folks, Janet and I spend last week in Salt Lake City attending the FGS Conference. There were some interesting items that I think many of you will be excited about. The major announcement (in my opinion) is the new FamilySearchIndexing system that was introduced and demonstrated at the exhibition. It is a new Internet based extraction system that will be available to anyone who has access to the Internet. It is designed to engage as many people worldwide as possible to participate in indexing the millions of microfilmed records that the LDS Church is now busily digitizing. It is very similar to the off-line system in use now by LDS Church members to extract names from old records, but now it will be available to anyone who can get access to the Internet. Check out the web site that explains more about it: www.familysearchindexing.com There was a sneak peek at the new online genealogy system they are developing, but it was so limited that it was hard to get much of a grasp of the overall system. The only part they demonstrated was how people can collaborate on their family history files through the Internet. The demo was done at a large plenary session by two of the high level managers, and when we chatted with one of the developers at a lunch, we were told that the demo was not the latest version and was so limited that it left more questions than answers. In any case, it was useful to note that they have at least one small part of the new system in alpha test. The Family History Library department have two files that I consider useful that they have released to the public. The first is a file of over 9,000 favorite web sites connected in an index that lets you find the links in a logical manner. There are two version of the file available, but you have to go to the library in Salt Lake City to download them. The first version is a flat HTML file with all the links in an indented format with the index built in. The second is an interactive version that allows you to mouse over the index titles and drill down to the sites in a logical manner. The first file is relatively small (2.8 mb), but it requires you to use the FIND feature in Windows to locate what you are looking for. The second file is huge (35.5mb), but is significantly more user friendly. The Silicon Valley Computer Genealogy Group has received permission from the LDS Church to distribute these files. You will be able to download the first version as an executable install file from our web site in a few days. If you prefer the larger file, we make it available on a 128MB Flash Drive for $20 (our cost). The second file they have released is the product of what they call the English Jurisdictions Project. It is an Excel spreadsheet with vital details about every single English parish that has ever existed. There are something like 12,325 parishes listed with all sorts of useful information about each one. If you are researching wills in a certain parish, this file will tell you which court had jurisdiction. You can see variant spellings, the Poor Law Union, the Dioceses, whether it was a market town, non-conformist records, etc. There are 15 columns for each parish. They are still working out details for how to distribute the spreadsheet to non-Excel users, but in the meantime they have decided to give it out for Excel users. We will have the file available for download on our web site in a zipped format in a few days. We have not been given permission to distribute PAF pre-installed on the flash drives, but you will be able to get the instructions on our web site on how to perform an install PAF on a flash drive. Doing so will allow you to run PAF on any PC without the need to install PAF on that PC. Our Web site is: www.svcomputergenealogy.org and the old site name will still get you there: www.svpafug.org Finally, for those of you who expressed interest in the Alan Mann seminar we held on Saturday on Innovations in British On-Line Research, we will be making the syllabus available on our web site in the next couple days. A spiral bound hard copy will be available for $3.00 plus postage cost. Janet, our fantastic web master is working hard to get all this good stuff up onto the site as quickly as possible. One last note... a very sad one. Some of you may have used our Dr. PAF service to get answers to difficult PAF problems. Dr. PAF has been a feature of our newsletter PASTFinder (formerly PAFinder) for many many years, and on-line for the past few years. The dedicated board member who served as Dr. PAF was Mary Lou Harline. Mary Lou suffered a massive cerebral aneurism while on an Alaskan cruise last week and died after being airlifted to Seattle. We are devastated by her loss. She was a major contributor for many projects from the beginning of our group, including the Family History Documentation Guidelines. If you are interested in details about her funeral (in Orem, Utah on Wednesday) or in the Memorial Service (in Cupertino, California on Saturday) please let me know. Richard Rands