If she made it with Family Tree Maker, it could be an FTM or FTW file. If it was made with another type of genealogy program, it could be a gedcom file which has the .GED label. Those are the only two genealogical type files that I've seen. Ray Friess eile wrote: > Sorry in advance for being a wee bit off-topic; this is more of a > general genealogy question. > > A relative sent me her "family file", but it has no suffix and I > cannot make out which kind of file it is. > > I have tried various suffixes, but none makes it possible to open the > file. > > I sent it back to her so she could tell me what kind of file it is, > but she cannot open it either. She lost - all - her data due to a > virus from aol. She is on a pc. I am on a Mac. > > Is there a way to make out which kind of file it is? > > Thanks. > > Paul > > > ==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== > FREE: unlimited webspace! > http://freepages.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > >

If you have the Family Treemaker , you could bring it up and then install the cd and under File ,click on- Restore from local Backup. I hope this helps. Wanda ----- Original Message ----- From: "rayfri" <rayfri@highstream.net> To: <PAPHILAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [PAPHL] file > If she made it with Family Tree Maker, it could be an FTM or FTW file. > If it was made with another type of genealogy program, it could be a > gedcom file which has the .GED label. > Those are the only two genealogical type files that I've seen. > Ray Friess > > eile wrote: > >> Sorry in advance for being a wee bit off-topic; this is more of a general >> genealogy question. >> >> A relative sent me her "family file", but it has no suffix and I cannot >> make out which kind of file it is. >> >> I have tried various suffixes, but none makes it possible to open the >> file. >> >> I sent it back to her so she could tell me what kind of file it is, but >> she cannot open it either. She lost - all - her data due to a virus from >> aol. She is on a pc. I am on a Mac. >> >> Is there a way to make out which kind of file it is? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Paul >> >> >> ==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== >> FREE: unlimited webspace! >> http://freepages.rootsweb.com/ >> >> ============================== >> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> >> >> > > > ==== PAPHILAD Mailing List ==== > Keep informed of the latest news and new databases, webpages and mailing > lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the weekly RootsWeb Review. To > subscribe, start here: http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >