Julie, Yes, you need software that enables you to do family trees. In that software you would import the file into either a new family tree file or an existing one if you wished to merge data John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Martin" <julie@housemartin.f9.co.uk> To: <PENFOLD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 6:05 PM Subject: [Penfold] Gedcom files > Hi All > > Can anyone tell me how I open GedCOM files? I have had a number sent to > me now with interesting sounding information in them but I cannot open > them. Do I need any special software? > > Hope someone can help. > > Julie Martin > > > ==== PENFOLD Mailing List ==== > Researching: Penfold, Pennifold, Penford and other variants > Email addresses subscribed to list: 145 > Penfold Resource Website: http://member.telpacific.com.au/kylee/penfold_genealogy/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >