Elizabeth Thanks for posting instructions on how to download www.ancestry.com files I'll give it a try and also send in my files if they can be helpful. Frost Horry Frost Prioleau Piedmont, CA hfrost@prioleau.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Elizabeth Russo <elizabethrusso@home.com> To: <SCCHARLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 1:30 PM Subject: [SCCHARLE] Downloading ancestry.com files > Within ancestry.com, do your search for your ancestor. Click on the > world tree entries. Look over the entries once you find a promising > tree you wish to download, simply click on the link that says "e-mail > submitter/download file". You are then taken to a screen that gives > info on the file and the submitter's email addy. You do not have to > contact the submitter. Click on the link for downloading; in the case > of PC's, this gives you a self-extracting file. There may be an easier > way to proceed from here, but what I do is then go into windows explore > [I have Windows 98], click on the file [it is assigned a number with an > extension of .exe] and it extracts itself into a gedcom file. > > I then go to my Family Treemaker program, begin a new file, and append > this new gedcom file, giving it a name that is the predominant name in > the file. I do not add new files such as these to my other databases > until I'm quite sure the file is useful; sometimes, I just export some > of the info. > > Doing all of this took me a long time at first, but I've gotten very > used to it. I have found Ed Manigault's files very useful and am > grateful he uploaded his gedcoms to ancestry.com. I believe John Simon > may be using it, too. Once I clean up my databases, I'll be posting > there, too. > > Good luck, > > Elizabeth > > "H. Frost Prioleau" wrote: > > > Off-topic, once you mentioned downloading files from www.ancestry.com. > > How can I do this ? Do I have to contact the contributor? > > > ==== SCCHARLE Mailing List ==== > Be sure to visit the Charleston County SC Genealogy Site > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/3577 > >