[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Fwd: GEDCOMS and exporting

[Jerry Frank]

>Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:54:51 -0700
>From: Elaine <e.reschke at comcast.net>
>
>Jerry,
>There has been much discussion on how to transfer data from one 
>genealogical software to another (such as FTM to Legacy). I have just sent 
>instructions to a member who needed help on how to export from FTM. Maybe 
>those same instructions would be useful to others so here they are:
>
>I did a copy/paste from the help menu from FTM. It is below in blue. I 
>have added my own comments in red.
>
>To export your Family File to GEDCOM:
>
>1. From the File menu, select Copy/Export Family File
>2. Click the Save as type drop-down list and select GEDCOM (*.GED). It's 
>at the very bottom.
>3. In the File name field, type a name for the GEDCOM file.  It must have 
>the extension .GED. You don't type.GED, it goes in automatically.
>4. In the Save in fields, select the drive and folder where you want to 
>place your file. I suggest you save it to your Desktop
>5. Click Save.
>
>At this point, you have an icon on your Desktop, that looks like a little 
>tree with the name you gave it underneath followed by .GED.  Now you open 
>Legacy (or any other genealogical software) and create a NEW file (give it 
>a name) and import the GEDCOM from your Desktop into the new file.
>
>I hope this helps.
>
>Elaine Reschke
>




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