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

[Gary Warner]

Two additional comments I think will make the preparation of a gedcom file 
a little more painless.

1.  In the window where Elaine mentions the entering of the file name and 
selecting the output as a gedcom file, you need to note which directory 
that the file will be created in.  If it is not the directory that you want 
it to be created in, then navigate to a different directory.

2.  In the next window that notes the "Destination" of the gedcom file, 
make sure that you select "PAF" and "Version 5.5", and either "ANSI" or 
"ANSEL" as the character set.  These selections are necessary to minimize 
the errors that other genealogy programs will report when importing the 
gedcom file that you are creating.

Gary Warner


At 04:56 PM 8/17/2004, Jerry Frank wrote:
> >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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