Ancestry and GEDCOM

[perisama]

I use Ancestry dot co dot uk and a genealogist has asked me to send it to him on GEDCOM. How do I do that? Or Have I put my entire life's work on the wrong type of tree????????|5cups||5cups||5cups||banghead||help|| computer|

[Jan1954]

Hi there,

Have a read of this thread (http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48616&highlight=gedcom). :)

[sandiep]

As far as I am aware if you go to manage tree it has a place for you to export tree.....I send mine every so often to my email address and then put into my Roots magic tree........

sandie

[perisama]

OK. I understand you can upload a tree from another program, to Ancestry but how do you do it the other way around... I have startedthe painstaking task of putting my ENTIRE tree on PAF. It will take years!!!!|help|

[Peter Goodey]

OK. I understand you can upload a tree from another program, to Ancestry but how do you do it the other way around..

Use the Ancestry Help system and enter "gedcom" in the keyword search.


I have startedthe painstaking task of putting my ENTIRE tree on PAF. It will take years!

It won't take years if you download the gedcom. But this should still be a warning for everybody that online "trees" on Ancestry or FMP or elsewhere should be treated as a means of communication and should not be the only or main place where you keep your valuable data.

Your master data should be on your own PC, suitably backed up.

[perisama]

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[perisama]

YIPEE!!!!!!!!!!!! I did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[v.wells]

Good for you Perisama - it's not hard to do at all. :D I also make a copy and give it a dfferent name.

[perisama]

Make a copy!!!! How? Do it all again and call it Fred? I have just been through techno heaven and back and now I need to make a copy?/? Where do I put it? How? Shall I stick it on a disc? I have been playing with PCs for a while but I am still a bit Duh when it comes to all this sort of thing.|dunce2|

[MarkJ]

You would call the backup something.ged (the .ged bit means it is a gedcom and allows you to open it with family tree software).
I include the date too - so I know when I made it - e.g Smith01022009.ged

Put it wherever is suitable - a cd perhaps or external drive/USB key.

Mark