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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	4 Oct 2015 21:00
	Other more recent threads about GEDCOMs and problems are: http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1352941 http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1349300 http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1348594 http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_chat/thread/1347996 http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_chat/thread/1347385 http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_chat/thread/1346831 http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/suggestions/thread/1337486 http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1277097 http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/genealogy_chat/thread/881371 http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1360578 http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_chat/thread/1365117 https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_chat/thread/1400946
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,195 Send Message	Joy	Report	6 Jul 2014 21:28
	- for new readers
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 133 Send Message	MikeyJay	Report	26 Mar 2014 20:10
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 133 Send Message	I'm not sure what I'm missing here. To download your gedcom from Ancestry, open it and click >tree pages, alongside the tree name. On the drop-down menu, choose tree settings. On the right-hand side of that page is a panel to manage your tree, choose 'export', then 'download', and you the have your gedcom available to upload to GR or your favourite FH program, or store on a usb key drive. Images and (some) notes are lost, though. It might need minor tweaking, but usually it is compatible with most programs, by an import process. I use Family Historian, and using it to produce a pdf tree image for printing is a breeze. Michael
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	15 Mar 2013 09:51
	I think you would do better to ask this question on a separate thread, SpanishEyes. Is she moving permanently or does she just want hardcopy to show people in England? If moving permanently then can't she access it from Ancestry in UK? If it is on your account then you can make her a guest and she can access i. Kense Report Edit Delete 15 Mar 2013 10:17 OK rereading your post it looks like she needs to take hardcopy, presumably her son has no computer access. In that case I am not sure what can be done. Kense Report Edit Delete 15 Mar 2013 10:28 One possibility is to get FTM2012 which will be able to download the Ancestry Tree entirely. You can then select publishing options for the printouts required.
Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 3,393 Send Message	SpanishEyes	Report	15 Mar 2013 08:37
	Having read some of this thread please would someone help me? I have been helping a friend to learn about her family. So far we have about 600 people. This is on An...try and now she wants me to down load it and give it to her to take to England. My dilemma is- noing a simple way to do this. Asking for help re cost of paper, ink etc I offered to give her my details re the other site so she could see it with her son but the answer was simply NO. What should I do next, which is the easiest system to use? Thank you Bridget
	Researching: Wrenn, Ford, and many others!
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,195 Send Message	Joy	Report	11 Jan 2013 22:46
	For Phyll and Ann.
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 3,108 Send Message	Susan	Report	12 Oct 2012 05:52
	No Knowledge of Gedcom at all so this will help me learn how to do it :-D Thankyou
	Researching: Haycock ...London and Gloucestershire , Walters... South Wales and Gloucestershire , Lewis... South Wales , French ...Nottingham and Essex.
Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 6,889 Send Message	RolloTheRed	Report	26 Aug 2012 15:06
	Maplin usually have the older version of FTM for about £ 18 and Tesco sometimes. A lot of people strongly dislike the latest version which has a lot of changes. Its chief use is to create off line versions of Ancestry but it will work well enough with a GEDCOM from anywhere inc Gru. You can have as many trees or tree versions as you like. GEDCOM (latest version 5.5) is a data exchange tool developed by and for LDS. It has endless issues when used for data interchange as most programs / sites have a twist on the "standard" and that includes Gru. Dates are especially liable to get pickled. Bear in mind that if you save a tree to GEFCOM from Gru notes, links and photos will be lost. The usual method for data interchange (I.T. generally, not genealogy) since about 2000 has been to use XML. At the recent RootsWeb conference in the USA Feb 2012 (sponsored by BrightSold, Phil Moire an attendee) a major issue was supposed to be the release of GEDCOM 6 with XML support. However the issue collapsed as LDS took the ball away and refused to collaborate with others on an equal basis. So we are stuck with 5.5. Microsoft's rather fun family tree product (free) will import GEDCOM but exports to XML. This XML is easy to import into Excel or Access or Libre Office. The best free program is GRAMPS though you have to put in a bit of effort. It has an excellent user community. Free PAF is a total waste of time but registration is cheap enough.
	Researching: The Man In the High Castle
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 2,399 Send Message	ElizabethK	Report	19 Apr 2012 16:45
	nudge up
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,195 Send Message	Joy	Report	20 Jan 2012 15:07
	For Justblu
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,195 Send Message	Joy	Report	19 Jan 2012 22:14
	For Jill
Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 4 Send Message	twidler	Report	26 Oct 2011 17:34
	Thank You All for your very expert and clear advice everything noted and will be used in the future. Regards George
	Researching: Brewer, Silvester, Foster, in Hull area
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 2,399 Send Message	ElizabethK	Report	5 Aug 2011 11:53
	Nudge for chippychap
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,195 Send Message	Joy	Report	8 Jun 2011 14:11
	For Poppie to see :)
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 2,399 Send Message	ElizabethK	Report	24 Apr 2011 11:45
	Nudge
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 504 Send Message	Kiwibird	Report	30 Jan 2011 05:17
	nudge
	Researching: Wright, Exler, Blackall, Rogers, Short LONDON, OXFORDSHIRE. Riley,Barlow,Horsefall,Lee LANCASHIRE
Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 2,399 Send Message	ElizabethK	Report	16 Jul 2010 20:37
	Nudge
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 4,268 Send Message	RutlandBelle	Report	22 May 2010 19:01
	nudge up for Carol in Australia
	Researching: Please use the "ADD YOUR REPLY" box below to reply. Please DO NOT click on my username and send a private message (unless info is about living people or otherwise sensitive). Thank you.
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 48 Send Message	Captncruise	Report	18 Jan 2009 21:29
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 48 Send Message	Ifamily on the Apple will convert to a report format and Legacy on the PC. Regards Graham
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 40 Send Message	Brian	Report	18 Jan 2009 20:18
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 40 Send Message	Is there any software available that will enable a GEDCOM file to be used to convert my GR tree into a report format ? Thanks , Brian

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