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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	6 Oct 2010 15:25
	hullo David, MayBlosson, if i may butt in.........to the top left of this page is a button marked family tree........click on that and follow the instructions, Bob ps just tried it and it appears that you need to re enter your site password....
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 1,918 Send Message	MayBlossomEmpressofSpring	Report	6 Oct 2010 13:06
	How do you get a Gedcom, please?
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 93 Send Message	FrankFromYorks	Report	6 Oct 2010 10:53
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 93 Send Message	A gedcom is a file containing geneological information sufficient to build a family tree from. It is usually compatible with different versions of Family tree sottware so you could for example, download a gedcom file from GR and then load it into Family Tree maker without having to go through the laborious process of re typing it all in.
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 3 Send Message	David	Report	6 Oct 2010 10:33
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 3 Send Message	what is a gedcom?