Julie, FBK is the backup extension for Family Tree Maker. Maybe her brother's backup will open for the sister. She may have a version problem; an older program trying to open a newer version data file. Nice of you to try and help. Good Luck.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Michutka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 9:07 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] bringing .FBK into Legacy > Hi All, > > I hope someone can advise me....and I'll try to make a long story short! > > My cousin's computer died, and when she replaced it, her back-ups (on > floppy disks) wouldn't load; she uses Family Tree (I have no idea if this > is the same as Family Tree Maker?). Her brother has a back-up floppy also, > but evidently he doesn't have a genealogy program, just a physical floppy > in case something happened to hers. So he emailed me the file(s) on the > floppy, 'cause we thought I could GEDCOM it into my Legacy program and try > to GEDCOM it back to cousin. Well, it came to me as a .FBK not a GEDCOM, > which doesn't seem to be anything that my computer or my Legacy program > recognizes. (Can you see that my helping my cousin is a case of the blind > leading the blind???) > > Am I correct in assuming that I now need to get a copy of the same > genealogy program as she uses, to open this? I guess I'd then need to > convert it to GEDCOM to export it to Legacy, so that I am her new back-up, > and so that I can send it back to her as a GEDCOM in hopes that it will > then load for her. Hopefully, my library has a copy of this genealogy > program to check out (not that I'll get there today, we're snowed in!) > > I hope someone can tell me if this is what I need to do to use Legacy to > get at her files. (BTW, her brother tried emailing her the same files, and > she still couldn't open it.) The thought of her re-entering all that info > is a sad one! > > Julie Michutka, snow-bound techno-ignoramus > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
