fbk is a backup file for Family Tree Maker. That cannot be opened directly into Legacy. You need to have a gedcom from that program. That file will have an extension of .ged. Then, in Legacy, you can go to File > Import from... > Gedcom file.
For details, please go to our website at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Tips.asp and read the article on Exporting and Importing. Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J. Michutka Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 6:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
