G'day, Like many of us I live in a country not of my birth and more to the point not where the majority of my ancestors were born and lived their lives.
I want to use overseas family members to add to my existing database and can either print a set of report pages and them snail mail overseas. (This takes >2 weeks to get a response - even if the information is ready immediately.) OR I can scan the set of pages and then email an attachment (This is time consuming and clumsy for me as my scanner only does single pages & of course the jpg file becomes obsolete once the base records have been updated). I know that I can email as a GEDCOM but what if the email recipient does not have an understanding of genealogy software packages such as Legacy what step by step procedure can I give them to convert a Gedcom into something (e.g. Word/Excel etc) that they can view on screen/print a hard copy (& possibly even update via their own PC) Whilst typing this it's occurred to me that I could initially email the GEDCOM to myself and do a conversion to Word/Excel on my own PC then email this more typical file to the rellie - which will save them heaps of work & improve the chances of getting a reply! Any ideas that might help me would be appreciated. Peter Holmes Western Australia [HOLMES (Witham on the Hill, Pinchbeck, Donington and then Leicestershire), DAVISON (Donington), CRAGG (Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire), RYLOTT & WITHERINGTON (Gosberton, Gosberton Clough)] [Villages are in Lincolnshire] Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group 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/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
