Hi Peter,
Unless your relatives have a Genealogy program or download the free
GenViewer Lite from http://www.mudcreek.ca/genviewer_lite.htm, a
Gedcom isn't much use. Making one yourself and opening it in Word
isn't going to help much either. A Gedcom is a text file in a special code.
Even with GenViewer Lite, they have to have some understanding of how
genealogy information is displayed. I know my sisters always get lost
and keep asking who are the parents etc.
Why not use a report saved as txt, rtf or pdf or even html?
You can't use pdf if you are using the Standard version unless you
have a print to pdf utility installed on your computer.
I prefer to send pdf files which maintain formatting but others
prefer to send text or rtf which can be read by any word processor as
they can be more easily edited.
Depending on how much information I'm wanting to share at the time, I
use a descendant or pedigree chart or a Descendant book. For just one
Family, use a Family Group Sheet. I'm about to prepare some to email
to Geraldton - not quite so far
Cheers,
Cathy
Western Australia
At 03:48 PM 22/03/2006, you wrote:
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
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