Re: [LegacyUG] Moving info
I'm sure you won't be able to open it in Adobe Reader, Gail. If you want to checkand edit the information in it before adding it to an existing file (good idea) open Legacy and import it as a new family file. If you want to open it in a text editor, then Notepad will do the job.. Wendy [AU] - Original Message - From: RICKANDGAIL SANDLIN To: legacyusergroup Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 9:01 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Moving info That is just what I was looking for. It was so easy, I just hadn't done it yet. Now Adobe doesn't want to open it. Says that it is a damaged file or one that isn't recognized. Well tomorrow is another day...Easter Sunday. Happy Easter Everyone Gail Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Moving info
Now that you have saved the GedCom, you import it into a genealogy software program of your choice. Mine is Legacy. To do this, click on file, then import & follow the steps asking you where to save it, what to name it, etc. If all went well, then you'll have the folks that you saw online linked in the same manner. Dawn RICKANDGAIL SANDLIN wrote: That is just what I was looking for. It was so easy, I just hadn't done it yet. Now Adobe doesn't want to open it. Says that it is a damaged file or one that isn't recognized. Well tomorrow is another day...Easter Sunday. Happy Easter Everyone Gail Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Moving info
Why on earth are you trying to open it with Adobe?? A GEDCOM is just a plain text file and Ancestry should have exported it as such. A GEDCOM should ONLY be played with in a Text Editor- not a word processor or a graphics package. Once Ancestry exports the GEDCOM and you download it just start your genealogy program and import the GEDCOM that you downloaded. No need to play with the file at all really...unless there are specific items in it you want to change before importing to your genealogy program. - Original Message From: RICKANDGAIL SANDLIN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: legacyusergroup Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 5:01:30 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Moving info That is just what I was looking for. It was so easy, I just hadn't done it yet. Now Adobe doesn't want to open it. Says that it is a damaged file or one that isn't recognized. Well tomorrow is another day...Easter Sunday. Happy Easter Everyone Gail Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Info from Ancestry to Legacy
Hi Gail, you'll have to bear with me and my instructions because I've only done it once and still not sure what I did :o) At the home page of your Ancestry account at the top you'll see *find all your family tree here* Click on *here*. Then under the tree that you want to gedcom (you might only have one) you'll find *Manage tree*. Click on that then you'll see *Management Tools > Export Tree* Now this is where it gets hazey.. Click on Export Tree and it will come up (eventually) with *download gedcom*. If you left click on this it just takes you to a page of gedcom text which is absolutely double dutch to me BUT I found that if I RIGHT CLICKED on *Download Gedcom* and selected *Save target as.* it enabled me to save the whole tree as a gedcom to my computer and so then imported it into Legacy. Hope this is what you were after. Wendy [AU] - Original Message - From: RICKANDGAIL SANDLIN To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyFamilyTree.com Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 2:53 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Moving Info from Ancestry to Legacy Hi, Gail here. Thanks to all for the suggestions for moving information. Problem is ,I still haven't figured put how to put it into a gedcom. Do I have to do one page at a time? Or is there a way to do the whole family tree at once.? My trees are growing and multiplying fast so I need to figure out something soon. Gail Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Moving Info from Ancestry to Legacy
Hi, Gail here. Thanks to all for the suggestions for moving information. Problem is ,I still haven't figured put how to put it into a gedcom. Do I have to do one page at a time? Or is there a way to do the whole family tree at once.? My trees are growing and multiplying fast so I need to figure out something soon. Gail Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
