Genealogy Chat

Hello Peter,no I have not put on the free version yet, still using 2005;; thought I had won ; opened FTM found privatise and did that; went back to file and did copy/export and saved as gedcom; went to ancestry to up-load and ancestry say not a gedcom file;; boo hoo sob sob thought I had done well ;; wanted to come back on here shouting Hooray to you all; when you have saved a GEDCOM on your comp does it have a symbol like a pylon on grass next to it?? Babs

Sorry.....I haven't read through thread as I am about to run out the door when I noticed your post.....DO be careful before posting to any site, in particular Ancestry. Although I haven't read their terms lately they may have changed them) it was not too long ago that their terms stated that when you post on their site there are certain rights to your tree that you 'sign away.' The fact that they can sell and alter your tree comes to mind and at one time once submitted, you could not remove your tree. As I stated above, they may have changed those terms from the last time I read them but do make sure that you read the terms you are agreeing to before you post your tree. Judy

Ok, When you get to the point that you type in the file name, can you see a box at the bottom which says 'Save as Type', just under where you enter the filename? Open the box and select the option called GEDCOM[*GED] The file will then be saved as 'Name you called it.GED' If you go and look at the file using 'My Computer' it should have a little tree against the name and have the Type as 'FTW GEDCOM File'

Peter yes with you and got that far;; go into ancestry sbmit gedcom but in the file name ect and then click,,,comes up this not gedcom file see how to create one;; Babs

So you found privatise and export in the end? The little icon is a familytree symbol so that should be a gedcom. What name does the file have?

Hiya heather yes it has that symbol and says ged but for some reason ancestry say it isnt;; Babs ps the privatise was in the prefrence part of my one;;