Hi Ian, [Carruthers]
A Gedcom is basically a big ball of Text/ .txt/ Ascii Text, ie the lowest
common denominator of electronic written communication. Gedcom is recognized
in toto by every Gen program w/which I am familiar, and I'll go out on a
limb and say EVERY Gen program. It was developed by the Mormons (
http://www.familysearch.com ) for their PAF (a very nice & free Gen
program - anyone w/o a gen prog should D/L PAF now and then use your
Carruthers GedCom to get started - they will have your very
Tree!, w/near all the Bells & Whistles, w/a very nice presentation), for
exactly the purpose you seek. i.e., it is for distributing a tree, including
very large trees, to anyone with a a Gen program (or if no Gen program yet,
just save it til they get a Gen program and then populate it instantly w/the
one they have been saving for months or years - better would be to
D/L/Import a new up-to- date version).
They receive it as an Attachment to an email (or in a floppy disk or CD
in the mail - so very much more bother & timewasting), and save it intact to
a readily found location (that's the trickiest part - most just do it to 'My
Documents).' Then they open their Gen program, and follow the instructions -
most will go to 'File' then follow instructions to d/l & Open (some do it by
'Import/ Copy or somesuch),' the Gedcom. Ignore the error msgs and just plug
right along - then in 2 minutes, voila!
If perchance they screw it up, and it takes a destructive Genius to do
so, they just redo it, & if worse comes to even worser, (never heard anyone
needed to do so), just re-use the Gedom as recd to re-import, or ask for
another email & redo all. Out of an abundance of caution, altho it
complicates the process, suggest that each, after installing, save a copy of
their Gen file to another disk, or CD, or if not too big, to a floppy (which
all should be doing anyhow. There are only 2 (TWO) kinds of hard drives -
those that have failed and those that will fail! Only those 2 kinds!!).
If using FTM, for example, use Explorer to find the .FTW file, probably
in C:/Programs/FTM, or /FamTreeMaker, or somesuch, and COPY the file to
another drive, or disk, or burn a CD, or perhaps even better, email it as an
attachment to your to yourself c/o yourYahoo account, and to others to keep
for you as a Bakup. You can of course, email as attachment both the .FTW
file AND a Gedcom, which will be nearly the exact same info, just in a
slightly different format.
Now, for you Ian, open your Gen prog and locate 'import/ export' in your
Gen program 'File' column, and pretend you are going to do an export (by
attachment) and then an import of your own Gedcom. Shail I send you a GedCom
to try? The one thing I will say is that it is a bit easier to set it up
when the receiving program, if already in existence, is just getting
started, although not too much so.
Barry
PS: Do open a free
Yahoo.com email for free - it now allows 100MB of
accumulated size & 10MB msg size. I also just got my MSN 2GB Archives
capability.
PPS: Upon consideration, now that I have put this together, I'm going to
email it to all my lists - I get periodic inquiries.
PPPS: I've had problems w/pdf recently. Seems they have a new version
everytime I want to use it and it has some type of glich, messing up my
task.
----- Original Message -----
From: "carruthers - home" <home(a)zim.co.zw>
To: <CARRUTHERS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 4:30 AM
Subject: [Carruthers] James CARRUTHERS/ McDONALD
Hello Barry & All
If I told you I had developed a new system You probably would not believe
me
so here is the truth.......I have my tree in GEDCOM format.....GSP
Family
Tree.
I was led to believe that I cannot send attachments to the list ....So in
my
self taught manner converted my tree to PDF format which was editable
(you
may have been the one who originally showed me that) For me has been the
Best way to send drawn trees to family etc who do not have
GEDCOM..............When in PDF I selected all ,copied & pasted to a Word
Doc..........Lazy mans way of doing things & yes it is Jumbled ,At this
stage I just wanted to Jog a few brains & see if anyone recognised names
then make contact and send the Drawn tree to those interested........The
problem I have sending the Tree in PDF format is I can only do Sections at
a
time or else it becomes illegible and takes a lot of Telephone time
to
send.Your attempt at un Jumbling is correct please bear with me until I re
organise it correctly.
James (1) was born Urr Kirkcudbright Sarah Born England Sommerset.
Most of the family born Closeburn Dumfriesshire
& some Lochmaben,KirkMichael,Mouswald & kirkmahoe.
Some Migrated to Canada & some to South africa then Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
However most remained in Dumfriesshire.
Is there a (SIMPLE) electronic way of converting my GEDCOM to legible tree
format ?
Best Rgds
Ian L.H. Carruthers (Zimbabwe)
----- Original Message -----
From: Barry Wetherington <cbarrfly(a)comcast.net>
To: <CARRUTHERS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 12:58 PM
Subject: [Carruthers] James CARRUTHERS 1795-1851 md Sarah McDONALD 1794 -
26
Oct 1864
> Hi Ian,
>
> It appears to me that this is potentially a quite significant
posting.
> But I'm not able to place it into context, and it is perhaps
my
ignorance,
> particularly of the posting convention, standing in the way of
> comprehension.
>
> Is it possible to post these very interesting Carruthers family
> connections in a Tree format? (My clumsy attempt may confuse more than
> enlighten).
>
> Is this a Carruthers Dumfriesshire local family? Did any of these
> migrate.
>
> Does anyone have further information for Ian?
>
> Barry
>
> James CARRUTHERS 1795-1851 md Sarah McDONALD 1794 - 26 Oct 1864
>
> (If I am correct, these are James Carruthers sibling descendants):
> carruthers, elizabeth (17 Dec 1820 - )
> carruthers, william (23 Aug 1822 - 12 Oct 1863)
> carruthers, james (11 Jun 1824 - BEF 1835)
> carruthers , john (ABT1826 - )
> swan, jane ann (ABT1834 - )
> carruthers , martha ?? (ABT1831 - )
> carruthers, janet (22 Mar 1832 - )
> mccubbin, unknown ( - )
> neilson, ebernezer (1832 - )
> CARRUTHERS, James B (6 May 1835 - 15 Jul 1916)
> bobbett, elizabeth (eliza) anne (17 Aug 1847 - 5 Apr 1921)
> carruthers ???, john ???????? (12 May 1836 - )
> carruthers, robert (18 Feb 1841 - )
> mc vitie ????, sarah ????? ( - 20 Mar 1861)
> carruthers ????, william
>
> James seems to be the top of the Tree:
> James CARRUTHERS 1795-1851 md Sarah McDONALD 1794 - 26 Oct 1864
>
> Number: [1] carruthers , JAMES (ABT1795 - BEF 1851)
Occupation:
> Agric. Labourer
> x1mc donald, SARAH (1794 - 26 Oct 1864) Occupation: carter
>
> Number: [2] 4
>
> carruthers , john (ABT1826 - ) Occupation: Master Boot &
shoemaker
in
> 1881& 1851
>
> x1swan, jane ann (ABT1834 - )
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "carruthers - home" <home(a)zim.co.zw>
> To: <CARRUTHERS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 12:33 AM
> Subject: [Carruthers] carruthers
>
>
> > Re Posting my interests
> > Ian Carruthers
> > home(a)zim.co.zw
> >
> > Carruthers Dumfriesshire
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