Just got your 'Carruthers Dumfriesshire.ged' email Ian, have d/led it into /
moved it into my FTM program Gedcom storage Folder, and have now opened this FTM Help
file. (There were other Help Files, but I chose this one). I'll now follow it out and
report results.
Barry
To open a GEDCOM file in Family Tree Maker for Windows:
1. From the File menu, select Open Family File (ALT, F, O).
2. Click the Files of type drop-down list and then select GEDCOM (*.GED).
Note: If you are trying to open a PAF file from the Macintosh version of PAF, you must
first save the PAF file in PAF's DOS format before attempting to open it in FTW.
3. In the Look in lists, select the drive and folder where the file you want to open is
located and then select the file name. If you are unsure where your file is, click Find
file and follow the instructions in Finding files.
4. Click Open.
Family Tree Maker displays the New Family File dialog box.
5. In the Save in lists, select the drive and folder where you installed Family Tree
Maker. Usually this is the FTW folder on drive C.
6. In the New Family File dialog box, you must give the GEDCOM file a new name so that
Family Tree Maker can make a copy of it and convert the copy to a Family Tree Maker for
Windows file.
You can either click Save to accept the name that Family Tree Maker suggests or type a new
name and then click Save. The file name can be any valid Windows file name, up to 255
characters, although it must have the extension .FTW. If you do not type in the .FTW
extension, Family Tree Maker will add it for you.
Family Tree Maker reloads your file as a Family Tree Maker for Windows file and then
displays the Import from GEDCOM dialog box.
7. Some programs format information slightly differently than Family Tree Maker. Using
the options listed below, you can reformat your information.
Location - Family Tree Maker will allow up to 256 characters in this field. You may
select either the Keep first part if location fields are too long, or, Keep last part if
location fields are too long option buttons if you are importing from a file format that
allows more than 256 characters.
Options - Some programs (like PAF) add an underscore between compound names (for example,
St._Germaine). Select the Delete underscore from names check box to replace the
underscore with a space. Some programs also don't put spaces between the city,
county, and state in location fields. Select the Add spacing in location fields check box
to add the normal space between these words, if necessary.
Facts to Import - Click this button to display the Facts to Import dialog box. The list
on the left contains the Family Tree Maker fact names available to be imported. The list
on the right shows what those facts will be called after they are imported. After
selecting a fact, use the option buttons to Change a Fact, Create a New Fact, or Don't
Import the fact at all.
8. Click OK again to create the Family File.
If any errors were generated as your Family File was created, Family Tree Maker asks you
if you want to see an error report. If you choose to look at the error report
immediately, Family Tree Maker will display it in a dialog box on screen. If you want to
look at it later, you can open it in a word processor such as Notepad or MS Word. The
file will be in the same folder and have the same name as the Family File you just
created, except with the extension .LST.
Note: For troubleshooting help and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs), remember
to visit
www.familytreemaker.com/support.html - this is your best source for accurate
assistance with Family Tree Maker.
Family Tree Maker Version 8.0 for Windows 95/98
----- Original Message -----
From: Barry Wetherington
To: BarryHot ; BarryCast
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 12:14 PM
Subject: Fw: Carruthers Dumfriesshire.ged
----- Original Message -----
From: carruthers - home
To: gen Barry host carruthers
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 12:01 PM
Subject: Carruthers Dumfriesshire.ged
Hello Barry
Would you see if this has all the Bell & whistles,
If you could send me a GED tree then I'll see if I can Open It
Many Thanks
Ian