Can't open .ged file!

[Noy1818]

Sorry Ray, I'm trying to not be too confusing. Just re read over your post-
Make a copy of the file.
Rename it to anything.txt
Open it in Notepad/wordpad/word/w.h.y.
Copy/paste the first 50 lines into this thread.

and didn't notice the last part (sorry)    I couldn't copy the first 50 lines as the people mentioned are still alive (Rootschat policy) so here is another 50 lines...

1 NAME LAVINIA MARY /MITCHELL/
1 TITL MISS
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 MAY 1885
2 PLAC BLACK DIAMOND WALHALLA VICTORIA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 5 JAN 1969
2 PLAC TRARALGON VICTORIA
1 BURI
2 DATE JAN 1969
2 PLAC TRARALGON VICTORIA
1 OCCU MILLINARY
1 EDUC BORN IN WALHALLA VICTORIA
1 RELI METHODIST CHURCH
1 NOTE BIRTH REG 14256
1 NOTE DEATH REG NO 851
1 FAMS @F3@
1 FAMC @F8@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 25 MAY 2002
0 @I7@ INDI
1 NAME EVELYN MAY /TREMBATH/
1 TITL MISS
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1914
2 PLAC TRARALGON  VICTORIA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 APR 1983
1 BURI
2 PLAC TERANG VICTORIA
1 OCCU NURSE
1 EDUC BORN IN AUSTRALIA
1 RELI CATHOLIC
1 NOTE BIRTH REG NO 17417
1 NOTE EVELYN WAS POSTMISTRESS AT THE WALHALLA POSTOFFICE IN HER TEENS. SHE LEFT TO GO TO MELBOURNE TO WORK FOR MIN AND FRED BARNES. SHE COMPLETED HER NURSING AT THE PRINCE HENRY'S HOSPITAL AND CONTINUED TO WORK IN MELBOURNE.  SHE LATER LEFT TO WORK
2 CONT IN THE MARCUS SALTAR PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN WARRNAMBOOL. EVELYN AND TWO OF HER FRIENDS WERE THE FIRST NURSES THERE.
1 FAMS @F4@
1 FAMC @F3@

Sorry that I've made things difficult

[[Ray]]

Hi

Sent a message . . . . . .

Ray

[KGarrad]

Maybe not the first 50 lines, but certainly the first 15 or 20!

That's where all the file version information usually lies.

My example:
0 HEAD
1 SOUR RootsMagic
2 NAME RootsMagic
2 VERS 4.0
2 CORP RootsMagic, Inc.
3 ADDR PO Box 495
4 CONT Springville, UT 84663
4 CONT USA
3 PHON 1-800-ROOTSMAGIC
3 WWW www.RootsMagic.com
1 DEST RootsMagic
1 DATE 11 FEB 2013
1 FILE Garrad.ged
1 GEDC
2 VERS 5.5.1
2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED
1 CHAR UTF-8
0 @I1@ INDI


So I can tell from that I created the file using RootsMagic, version 4.0, and the version of Gedcom is 5.5.1

[[Ray]]

. . . . . got the file . . . . .

Using Legacy v8,
file imported with no errors
(resultant tree) file exported to gedcom with no errors
(resultant tree) file backed-up
(resultant tree) file sent back

Ray

0 HEAD
1 SOUR Legacy
2 VERS 8.0
2 NAME Legacy (R)
2 CORP Millennia Corp.
3 ADDR PO Box 9410
4 CONT Surprise, AZ 85374
1 DEST Legacy
1 DATE 1 Oct 2015
1 SUBM @S0@
1 FILE C:\x_[Legacy8].ged
1 GEDC
2 VERS 5.5.1
2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED
1 CHAR ANSI
0 @S0@ SUBM
1 NAME Not Given

 

[KGarrad]

Well done, Ray!

[[Ray]]

 

May as well give the proper acknowledgement to the right people . . . . .

http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/

Ray

[Noy1818]

Thank you all for your help! Great to be able to share the tree with others in the family again!

[josey]

Many thanks to Ray who has converted an old .gedcom to one I can import into FTM 2010. Fantstic help, thank you.

Josey

[[Ray]]

Great news to end/start the week with

AND

Josey's fave charity get's a little benefit too.