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Offline rich23434565

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Can someone please convert my FTW Family File to Gedcom?
« on: Thursday 14 September 17 15:26 BST (UK) »
Hi - I'm still using the 2005 Family Tree Maker program [which works fine for my purposes] but I've decided to upload my tree to Familysearch and FS only accepts Gedcom files.  :-\

My Family Tree Maker program won't allow me to export my 'FTW Family File' as a 'Gedcom' file. The option is greyed out.

If I send the FTW Family File [it's about 3.3MB] to a forum user, could they upload it into a different version of Family Tree Maker, export it as a Gedcom file and then send me the Gedcom file?

I'd be very grateful and it would save me spending £50 on new software I don't really need.

Yours hopefully
Rich
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Re: Can someone please convert my FTW Family File to Gedcom?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 14 September 17 16:09 BST (UK) »
This might help:

https://support.mackiev.com/235807-Opening-old-and-unsupported-files-in-Family-Tree-Maker

Conversion to .ged is in the second section.

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Re: Can someone please convert my FTW Family File to Gedcom?
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 14 September 17 19:13 BST (UK) »
Have you managed to convert it?

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Ian Clegg

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Re: Can someone please convert my FTW Family File to Gedcom?
« Reply #3 on: Friday 15 September 17 09:35 BST (UK) »
Have you managed to convert it?

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Ian Clegg

Unfortunately, no.

I've got the 2005 starter edition of Family Tree Maker which I bought years ago from PC World when I was just starting out. It seemed like a rip-off at the time, that I would pay for a product only to have certain parts of it locked out until I had paid some more, but I only really used the FTM program so I've just lived with it. One of the features that was locked out was the option of saving my data as a GEDCOM file. 

The linked posted by Gadget doesn't seem to let me convert a pre-existing FTW Family File, which is what I've got, into a GEDCOM file. Not with my current software anyway.

It's just annoying that such a basic function as exporting as a GEDCOM file should be reserved for the premium software.

Rich
London (Stepney, Hackney, Lambeth): Hayden, Jones, De Brader, Detenon
France & The Netherlands (Amsterdam): Detenon, De Brader, Slingerland, Goetje, Fokke
Ireland: Hayden, Mealey/Mealy
India: Padam
Gloucestershire: Cripps, Morse, Heaven, Timbrell, Draper, Olliffe, Adeane, Young, Goodrich
Hampshire: Voller
Sussex: Wenham, Rogers
Derbyshire: Lacey, Thompson


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Re: Can someone please convert my FTW Family File to Gedcom?
« Reply #4 on: Friday 15 September 17 09:46 BST (UK) »
Hi - I am still using FTM 2006 so I may be able to help. I don't seem to have any problems creating gedcom files. I'm not sure whether I've made enough posts to PM anyone so if you pm me your email I will email you back

Sue

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Re: Can someone please convert my FTW Family File to Gedcom?
« Reply #5 on: Friday 15 September 17 09:50 BST (UK) »
I see you had the same problem in 2007

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=266039.0

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Re: Can someone please convert my FTW Family File to Gedcom?
« Reply #6 on: Friday 15 September 17 11:27 BST (UK) »
if you emailme the file I will try for you and send it back


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Re: Can someone please convert my FTW Family File to Gedcom?
« Reply #7 on: Friday 15 September 17 15:38 BST (UK) »
I see you had the same problem in 2007

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=266039.0

 ???

Who knew ten years could go so fast.

Thanks to those who offered to help. Hopefully I can get it sorted out.

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London (Stepney, Hackney, Lambeth): Hayden, Jones, De Brader, Detenon
France & The Netherlands (Amsterdam): Detenon, De Brader, Slingerland, Goetje, Fokke
Ireland: Hayden, Mealey/Mealy
India: Padam
Gloucestershire: Cripps, Morse, Heaven, Timbrell, Draper, Olliffe, Adeane, Young, Goodrich
Hampshire: Voller
Sussex: Wenham, Rogers
Derbyshire: Lacey, Thompson

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Re: Can someone please convert my FTW Family File to Gedcom?
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 20 January 19 20:37 GMT (UK) »
Hi Sue (SusieK), I have the same issue that Rich had with a .FTM file that I can't open and convert to GEDCOM.

Could you possibly convert my file from .FTM to GECOM if I send it to you? 

Thanks,
Eric