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Do you have any videos on how to download a gedcom from Family Tree Maker?

Enjoyed your presentation. Do you know if you can create GEDCOM files from "Family Origins 3" and transfer to a newer version of RootsMagic?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

2 жыл бұрын

I believe so. I know RootsMagic allows for imports of older programs but you might loose some of the information that you inputted into Family Origins because that's the nature of the GEDcom file transfer system.

Hello, I have a large tree on Ancestry which makes my Gedcom file to large to upload to Gedmatch. Can you tell me how I can reduce my Gedcom file so that it can be uploaded to Gedmatch? I also want to make sure that the file I upload to Gedmatch doesn't contain personal information of living individuals and I am unsure of how to do this. Love Love all of your videos.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

3 жыл бұрын

I will be making a video about this in the coming week. I'll add your question to the mix because of folks have only asked about privatizing the information

I enjoy watching your videos! I"m wondering, sorry if it's already asked, Can you upload your ancestry to roots magic?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

2 жыл бұрын

You're in the right mind set. You can download to RootsMagic. Then you can use RootsMagic to share data between Ancestry and FamilySearch. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gIyEttyjZrrNobQ.html

@nickiboyle9077

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t have an account for roots magic

@nickiboyle9077

2 жыл бұрын

How hard is it to get a tree up an going?

Which are the best, top 3 sites and I want to be able to upload and download my Gedcom files? Thank you.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

3 жыл бұрын

FamilySearch is a one world tree that anyone can edit. "Best" is a relative term as you'll always want to verify your information. Ancestry is the most well known but you need to be careful constructing your tree with the trees of other members. Findmypast and MyHeritage have family tree building capabilities. Those are the four online tree building platforms I use to take advantage of automatic record hinting. The problem with the word 'best' is that you need to verify all information across platforms. However, FamilySearch is the one where I've been able to attempt to halt the perpetuation of incorrect information on various family trees.

Hello! I just started diving into my family tree on familysearch.org and have been able to trace back branches of my family tree to the 1600s. BUT when I bought RootsMagic and started importing my tree, it just KEEPS GOING! I'm up to my 27th great grandmothers and approaching 10,000 people... is this typical?! When I go to the tree online, most of the lines I follow back stop around 1600, I can't figure out where all of these people are coming from! Was I supposed to limit the import somehow?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

4 жыл бұрын

Change your settings to less than generations back and all the descendants. I typically set my tree to download 5 generations and 2 generations of children (sometimes only 1 generation of children). That should help.

I had my heritage family tree builder years ago but for some reason it went away so I was only using my heritage and ancestry. I recently saw the family tree builder and remember having it years ago so I downloaded it did the gedcom from MyHeritage now it won’t sync all the way, some of the pictures did not transfer. When I added info from ancestry never updates to my heritage. Do I need to delete ftb and start over everything is so jumbled up now. Idk t know what to do. I like the info in ftb because I could get reports and charts that I could nort get on ancestry or my heritage.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

2 жыл бұрын

I suppose the question is, where do you want your primary tree? And, how large is your family tree? If I want my primary tree on my computer, I would fix the genealogy software database and then upload new GEDcom files to Ancestry and MyHeritage. If you want your primary tree on one of the other platforms, I would correct that tree and migrate to the other two. I'm not sure if that helps, but keep asking follow-up questions if it didn't.

I have Ancestry and followed your video for manage your tree and export to gedcom file. It’s finished and now when i select download it asked me what program I want to open the file in. Choices are internet explorer, notepad, paint, media player, word and word pad. I chose word and not I can see the files, what do I do with them to get into Ancestry. (Btw, just found your channel and subscribed) so much i need to learn

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

2 жыл бұрын

Oh. I know what you need. To open the file, you need a genealogy software program. RootsMagic can open it. There's a free version. rootsmagic.com/RootsMagic/

I'm attempting to find out if I have Neaderthal DNA./ I used GEDMatch but I cannot understand the results. Do you have any suggestions?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

2 жыл бұрын

Did you watch this video? Are you a Neanderthal? kzread.info/dash/bejne/fKWYlrqQoa66p9I.html

Hi, ty for the information. I want to create a GEDCOM file by downloading from MyHeritage . As you have described, I can receive an email which contains the created file. I click on it then what? I am asked to save it but how? I used notepad but the file is a mass of lines. Can you explain how to properly save the emailed file?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

Жыл бұрын

The GEDcom file is a mass of lines. That code goes into another family tree reading program. So, Save the file to your computer following whatever the latest instructions are from MyHeritage. Then you can import that tree file into a genealogy software program of Ancestry, or a DNA website like GEDmatch for the tree portion of that website. Does that help?

Do you know of any good GEDCOM file comparison tools? I would like to compare two GEDCOM files to see which names are in one file and not the other.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

4 жыл бұрын

Have you considered using the free version of RootsMagic 8? rootsmagic.com/RootsMagic/ You can open two GEDcom files at the same time and then compare folks person by person. You can also create a third GEDcom file, import the two files into one and then run an auto-merge or manual merge to see which information should survive. Other than that, I'm not sure which program would work. Sorry. That's a fantastic question.

@Theresa914

2 жыл бұрын

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics this link no longer works.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I've updated the link.

I use Ancestry. I want to export a gedcom file into Ancestry to create a brand new tree. With your demo you start with an EXISTING tree and export into that existing tree. How do I export my gedcom file into a NEW nonexistent tree?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I talked about exporting existing trees because those who want to export gedcom files usually have their trees created. If you want to start a brand you tree on Ancestry with a gedcom file created else where, try this post. support.ancestry.com/s/article/Uploading-and-Downloading-Trees

i know i saw a gedcom file somewhere but i cant remember. could it have been 23andme.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

3 жыл бұрын

GEDcom files are family tree files, like a .doc is a MS Word document files. So you problem got that from Ancestry or genealogy software programs.

Call from Norway ! I have exported My tree from My Heritage into MAC Familytree 10. i wanted to have The photos( media) also exported. So I ticked on for that in MH. When I imported the Gedcom file to MF10, I could not see the pictures. Are the photos exported in an own file Or are they included in the Gedcom file ? If they are in an own file where do I find that ?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

Жыл бұрын

GEDcom files do not support image files. It only contains text data within a database.

@arnebrat

Жыл бұрын

@@FamilyHistoryFanatics ok. yes I saw that in your video. But My Heritage Ask me to Tick off in 3 boxes if I want pictures, albums and notes to be exported together with the Gedcom file. My question is where do I find this file(s) after I have downloaded data using the link in the mail I receive from MH ?

I have downloaded the family tree from MyHeritage but the file is empty so am un able to load to GedMatch?...

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

2 жыл бұрын

Oh no. Reach out to MyHeritage support to see what might be going on from their website.

If one is putting their Ancestry Tree Gedcom onto Gedmatch, at what point can one make any living profiles private?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

2 жыл бұрын

Great question. When transferring to GEDmatch, you have the extra step needed of privatizing individuals before uploading. Since that's a special case, we made a follow-up video kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZI17ksqJp7nec5c.html

You should probably create a biological pedigree GEDCOM export, and Upload video, to complement this, and the raw DNA file transfer videos.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

3 жыл бұрын

I'll look into it.

Comment fait-on lorsque l'on est français et que l'on ne comprend pas l'anglais ???

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

2 жыл бұрын

Je vous recommande de trouver des généalogistes francophones pour vous aider dans vos recherches.

Q.-I should know this answer but I don't...What about 23andme? And I would also 🗯🤞Geni.com does. Thank you in advance!

@mariacapaldi5062

4 жыл бұрын

C.-Okay Devon Are you ready I watched this again tonight. Q.- Is I did an import to WikiTree, however it is telling me that I think in 60 (?) days. It's called "GEDCOMpare" There are 291 suggested matches to consider. Add & Edit: If you reject or confirm all suggested matches you can use comparison pop-ups to create and improve profiles on WikiTree. People in GEDCOM: 489. Marked as completed: 83 Some are pink and others in a light purplish color. Any thoughts or suggestions from that point? I am trying to understand their process of it all. C.-Sure wish we could chat or be neighbors....lol 😼💌🧚‍♀️P.S. Your so well versed in all things genealogy. But if you don't know I would certainly understand! Thanks Devin in advance💕

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

4 жыл бұрын

Wikitree is sort of new to us. We made a basic video but don't do a lot of research or documentation on it. Since we primarily use FamilySearch Family Tree to record all of the information, adding an additional site would double the amount of work. So you would be better off reaching out to the Wikitree community in their forums for this question.

how to download tree from 23andme

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

Жыл бұрын

Download raw data or tree? Download matches kzread.info/dash/bejne/e3ubzMGkm5zgYKg.html Download Raw Data kzread.info/dash/bejne/X45o2NuEpba-kZc.html Download Tree, I don't think you can. It's better to use a genealogy tree building platform like FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, or Findmypast to access your family tree.

Eu não sei ingles, esse video não me serve!

that is an awful lot of talk, i'm just getting confused. i uploaded my 23andme *.zip onto gedmatch, now it's asking me to upload my *.ged, which does not yet exist. how on earth do i generate a *.ged based on my 23andme file that was successfully uploaded?? it shouldn't be this hard.

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

2 жыл бұрын

You're getting confused between terminology. GEDcom files are your family trees created in programs other than GEDmatch. It's like a Doc file for family trees. To learn how to save your family tree and upload it to GEDmatch, then please watch this video. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZI17ksqJp7nec5c.html For the upload of a zip file, that is likely your RAW DNA, which would actually be these videos: Download RAW DNA kzread.info/dash/bejne/X45o2NuEpba-kZc.html Upload RAW DNA kzread.info/dash/bejne/io6aqJOjpdyukqw.html

Hi Devon: need help. Mom is dying. I'm trying to glean all info off her Ancestry Acct. I did the GED.com route for all her trees. How do I transfer all her media?

@FamilyHistoryFanatics

2 жыл бұрын

First, I'm sorry for your pending loss. My mother passed away 20 years ago. I'm glad you're being proactive with her genealogy research. Use RootsMagic to download her family tree and the media files. That's the fastest way to grab that content.