Can someone please convert my FTW Family File to Gedcom?

[rich23434565]

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

[Gadget]

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.

Gadget

[ianclegg1948]

Have you managed to convert it?

regards

Ian Clegg

[rich23434565]

Have you managed to convert it?

regards

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

[SusieK]

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

[Gadget]

I see you had the same problem in 2007

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

 

[ianclegg1948]

if you emailme the file I will try for you and send it back


Regards

Ian

[rich23434565]

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.

 

[ericdudley]

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