FTM...importing a gedcom

[Just Mandy]

I don't seem to be able to find my "import" button!

Can anyone talk me though please?

[Elaine ..Spain]

Mandy,
From the FILE menu, click on OPEN and then find the gedcom file that you wish to open. You should then be talked through a series of steps, like giving the file a new name etc. - it should be self explanatory.
Shout if you need any more help.

[Just Mandy]

Elaine...it just says it doesn't recognise the type of file I'm trying to open...and the other gedcom I saved doesn't even come up as an option to open!

I knwo I must be being thick!

[Elaine ..Spain]

What is the file extension of the file you are trying to open?
Does it end in .ged

[Just Mandy]

No Elaine....PAF....but..I can't even find the other one I saved !

[Elaine ..Spain]

You cannot import a PAF file into FTM.
Where has the PAF file come from - has it been sent to you - in which case the easiest thing would be to ask the person who sent it to export a gedcom file fromthe PAF program.
Alternatively, you could download PAF, from FamilySearch.org - Family History and Genealogy Records (free to download) - open the file in that and export your own gedcom which you could them import into FTM.

[Just Mandy]

I have got PAF Elaine...I just find it tricky to navigate!

[Glen in Tinsel Knickers]

If the file is from an early version of PAF then you might be lucky; early files might work in FTM, later ones certainly don't and you would need to convert to a GEDCOM format first. See the link below

Answer

[Elaine ..Spain]

Can you open the file in the PAF program and then export a gedcom from it, which you can then open in FTM.
Mary in Italy has put together some very useful PAF instructions in the wiki which might be useful

http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/PAF

[Just Mandy]

There is an option to export to a whole variety of types of files...

PAF 5, 4, 3, 2.1-2.3

ancestral file or pedigree resounrce file
temple ready for DOS
temple ready for windows
paf for palm handhelds
other gedcom 5.5

does that help??

[Elaine ..Spain]

other gedcom 5.5 should be the one you want.

[Elaine ..Spain]

see this thread

http://www.familytreeforum.com/reference-information-how-guides/27987-how-create-gedcom.html

post #3 and post #4

[Mary from Italy]

Yes, you need to choose other gedcom 5.5.

[Just Mandy]

Ok thanks...will give that one a go...

[Just Mandy]

Hmmm


I'm getting a message saying I need to include my name and first two lines of postal address..which are there, but its not accepting it when I say ok! Just loops round in a circle!

[Just Mandy]

The link and screen shots are great...but still having the probelm!

[Elaine ..Spain]

Sorry Mandy - no idea about the address bit! Mary is the PAF expert! :o

[Just Mandy]

Thanks for your help so far Elaine

Are you still around Mary??

[WendyPusey]

Mandy, if you want to sen the file to me, I'll put in my PAF and convert it for.

[Just Mandy]

Hehe...

Better still Wendy...you know the tree you sent me...

Can you just turn it into a gedcom I can open in FTM???

That's what I'm trying to do!!! Cheers