dat file

[borobabs]

Help can anyone tell me how to open a dat file , apparently there was something in the Dalesman magazine from me about hubby's Pickering's and I have now had lovely e-mail and copy of dat file full of his ancestors from this lady who is asking me to add on anything I can then return to her ;;;
but it wont open on comp and there's no open with part on pop up ????
thank you

[dave pusey]

is it called winmail.dat by any chance? because if it is, it doesnt contain anything useful.

[borobabs]

No dave it says PICKERING.dat.
and Dave Im on vista

[WendyPusey]

Babs apparantly a .dat file can be made from loads of different programs, so unless you know what they used to make the file, you won't be able to open it. I would ask them to resend it to you as a text file, which you should be able to open in Wordpad.

[borobabs]

OK thanks Wendy have tried legacy nope word nope so will e-mail her back and ask to send as ged if possible more so if she wants me to add to it ,,,many thanks

[John-Nihon]

Babs

Take a copy of the file and try renaming it to Pickering.doc or Pickering.txt (what I mean is replace the .dat with .doc or .txt), then see if you can open it in MSWord.

I also have Pickerings from Pickering so if the file contains loads of Pickerings I'd love a peek to see if any matches. :D

[borobabs]

Wow John hubby has loads of them from that area;;;will try that now ;;

[John-Nihon]

Babs, I spoke to you a long long time ago about my Pickerings but we couldn't see any matches at the time. However if this Lady's file adds more Pickerings then it may well be very interesting.

Sorry have to go out now.

[borobabs]

Oh right John carnt remember that its age you know ;;;lol
if ever I get it open will let you know son is helping with it at mo ;;

[John-Nihon]

OK Babs :D:D

I think that my Pickerings and your OH's Pickerings will probably link somewhere back in the distance. It's just a case of finding the link. :D

Goodnight! :D

[Jennie H]

Babs

Take a copy of the file and try renaming it to Pickering.doc or Pickering.txt (what I mean is replace the .dat with .doc or .txt), then see if you can open it in MSWord.

I also have Pickerings from Pickering so if the file contains loads of Pickerings I'd love a peek to see if any matches. :D

Me too please as I have some elusive Pickerings floating around

[Jennie H]

Oh, sorry if that sounds a bit cheeky. I am so frustrated about something else I feel I need a bit of a boost.

[borobabs]

Jennie are your pickerings from the yorkshire moors area as well ;;;lol ???

[borobabs]

Had e-mail back from the lady who sent me it said she had sent it via word from local library thats were she uses comp ,,,so will have to make do with the copy that son has done but there might be alsorts missing from it as theres loads od gobblygook writing before and after the main part ;;

[John-Nihon]

Hopefully we're all sorted now Babs. Good luck with researching the file. I will let you know if I find anything. :D

[borobabs]

Many thanks John for sorting it out for me its good to be able to read it the way it should be ;; will be easy for me to add to it for her now and send it back ;;

[John-Nihon]

No probs Babs. My initial viewing of the file has not shown up any links for me although there is a place in the file ('Staintoft') which I found very interesting as I have a 'Saintoft'. However the names and dates I have don't appear to match.

[borobabs]

Oh what a shame John dont want to be related eh ;;;lol
hubbys is the William b 1815 Keysbeck one ;;

[John-Nihon]

Babs, I really really do want to be related (to someone, anyone in fact!), it just appears that everybody wants to disown me. :(

:D:D

[Margaret N]

John, I am sure that you are not in the same club as I am. I do not have any living relations on my side of the family at all. All I have are very few on my husband 'John's' side.
Nice to see you on line again.
Best wishes,