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From: "Paul Smith" <>
Subject: Re: [FO] gedcom files
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 23:09:00 -0600
References: <47DC7A1EF7A8D411B89600D0B781CCC809DAD71B@nsc170.gw2k.com> <004a01c28618$12013000$ac3ae10a@gw2k.com>


The contents of the gedcom appear to be correct. You must save the file as
a pure DOS text file with the extension .ged (e.g. smith.ged) Then FOW
should import it.

Paul



----- Original Message -----
From: "Debi Pippin" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 10:42 PM
Subject: [FO] gedcom files


> I seem to be having a blond moment and a senior moment at the same time.
>
> I am trying to import a gedcom file that I downloaded over the internet.
>
> The first line says: O HEAD
>
> The last line says: 0 TRLR
>
> I have it saved as a text document and also as a HTML document. I
thought
> that all I had to do next was go into windows explorer and change the htm
or
> text to ged. But it's not working.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
>
> Debi Pippin
> Ramona, CA
>
>
>
>
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