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From: "Prof.B.K.Marshall" <>
Subject: Re: TMG-L: Re: FTM 7 to TMG 4
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 12:16:18 -0600


Thanks George -- I didn't try that because TMG
import menu had FTM only up to version 4.x
Byron
p.s. one of the problems with experimenting with
the file I was working with was its HUGE size --
it took 3 hours (on a Pentium 200 machine) to
translate GEDCOM 5.5 to TMG 4.

"George W.King" wrote:
>
> Yesterday Byron Marshall asked:.
>
> >The point of the message was my difficulties in
> >dealing with a FTM vers.7 file. TMG vers.4 did not
> >import it directly ...
> >p.s. does anyone out there have a simplier
> >solution?
>
> Byron,
>
> In FTM 7 you can save the data set as FTM 6. With your data set open in FTM
> go to the File pull down menu: File -> Copy/Export Family File -> Save as
> type: Family Tree Maker 6.0 for WIN.
>
> Now when you import the file into TMG be sure to look at the [Import
> Options] as part of the TMG import process. You may want to try a second or
> third import with different options to get the most efficient import.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> George
>
> George W King
> Williamsburg, VA
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