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From: Polly Held <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] GEDCOM import not working
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 06:17:24 -0500
References: <00e701c63d70$776fe090$0200000a@LornasBigToy>
In-Reply-To: <00e701c63d70$776fe090$0200000a@LornasBigToy>


Lorna Henderson wrote:

>Polly,
>
>Take a look at this thread on the forum and see if it helps.
>http://www.whollygenes.com/forums201/index.php?showtopic=4095&view=findpost&;
>p=14804
>
>(two line url)
>Although you haven't specifically mentioned the missing header message, you
>did mention PAF, and maybe the message only comes up if you try the advanced
>rather than simple wizard, don't know.
>
>Lorna Henderson
>Waikanae, NZ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Polly Held [mailto:]
>Sent: Thursday, 2 March 2006 1:26 a.m.
>To:
>Subject: [TMG] GEDCOM import not working
>
>I am having difficulty importing a GEDCOM file that another researcher
>has sent me. I believe the file was created in PAF as she mentioned that
>that is the program she uses. I created a new, empty project and
>selected Import from the File menu. I selected the simple wizard. I
>navigated to the GEDCOM file which I had saved to my hard drive, but
>after selecting the file I can go no further as the Next button is
>grayed out. What am I doing incorrectly.
>
>Polly H
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Lorna,

I reviewed the post you sent me and, along with a tip that I received
off list from Elizabeth Rodier, the following process solved my
problem. I downloaded the free PAF 5 program from the FHL website and
created an empty dataset. I then imported the GEDCOM that was sent to me
into that empty dataset and exported that dataset from PAF 5 to a new
GEDCOM, changing the character set from UTF-8 to ANSI. I then I imported
that GEDCOM into an empty project that I created for this new
information in my TMG database. The import was accomplished with no
problem. Thank you for your help

Polly

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