Legacy - Exporting a GEDCOM
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Open Legacy.
- Click on File.
- Export to.
- Gedcom File, a new window opens up called Gedcom export.
- The top section is “produce file for”, the first box will probably say Legacy, use the drop down menu to change it to Gedcom 5.5 only. The character set
should be ANSI.
- The default is “All records in the family file”, but just to check this, click on Record Selection at the bottom left, a new window opens and you should see a black dot in front of the first option, “All records in the entire Family File”, so just close this window. When you upload your gedcom to this site, it automatically assumes anyone under 100 is living, unless you have entered a death date for them, so there is no need to do anything else.
- Click on the large box on the top right “Select file name and start export”.
- A new window opens which says “Export Gedcom File” across the top. This is how you are going to decide where to save your gedcom to on your computer. So just browse to choose where you want it to go. If you need help with this, just under the blue line at the top is a box with the words “save in” before it. It will have something written in it, but may not be where you want your file to be. Look to the right of this box, you will see an arrow, then a greyed out folder symbol. If you point to this folder, the words “up one level” will appear. Just keep clicking on this symbol until you get to somewhere like the desktop, so it will be easy for you to find your gedcom again.
- Look down near the bottom of the window and there will be an empty box called “File name”. type something in here such as “Bloggs Family Tree”.
- Then click save.
- A new box called “Complier information” will open, just click on OK, not cancel or the cross.
- The export will start and a blue line will move across the bottom of the window. When it has finished a box will appear to tell you that, so just click on ok.
- You can now close Legacy and if you look on your desktop, or wherever you chose to save to, you will see your gedcom.
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