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Sidami

Sidami Report 20 Jan 2005 21:12

If you have just started researching your family tree and you have started by putting all your info on here, then I advise you to put it also onto a programme, I use the free one from www(.)familysearch(.)org/ you can put all your info on there like you do on here but you can also print out from there, it is not very easy to do on this site. But still put all your names on here, and use all of these boards as there are so many helpful people out there.As that is how you will get people contacting you to see if they have a connection. Instructions for downloading from family search :- go to the above website click order download products click software downloads free click the top one 77065999 and follow instructions make sure that you tick English, best of luck start now before you have too many to add. Sue..............

Researching:
Ringrose from Countesthorpe Lord and Burley from Countesthorpe...Dixon Dawson Wood and Wilkinson from Caistor ,Starkey and Wood from Edendam. Hare from Horncastle.

*ღ*Dee in Bexleyheath*ღ*

*ღ*Dee in Bexleyheath*ღ* Report 20 Jan 2005 21:34

Good advice Sue. I also have my tree on Tribal Pages... http://www.tribalpages(.)com/ remove brackets Dee x

Joy

Joy Report 20 Jan 2005 21:35

I would never put all of my ancestral family information on GR. We keep it on a family tree programme. Happy hunting! Joy

Unknown

Unknown Report 20 Jan 2005 21:37

Its worth adding ... that you don't have to double enter the information in both places - enter it into the PC package, and then EXPORT into a file (in a format called GEDCOM - easy to do within the familysearch software mentioned above (PAF5)). You can then IMPORT that information onto the site (and also onto tribal pages etc etc). Lots of people here will help if you get stuck, you only have to ask :)

Dorothy

Dorothy Report 20 Jan 2005 21:43

Thanks for the tip Paul, I have been double entering all mine (which drives me mad) but will now try the GEDCOM method. Di

Unknown

Unknown Report 20 Jan 2005 21:44

Theres a link on the left of this screen that says "Import/Export" - I'm pretty sure theres some tips on there on the process...