Old .ftw file
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Cathy Roberts
Hello all & Happy New Year
I have inherited a .FTW file dated 2006 - I guess it's a Family Tree Maker file but I don't have that programme. Is there any way I can open it in Family Historian? Any assistance gratefully received! Cheers Cathy
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Jan Eri
Hi Cathy, I still have my old TMG installed, and it can import "Family Tree Maker (*.FTW)". I'm happy to give it a go (import it and then export as Gedcom) if you don't have TMG available yourself. Regards, Jan
On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 5:22 PM Cathy Roberts <roberts.research36@...> wrote: Hello all & Happy New Year
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colevalleygirl@colevalleygirl.co.uk
You could also try downloading the FTM 2005 starter edition from the mackiev website, and using it to convert to a later format which can then be imported directly into FH (see Importing to Family Historian – Family Historian User Group (fhug.org.uk) for this step, especially the section specific to FTM.)
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of Jan Eri
Sent: 08 January 2022 16:45 To: family-historian@groups.io Subject: Re: [family-historian] Old .ftw file
Hi Cathy,
I still have my old TMG installed, and it can import "Family Tree Maker (*.FTW)". I'm happy to give it a go (import it and then export as Gedcom) if you don't have TMG available yourself.
Regards, Jan
On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 5:22 PM Cathy Roberts <roberts.research36@...> wrote:
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I didn’t think that FH could perform a direct import from FTM using .FTW files? It is not mentioned in the Help page: New Project Wizard - Choose Import File. I thought FTM could only be imported via GEDCOM.
If TMG can import the .FTW file then you can perform a direct import from TMG.
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of colevalleygirl@...
Sent: 08 January 2022 16:50 To: family-historian@groups.io Subject: Re: [family-historian] Old .ftw file
You could also try downloading the FTM 2005 starter edition from the mackiev website, and using it to convert to a later format which can then be imported directly into FH (see Importing to Family Historian – Family Historian User Group (fhug.org.uk) for this step, especially the section specific to FTM.)
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of Jan Eri
Hi Cathy,
I still have my old TMG installed, and it can import "Family Tree Maker (*.FTW)". I'm happy to give it a go (import it and then export as Gedcom) if you don't have TMG available yourself.
Regards, Jan
On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 5:22 PM Cathy Roberts <roberts.research36@...> wrote:
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colevalleygirl@colevalleygirl.co.uk
I don’t know if FH can handle a .ftw file either, but the FTM Starter Edition 2005 (free trial for 2 weeks) may be able to generate a GEDCOM file. (I don’t know; I haven’t got it).
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike Tate
Sent: 08 January 2022 17:33 To: family-historian@groups.io Subject: Re: [family-historian] Old .ftw file
I didn’t think that FH could perform a direct import from FTM using .FTW files? It is not mentioned in the Help page: New Project Wizard - Choose Import File. I thought FTM could only be imported via GEDCOM.
If TMG can import the .FTW file then you can perform a direct import from TMG.
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of colevalleygirl@...
You could also try downloading the FTM 2005 starter edition from the mackiev website, and using it to convert to a later format which can then be imported directly into FH (see Importing to Family Historian – Family Historian User Group (fhug.org.uk) for this step, especially the section specific to FTM.)
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of Jan Eri
Hi Cathy,
I still have my old TMG installed, and it can import "Family Tree Maker (*.FTW)". I'm happy to give it a go (import it and then export as Gedcom) if you don't have TMG available yourself.
Regards, Jan
On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 5:22 PM Cathy Roberts <roberts.research36@...> wrote:
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BrianE
Cathy, I have both FH and FTM 2019 and have successfully used FTM to generate a GEDCOM file to import into FH at least 10 times and am willing to do this for you. If the FTM file was from a later version than 2005 then it might not load into it. I would delete your files once you were happy with the conversion.
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of colevalleygirl@...
Sent: 08 January 2022 17:43 To: family-historian@groups.io Subject: Re: [family-historian] Old .ftw file
I don’t know if FH can handle a .ftw file either, but the FTM Starter Edition 2005 (free trial for 2 weeks) may be able to generate a GEDCOM file. (I don’t know; I haven’t got it).
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike Tate
I didn’t think that FH could perform a direct import from FTM using .FTW files? It is not mentioned in the Help page: New Project Wizard - Choose Import File. I thought FTM could only be imported via GEDCOM.
If TMG can import the .FTW file then you can perform a direct import from TMG.
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of colevalleygirl@...
You could also try downloading the FTM 2005 starter edition from the mackiev website, and using it to convert to a later format which can then be imported directly into FH (see Importing to Family Historian – Family Historian User Group (fhug.org.uk) for this step, especially the section specific to FTM.)
From: family-historian@groups.io <family-historian@groups.io> On Behalf Of Jan Eri
Hi Cathy,
I still have my old TMG installed, and it can import "Family Tree Maker (*.FTW)". I'm happy to give it a go (import it and then export as Gedcom) if you don't have TMG available yourself.
Regards, Jan
On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 5:22 PM Cathy Roberts <roberts.research36@...> wrote:
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