How to get a gedcom file

Question

I have an extensive family tree on Ancestor.com.  I will be 80 this year and have spent years putting this together with notes, pictures and references.  Now I am a widow and cannot afford to pay the fees to be on that site.  I cannot even view the tree that I made without paying to see it.  I think that the only way I can get a gedcom file is to be on the site.  If anyone can help me with this I would sincerely appreciate it.  My tree on Ancestor is "Davis-Stubenhofer family tree".

Comments

What's a persons name in your tree with a birth and death date? Just searching Davis-Stubenhofer doesn't seem to work.

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Never mind I found it. Let me see if I can export it.

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Sorry, I just started this tree and am doing it a little at a time.  I have all of the dates on the other site Ancestors, and thought if I can get a gedcom I wouldn't have to look them all up again.  I will do it as soon as I can.  Thanks for asking.

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I've tried to create a gedcom from your tree. It won't let me. I figured out how to do it with my own tree, but it doesn't work on other people's trees, which I guess makes some sense from a privacy point of view.

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Thank you. I finally downloaded a gedcom.  Now I can't open it because I do not have an ancestery program on my computer.

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Carol, there are several programs you can download free. Try this one http://www.rootsmagic.com/Essentials/

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Thank you! Anne,  I down loaded it and now am starting to learn how to use it.

Answer 1

Go to your tree on Ancestry, select tree settings, then select export tree, this will create a GEDCOM file