Hi Valerie
Normally a download from any of the sites should create a file it
the same format as the original file on their site. The only exception
to that would be if it gave you the option to specify a location and
filename, when you could then specify a different extension but not
change the format of the file.
I have searched through FindMyPast, MyHeritage and Ancestry and
cannot find any datasets which include Jerome in the file name. But
there is an Irish website for the cemetery in Dublin and a few other
sites referring to it. None of these seem to include any ability to
download any information.
Normally, when a database or dataset in entered into a genealogy
website, the site will create an index to the information in the
dataset, and potentially save it, if it is already a data file, or by
creating scanned images. That would normally result in a collection of
images, as we can see when reading parish records, or the original
datafile saved in whichever format it was provided, normally as a PDF
file.
If the files that you are downloading are Word Documents - .doc or
.docx - then that will because that was the format that they were sent
in. I can see no reason for a genealogy site to convert a file, and
especially to Word, unless that is the correct format that type of
information, such as as free-flow text with different fonts, sizes etc..
Certainly, in the past, people did record their information as Word
documents because they could then print them out and post them. These
days, with email and genealogical systems, we now work with datasets.
One question regarding your files - are the contents purely GEDCOM
records or is there any other information in them. Remember that a
GEDCOM file will start like this
0 HEAD
1 SOUR Legacy
2 VERS 9.0
2 NAME Legacy (R)
2 CORP Millennia Corp.
3 ADDR PO Box 9410
4 CONT Surprise, AZ 85374
1 DEST Ancestry OFT
1 DATE 23 Apr 2018
1 SUBM @S0@
1 FILE E:\Users\Chris\Documents\Chris\Genealogy\Hill and related
families\Family Tree\William Hill Tree.ged
1 GEDC
2 VERS 5.5.1
2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED
1 CHAR ANSEL
0 @S0@ SUBM
1 NAME Chris Hill
1 EMAIL [email protected]
0 @I147@ INDI
1 NAME Ernest Albert /Hill/
2 GIVN Ernest Albert
2 SURN Hill
2 SOUR @S124@
3 PAGE Class: RG14; Piece: 10163; Schedule Number: 202
3 QUAY 0
3 REFN 1,2352::53358268
1 NAME Jim /Hill/
2 GIVN Jim
2 SURN Hill
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 Jun 1909
2 PLAC Bournes Green, Southchurch, Southend, , Essex, England
and end with
0 TRLR
You can always select the text within Word and copy it into a new
text file in Notepad, then save it with a .ged extension. You can also
send me a copy of the file, as downloaded, to my email address above.
Regards
Chris
------ Original Message ------
From: "Valerie Garton via LegacyUserGroup"
<[email protected]>
To: "Legacy User Group" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Valerie Garton" <[email protected]>
Sent: 03/01/2019 03:34:53
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] gedcom
I can see all these downloaded files but they are all word documents and
should be .ged. What can I do to stop this from happening please ?
Cheers from Valerie Garton [nee Vaughan] in sunny Sydney. DNA - A086848,
T756083, H947365, MyHeritage & gedmatch
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