FDB

Legacy Family Tree
Legacy Family Tree is needed to convert FDB file formats to GEDCOM files. Legacy's backups are ZIP files. Legacy can also convert PAF files.

Legacy Family Tree used as example

  1. Go to "File"
  2. Select "Export to"
  3. Select "GEDCOM File"
  4. Verify default settings. They should be: Produce for: Generic Character set: ANSI
  5. Press "Start Export"
  6. Chose Filename (ending in .ged)
  7. Chose File Location
  8. Verify "Save File As: GEDCOM (*.ged)"
  9. Press "OK"
  10. Complete "Compiler Information"
  11. Press "OK" to complete
Other Genealogy File Formats
FTW/FTM FBC/FBK
(Family Tree Maker)
ANC/AHN
(Our Family Tree or compatible program)
PAF/BAK
(Personal Ancestral File or LDS Ancestral Quest)
RCX/RB1/RTX
(Generations or Reunion)
DAT/BAK
(LDS Ancestral Quest)
FDB
(Legacy Family Tree)
PRO/SQZ
(Roots III, IV, or V, Visual Roots, Family Gathering, or Ultimate Family Tree)
TMG/SQZ
(The Master Genealogist)