# GEDCOM file from RootsMagic to Findmypast and Ancestry

**URL:** <https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/gedcom-file-from-rootsmagic-to-findmypast-and-ancestry/4524>\
**Category:** RootsMagic\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [May 9, 2022, 8:54am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/gedcom-file-from-rootsmagic-to-findmypast-and-ancestry/4524 "2022-05-09T08:54:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![mervynjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@mervynjohn](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/mervynjohn)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 8:54am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/gedcom-file-from-rootsmagic-to-findmypast-and-ancestry/4524/1 "2022-05-09T08:54:18Z")

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I can export a GEDCOM file from RootsMagic but cannot find a way to input the file into Findmypast or Ancestry. Does anyone know the procedure to accomplish this?

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**Author:** ![kfunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/kfunk/32/68_2.png) [@kfunk](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kfunk)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/gedcom-file-from-rootsmagic-to-findmypast-and-ancestry/4524/2 "2022-05-09T12:07:56Z")

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Don’t know about FindMyPast but on Ancestry, log into Ancestry and in the upper left will be a menu with Home, Trees, Search, etc. Click Trees and select the option to ‘Create and Manage Trees’. On the next screen will be a place to upload a GED file.

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**Author:** ![ftipple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@ftipple](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/ftipple)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/gedcom-file-from-rootsmagic-to-findmypast-and-ancestry/4524/3 "2022-05-09T13:33:38Z")

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On FMP go to Family Tree \> Import a Tree \> Upload your GEDCOM

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**Author:** ![rzamor1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/rzamor1/32/8_2.png) [@rzamor1](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/rzamor1)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/gedcom-file-from-rootsmagic-to-findmypast-and-ancestry/4524/4 "2022-05-09T13:53:17Z")

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Uploading a GEDCOM to Ancestry won’t connect the database to the tree in RM. It also won’t include the media. You would want to use Ancestry TreeShare under Publish to upload to Ancestry. With Findmypast the only option is to upload a GEDCOM.

[http://wiki.rootsmagic.com/wiki/RootsMagic\_8:Ancestry\_TreeShare](http://wiki.rootsmagic.com/wiki/RootsMagic_8:Ancestry_TreeShare)

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**Author:** ![mervynjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@mervynjohn](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/mervynjohn)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 5:50am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/gedcom-file-from-rootsmagic-to-findmypast-and-ancestry/4524/5 "2022-05-10T05:50:18Z")

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Thanks Ken - that worked just fine - Mervyn Buckingham

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**Author:** ![mervynjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@mervynjohn](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/mervynjohn)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 5:51am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/gedcom-file-from-rootsmagic-to-findmypast-and-ancestry/4524/6 "2022-05-10T05:51:37Z")

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Thanks Fiona - that worked well - Mervyn Buckingham

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**Author:** ![mervynjohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@mervynjohn](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/mervynjohn)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 8:07am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/gedcom-file-from-rootsmagic-to-findmypast-and-ancestry/4524/7 "2022-05-11T08:07:10Z")

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Thanks for the advice - Mervyn Buckingham