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Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 2 Send Message	Carolyn	Report	29 Jun 2003 10:45
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 2 Send Message	If I build my tree, and another family builds theirs, how can I link the two together (initially I will want to link mine with my sister-in-law's)?
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 376 Send Message	Alison	Report	29 Jun 2003 11:43
	If you both use a GEDCOM compatible programme then you should be able to save each others trees onto disc.You can then load them onto your own machine and make the necessary links this way.
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 2 Send Message	Carolyn	Report	29 Jun 2003 18:00
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 2 Send Message	Thanks Alison, unfortunately I have only just started and am only using this site, no other software. Is there any way to connect on this site? Can you recommend any other suitable software?
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 193 Send Message	Pamela	Report	29 Jun 2003 18:54
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 193 Send Message	one of you needs to find a common ancestor listed on the site belonging to the other, and click on it to send a message, when you have sent the message the contact will appear on your contacts list with the options of opening your tree to the other and indicating the ancestral link, the recipeient then does the same. Something along these lines, maybe you an link while composing the messge, I forget, anyway give it a whirl. Pam