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Why have I selected this method? By law, all works are copyrighted at time of creation to a permanent form. I have spent a lot of time on this project and I don't want what I have done sold en masse or restricted in its use. This seems the best way to clarify how what I have compiled may be used.

I suggest becoming familiar with the Creative Commons and with the work done by Lawrence Lessig and his books, Code, The Future of Ideas, and Free Culture. Most, if not all, of Free Culture is available online.

How to install a gedcom.

• Make sure you have a genealogy program that can read Gedcom 5.5; Family Tree Maker, the LDS Personal Ancestral File, and The Master Genealogist can all read these files, as can many other programs. If you are using a Macintosh, then Reunion is the program you will need. It does not indicate online whether it imports Gedcom 5.5, but I would be surprised if it did not.
  
• Make sure you have a program that can unzip a .zip file. WinZip is one that can do this.
  
• Download the gedcom, and if necessary WinZip. WinZip may unpack itself but you will need it (or a similar program) to open the gedcom.
  
• Once you genealogy program has been downloaded and unzipped, you can import the gedcom file. That command is likely under the File menu.
  
• I suggest that you import the file into a new file (or project), don't initially import it into your working one.
  
• If the program asks if it should create new tags (land and probate are 2 of 3 or 4 that I created), say yes.