Step 1:
Sign in to your ancestry.com account:
Step 2: Click on "Family Trees"
Step 3: Click on the family tree you want to export:
Step 4: Click on "Tree pages"
Step 5: Click on "Tree Settings"
Step 6: Click on "Export tree". Save your family tree file to your computer. Don't worry, your family tree will still be in ancestry.com, this will only make a COPY of your family tree when it's exported.
That's it!! Once your family tree has exported, it will be a GEDCOM file, which means you can import it to any genealogy software of your choice. Have fun!!
GEDCOM stands for GEnealogical Data COMmunication.
![](https://www.tmgenealogy.com/1bp/-DumlbfH_Th8/UbD9n1soMQI/AAAAAAAAM0k/xNL3lfO-Vb4/s640/exporting+from+ancestry0.jpg)
Step 2: Click on "Family Trees"
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Step 3: Click on the family tree you want to export:
![](https://www.tmgenealogy.com/3bp/-DN9NL6DtsMA/UbF1ZA1cXMI/AAAAAAAAM08/f6k27p-7Rgk/s640/exporting+from+ancestry2.jpg)
Step 4: Click on "Tree pages"
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Step 5: Click on "Tree Settings"
![](https://www.tmgenealogy.com/1bp/-mNGGbXw6Tx0/UbGcC-0PHxI/AAAAAAAAM2I/_TXDsE2qOj8/s640/exporting+from+ancestry3.jpg)
Step 6: Click on "Export tree". Save your family tree file to your computer. Don't worry, your family tree will still be in ancestry.com, this will only make a COPY of your family tree when it's exported.
![](https://www.tmgenealogy.com/4bp/-pDxBZTk9OK4/UbF1aqcW5cI/AAAAAAAAM1k/DXQrM-jRQ7Y/s640/exporting+from+ancestry7.jpg)
That's it!! Once your family tree has exported, it will be a GEDCOM file, which means you can import it to any genealogy software of your choice. Have fun!!
GEDCOM stands for GEnealogical Data COMmunication.