Download your FamilySearch tree as GEDCOM
FamilySearch exports up to eight generations of your ancestors as a GEDCOM 7 file from its download page. Drop the file here — GEDCOM 7 opens as easily as the older versions.
The steps
Sign in to FamilySearch and open the page familysearch.org/innovate/export. Press the export button: the file starts with you as the first generation and goes back eight generations of ancestors. Where a person has several spouses, the preferred one is exported.
GEDCOM 7
FamilySearch writes the newest version of the standard, which some programs and sites cannot import yet. Open it here and save it as GEDCOM 5.5.1 — the version every program reads.
What is left out
Photos and other memories, and descendants beyond your direct line. For more, programs that sync with FamilySearch such as RootsMagic, Ancestral Quest or Legacy can export larger trees.