Extract text from FTZ files
To convert your FTZ file to another format, you need Family Tree Builder or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Genealogy Data Archive" file type, you need software like Family Tree Builder or a similar tool.
A .FTZ file is primarily a compressed genealogy project archive. While predominantly associated with MyHeritage Family Tree Builder as a project package, it is also utilized by Family Tree Heritage Gold and mistakenly identified with Family Tree Maker backups.
Technically, this file is a standard ZIP container that bundles your family tree database (often as a FTB or GED file) along with media assets like photos and scanned documents. The core problem users face is proprietary lock-in: a .FTZ file cannot be directly uploaded to Ancestry.com, 23andMe, or opened in web browsers. To move your data, you must convert the internal database to the industry-standard GEDCOM (.GED) format. For preserving charts and visuals, converting to PDF is essential. For simply recovering lost photos, the file can often be treated as a generic ZIP archive.
Convert.Guru analyzes your FTZ file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted FTT, ZIP, PDF, TXT, FTW, BIN, JPG, FZZ, SPV, SKP, PKPASS, RAR and SDOCX files.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our FTZ converter.