RMGB Converter

Extract text from RMGB files

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Drop or upload your .RMGB file

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How to extract text from your RMGB file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your RMGB file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert RMGB to another file type

To convert your RMGB file to another format, you need RootsMagic or other Backup software.

Convert a file to RMGB

To convert other file formats to the "Genealogy Archive" file type, you need software like RootsMagic or a similar tool.

About RMGB files

An .RMGB file is a compressed backup archive generated by RootsMagic, a popular genealogy software used to organize family trees and historical records. Internally, this file is actually a standard ZIP container that holds your primary database file (typically RMGC or .RMTREE) and associated metadata.

The main issue for users is that .RMGB files are not directly editable; they are strictly for storage and restoration. If you receive one from a relative or find an old archive, you cannot simply double-click to view the family tree without installing the specific version of RootsMagic that created it. Furthermore, because it is a proprietary backup format, sharing it with users of other software like Family Tree Maker or Ancestry is impossible without conversion.

For best results, users typically need to convert this file based on their goal:

For Data Transfer: Convert (or restore and export) to GED (GEDCOM). This is the universal standard for genealogy data, allowing import into almost any other platform.
For Quick Access: Rename the extension from .RMGB to ZIP. This allows you to extract the internal database file and any compressed media assets immediately without the original software.
For Archiving/Viewing: If you can restore the file, exporting charts to PDF or JPG provides a static, viewable version of the tree.

Convert.Guru analyzes your RMGB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted PAF, RMGC and RMG files.

FAQ

If you want to convert RMGB file to BAK, BACKUP, OLD, TMP, TEMP, ARC, ZIP, TAR, GZ, 7Z, RAR or ISO, you can use RootsMagic or similar software from the "Genealogy Data Backup" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert SNAPSHOT, OLD, IMG, RESTORE, ISO, COPY, VMDK, TMP, VHD, BAK, ARCHIVE or BACKUP files to RMGB, try RootsMagic or another comparable tool in the "Genealogy Data Backup" category.

The RMGB Converter Story

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 RMGB converter.