# Welcome page

The **Welcome page** helps you get started with Ancestris as well as in its daily use.

## Description

The Welcome page is automatically opened the first time you use Ancestris.

It includes 3 tabs.

### Getting Started

[![en-welcome-getting-started.png](https://docs.ancestris.org/uploads/images/gallery/2020-09/scaled-1680-/en-welcome-getting-started.png)](https://docs.ancestris.org/uploads/images/gallery/2020-09/en-welcome-getting-started.png)

This tab contains the main elements necessary to get started.

These elements are accessible via the corresponding buttons.

- **Creating or migrating a genealogy**
- **Two examples** of genealogy, Kennedys and Bourbons French kings
- The **Ancestris flyer**
- Access to a **guided tour**
- The role of the **Ancestris association** to offer you this software.
- And the possibility of **making a donation** to Ancestris to support our development.

### My Ancestris

[![en-welcome-my-ancestris.png](https://docs.ancestris.org/uploads/images/gallery/2020-09/scaled-1680-/en-welcome-my-ancestris.png)](https://docs.ancestris.org/uploads/images/gallery/2020-09/en-welcome-my-ancestris.png)

The second tab is for daily use.

It gives a quick access to the latest genealogy files used. A click on the red cross removes the name from the history.

It also gives you a quick access to open a genealogy or to modify your preferences.

Finally, it gives you the list of the lastest modifications of the software. Click on a message to be taken to the forum where you can see the entire message as well as the complete list..

### Help

[![en-welcome-help.png](https://docs.ancestris.org/uploads/images/gallery/2020-09/scaled-1680-/en-welcome-help.png)](https://docs.ancestris.org/uploads/images/gallery/2020-09/en-welcome-help.png)

This tab of the Welcome page gives you direct access to the main chapters of this comprehensive documentation.

## Usage

Access the different functions by clicking on the corresponding tab and button.

<p class="callout info">To see the full background image, click on the image.</p>

<p class="callout success">It is also possible to change the background image by **ctrl+clicking** on the image.</p>

A click on the Ancestris logo takes you to the Ancestris website.

## Customization

It is possible not to display the Welcome page every time Ancestris is opened.

If you want to hide the Welcome page at startup, uncheck the **Show at startup** check box.

- Uncheck this check box so that the welcome page will not appear after the next startup.
- To display it again, go to the **Window/Welcome Page** menu to make it appear, then you can check the box.