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Copy entities across genealogies

This tool helps you copy genealogy individuals and complete family branches from one genealogy to another.

From a main entity, this tool can to copy it, attach it, or merge it to a different genealogy and bring along some or all the family tree linked to that main entity.

This main entity can be any entity type, an individual, a family, a note, a media, etc.

If media files are linked to the main entity and are to be copied as well to the receiving genealogy, Ancestris will offer to copy the media files as well and attach them properly to the newly copied media entities. 

This tool also lets you do this within the same genealogy although it makes less sense to do that.

This tool is also accessible when using Drag-n-Drop on an entity, and from the Context menu of an entity.

Both genealogies must be of the same Gedcom version and version 7 is necessary when using Associations.

 

Copying Media files

Regarding Media files, 2 situations can occur where you might need to adjust the media information.

  • Ideal situation: The source genealogy from which you want to copy information displays the media files correctly when you open this genealogy in Ancestris, 
  • Or else Ancestris cannot display them propertly. This could be due to missing files or because you received this genealogy without the media files


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