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.

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Pre-requisites

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

Description

Usage

Across different genealogies

For different genealogies, etc.

Copying Media files

If some of the entities you want to copy across involve some Media files, you will want these Media to appear correctly in the destination genealogy. Several conditions will be necessary to achieve that.

• The media files will need to be located on your computer
• The file path indicated in your genealogy media information within Ancestris will need to indicate the correct location of the files.
• You will probably want the media files to be stored in the same filing structure as the other media files that are already used within the destination genealogy. This will require to copy the media files from their current location to a location of your choice.

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

1. Media well displayed on the source genealogy: the source genealogy from which you want to copy information is displayed correctly with the media files when you open this genealogy in Ancestris.
2. Media not displayed on the source genealogy: Ancestris cannot display media files propertly. This could be due to missing files or because you received this genealogy without the media files.

In the first situation, the media files are accessible and found and Ancestris. They are located on your computer in some directories and you will need 

Within the same genealogy

Within the same ennealogy, etc.

Copying Media files

This possibility is not applicable within the same genealogy. It would not make sense.

Customization

There are no customization settings for this tool.