File Menu (L)

This menu allows generating genealogies, change file properties and quit Ancestris.

Each of these actions is described below.

The actions in need of more deeper explanations will have a dedicated page, that you can find ahead.

Create a genealogy genealogy 

Starts a wizard to help you craete a genealogy from scratch.

Open <Default File> (check Preferences)

Open the default file, previously chosen by you on the Preferences, menu Options/Preferences, Files tab.

This option is only available when a default file has been chosen. Else, it will be greyed out.

Open a genealogy

Open an existing genealogy, from a Gedcom file.

If the Gedcom file comes from a different software, Ancestris will detect it and start the importing process.

Import

Open a file created by a different genealogy software.

Currently we can only import Gedcom files.

This actions allows us to choose the original software, while a simple opening action may not detect ir correctly.

Merge genealogies

Merge two genealogies together, meaning adding two different Gedcom files without generating ocasional duplicates.

Properties

Open the wizard and edit the properties of the genealogy file : author, places format, multimedia folders, preferred Gedcom standard, etc.

This wizard allows :

• reformat all places to the correct jurisdictions.
• generate all multimedia files on the genealogy and reattach them, in case they have been moved around.
• change from Gedcom 5.5 to 5.5.1 and vice-versa

This action is only available if you have a Gedcom file selected.

Add to Favourites

Add the selected Gedcom file to Favourites.

Must have a Gedcom file open.

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Save

Save the selected Gedcom file.

If there are other open Gedcom files, they will not be saved.

For security reasons, Ancestris keeps a number of backup copies : this number can be changed on Options / Preferences / Files, Number of Backups.

This function is only available if the selected Gedcom file was changed and not yet saved.

Save as...

Save all or part of a file under another name.

Particularly, it allows to extract a branch or part of your genealogy under the form of an independent Gedcom file.

Export

Export a genealogy to other genealogy spaces, such as Geneanet, Geneweb or CousinsGenWeb.

It is important to note that since Ancestris saves the content of your genealogy directly in Gedcom format, the Ancestris Gedcom file is directly usable by all genealogy software worldwide.

However, not all of them implement the standard in exactly the same way.

Therefore, it is to be perfectly well used by the 3 platforms mentioned above, that the export slightly transforms the Ancestris file.

Close

Close the Gedcom file at use, without exiting Ancestris.

Exit

Exit Ancestris.