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Tools Menu

This menu regroups all the tools to explore, manipulate and analyse genealogical data.

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Each of these actions is described below.

When the action has its own description page - it is bold - click on it to get all the details about it.

Certain menu actions only apply to the selected genealogy and will therefore only be available if one is open. Otherwise they will be greyed out. To enable them, open a genealogy.

Genealogy Search

SearchSearches for individualscommon in commonancestors with other Ancestris users.

Registers Records

AllowsLets you to enter deedscertificates directly from registers, or use digitalized registers, to retrieve records (birth-marriage, death, other) and then integrate them into your genealogy.

Datulator

DisplayHelps ayou calculationcalculate tool,dates specificallyfrom designeddate intervals for datesthe andsame or different calendars. Quite useful when weyou wantneed to estimate dates to searchbe searched from deedscertificates already found.

Calculator

DisplayDisplays a simple calculator to avoid having to search for an external one.

 


Validate Gedcom Compliance and data consistency

DetectDetects non-compliance with the Gedcom standard and consistencyanomalies anomalies.in the genealogy.

Merge duplicates

IdentifyIdentifies duplicatesduplicate entities and mergemerges them.

 


Common ancestor

IdentifyIdentifies common ancestors between two individuals on your genealogy.

Quick Reports

RunRuns a reports directly from the reports immediately.menu.

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Flash List

RunRuns the Flash List report toof the selected individual.

Family Groups

RunRuns the Family groups report.

Close Relatives

RunRuns the Close Relatives report.

Lists and Reports

OpenOpens the Lists and Reports window, which gives access to a large set of reports Ancestris can perform on your genealogy, except those described above.

Publication

Publish your genealogy on a file or on the Internet, Web site style. Ancestris proposes two variants.

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Web Book

Generates a genealogy  under a form of Web pages, locally or on a remote server.

Web Site

Generates a Web site.

Print of current view

Prints the selected view. A preview window will open.

Please note that only the Dynamic Tree view can properly be printed at the moment.