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Entering a register is possible with Ancestris using the Registers records module. This module is described in detail in the Registers records page. We invite you to read the corresponding section. This module must be installed from Menu / Personalization / ...

This menu regroups the main actions to customize Ancestris. 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. Preferences Sets the user preferences and cust...

This action imports a Gedcom file. Only Gedcom format files can be imported in Ancestris. Upon clicking Import, Ancestris will launch the import wizard which will guide you in the process. The first screen gives you some explanations.   Then Ancestris w...

This action opens a genealogy. In Ancestris, a genealogy is stored in a file in the Gedcom format. Ancestris asks you for the name of a Gedcom file to open. Choose it and click Open. Two cases can arise: Either the file you specify is a file origin...

This action helps you create a new genealogy. Below is the image of the first page of the wizard that will guide you. This wizard has already been described in this documentation. Please refer to the full description at the page Discover Ancestris > Cre...

The general search bar lets you to find any type of information anywhere in open genealogy files and in the Ancestris application itself. The search can be run on several Gedcom files at the same time. Description Entry field The entry field is used to e...

The navigation bar allows you to navigate forward and backward in the navigation history, i.e. the list of all the entities successively selected since the opening of the last genealogy. Description The navigation bar includes three buttons to navigate in ...

The Ancestris Main Window Toolbar is a horizontal bar displaying a number of tools in the form of icons. It is located between the menu bar and the workspace. There are also Toolbars for windows other than the main window. They are described in the correspo...

The Context menu provides actions that depend on an object and that will apply to it. Most of these actions are additional to the ones you can find in the menu bar, keyboard shortcuts, or the toolbar. You access the context menu when you right-click an objec...

This menu regroups all the actions to handle Ancestris windows. 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.   Welcome Page Opens the Welcome page. It...

As an Ancestris user, you often give us special cases of events to capture. One of the questions from a user today was for example: One person was buried, then exhumed before being buried in another village.How to deal with this, knowing that one cannot us...

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

This menu regroups all the actions to access the genealogical views and editors for the selected genealogy. 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. ...

This menu regroups all the actions to make global changes to your genealogical data: undo, redo, cut, copy, paste, find, replace, delete, numbering, mark. Each of these actions is described below. When the action has its own description page - it is bold ...

This menu regroups all the actions to handle genealogy files, to change file properties and to exit Ancestris. In Ancestris, a genealogy file is a Gedcom file. Each of these actions is described below. When the action has its own description page - it is...

The Menu Bar of Ancestris gives you access to all available actions via 7 menus. Logic of the menu organisation To easily find the actions you are looking for, here is the organisation we chose for the menus. File Menu This menu regroups all the actions ...

Current entity, current genealogy At any point in time within Ancestris, if one or more genealogies are open, a genealogical entity is selected. It can be an individual, a family, a source, etc. This entity is the centre of the action. This entity becomes t...

Ancestris workspace is organised in tab groups. Tab groups In the example below, we have four tab groups. They have been highlighted with 4 different colours. You can have as many groups as you want. Tab groups can be of various sizes. To change its size...

Ancestris's Main Window is the one you see when the software opens. In case no genealogy is opened, only the Welcome page appears. If a genealogy opens up, you will see several windows showing different elements of this genealogy. This window has a title,...

This action combines two genealogies into one. Please note it does not analyse nor merge duplicates that might appear. Another tool will do this. Refer to the Merge duplicates page for details about this. Description The principle of this tool is to combi...