I am posting a series on transferring Media Files between genealogy software programs and an Ancestry Member Tree using a GEDCOM export. Here are the posts to date:
* Transferring Media Files Between Software Programs - Post 1: Project Defined and RootsMagic GEDCOM Created
* Transferring Media Files Between Software Programs - Post 2: RootsMagic GEDCOM Imported to Family Tree Maker 2014
* Transferring Media Files Between Software Programs - Post 3: RootsMagic GEDCOM Imported to Legacy Family Tree 7.5
In this post, I'm going to import the GEDCOM file created using RootsMagic 6 into an Ancestry Member Tree and see if all of the Media Files transfer during this process.
Note that Ancestry Member Trees are FREE to create (with a free registration) or upload via GEDCOM, but registered users cannot access Ancestry.com record databases or other Ancestry Member Trees without subscribing to Ancestry.com.
1) The GEDCOM import into a new Ancestry Member Tree went easily and quickly. On an Ancestry.com page, I ran my mouse over the "Family Tree" button in the main menu and selected "Upload a GEDCOM" from the list. On the "Upload a Family Tree" page, I browsed my file folders and selected the GEDCOM file, unchecked the box to make the new tree public, added a short description, and checked the "I accept the Submission Agreement" box.
I clicked on the orange "Upload" button and the GEDCOM file uploaded. I didn't count the minutes to do this.
2) After the upload, I checked the "Tree Settings" link, and changed the "home person" to myself:
The Tree Overview page told me that I had 50 persons, no photos, no stories and no records. I figured it would take some time to upload the media.
3) After some time, I went to my father's "Pedigree" view and saw:
There were already green leaf Hints. I ran my mouse over my father's name, and picked the "View profile" icon and saw the person profile:
I clicked on the "Media Gallery" tab and saw:
Huh? The media did not upload! The other people also had no media attached to them.
Then I remembered that Ancestry Member Trees do not upload media from the user's computer via a GEDCOM file. Duh!
4) The screen above told me that there were 10 historical records, 1 family tree, and 8 photos and stories in the "Hints" section. I clicked on the "Hints" tab and saw:
I went through the "Hints," and all of them applied to my father, and I attached them to my father's profile, except for the Ancestry Member Trees hint which I ignored.
After attaching the 10 historical records (found by Ancestry.com searching their record databases) and the 8 Photos (which had been attached to other Ancestry Member Trees - mine!), I looked at the "Media Gallery." The attached Photos showed up, and I quickly attached the head shot to "Make primary photo" (lower right-hand corner in the screen below):
When I click he "Return" link (top-left corner) and see the "Media Gallery" again, I see the profile photo and the 8 Photos that were attached through the Hints:
If I go back to the "Overview" tab, I will see the added Historical Records also, but only as Facts and sources, not as media images. I clicked on the Residence Fact for the 1930 U.s. census and saw:
The information attached to this Fact is provided, along with the source citation and a thumbnail image of the actual census page. If I click on the title of the source citation, in this case "1930 United States Federal census" and could see the record summary for that record. From there, I could view the actual record image.
5) So the answer to the challenge is: NO media are transferred using a GEDCOM file to an Ancestry Member Tree.
However, users can manually upload media to a person in an Ancestry Member Tree, or attach photos and historical records to each person from Ancestry.com record databases and other Ancestry Member Trees.
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Copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
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