IMPORT A GENEALOGY


To import a genealogy means simply to load a genealogy in Ancestris.

Ancestris is a software that reads a file in text format with an architecture defined by the Gedcom standard (international standard for information exchange between genealogy softwares). Many softwares don't respect scrupulously this standard (use of installations, specific parameters,...). Consequence: the loss of information during exchanges between genealogists. That's the reason why we decide to make Ancestris totally compliant with the gedcom specifications. Ancestris is 100% Gedcom!

To import a genealogy in Ancestris, two situations:

 Your software is capable of exporting data to Gedcom format. Ancestris will read them without problems.
 Your software is unable to export your data to Gedcom format, except to create a « perfume » of a Gedcom format, you must retype all your data directly in Ancestris.

Even in the first situation, since most softwares only respect Gedcom standard partially, your original file is probably not perfect. This is where you really start to appreciate Ancestris:

 Ancestris will read your file, even if it is not Gedcom compliant.
 Ancestris specific tools were designed to allow the correction of certain errors of other softwares. We cannot correct everything, but will surely fix most of them.




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