NEWBIE: How can I get a FTM 2024 file into RM10?
RM cannot directly import a FTM file later than 2014.1 or thereabouts. You could export a GEDCOM from FTM and import it into RM. Or you could sync your FTM database to an Ancestry Tree and then use RM’s TreeShare download to bring the data into a new RM database.
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Thanks Tom, will this also being in the media files?
Where are the media Files? if the gedcoms, contain the media location (file/path) – they should get “imported correctly. Neither FTM nor RM database really had the media files themselves (unless it is a full backup file with media). Example my media is in FamilyTree/Media – nearly all my programs get pointed to that same folder (RM , FH, or FTM). FTM might have the appearance as having media inside the database but does not. RM does make a small “thumb” image and that is the only part that is in database.
Kevin
below is a help link
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as Tom suggested.
However, personally when I moved form FTM to RM– I used the opportunity to name and link all media form scratch because FTM had media with unfriendly names. (yes much more initial work ) I came up with a naming convention.
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If you download the Ancestry tree via TreeShare in RM, be aware that it will create a new Folder with the name of your database followed with “_Media” with all your Media in it.
I does NOT keep your file structure (if you have one).
Ancestry will give each one a random number (which you can change)
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Use a gedcom from FTM to RM. Do not download from ancestry or you will get meaningless media file names. If you have organized your FTM media with useful names and family subfolders you don’t want to lose that. RM has an excellent find missing media tool and it is easy to point RM at your old media folder. Do not plan on going back to FTM from RM since the latter puts out a very garbled gedcom for FTM.
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I was planning to move my moms FMT synced with ANC to my RM10, she has 7,930 people and 3,200 media files from 40+ yrs of research. These responses sound like I need to keep it where it is.
well yes I would do that also– I was more referring to starting a 2nd tree and building that from scratch if you were unhappy with media, citations and/or sources. I usually have current versions plus 2 previous versions (not public) on Ancestry. Just was stating what I did, it would have been more work to fix all the broken stuff I found under FTM/ANC then redo with RM (and later upload to ANC)
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Thanks for the advice. That’s what I needed. I’ll be publishing her tree, and keeping it intact for the next person with the bug.
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