I am currently trying Reunion via the free trial in demo mode. My main trees are in Ancestry and I currently use FTM 2019 to download my Ancestry trees to work offline or to make changes that I do not want to appear in the Ancestry trees. I find FTM very limiting and do not like that the user interface and work space cannot be changed. Reunion has been great and I am enjoying the ability to customize the work space to my liking.
A couple beginner questions that I could not find answers to the online manual/user guide and am hoping to gain knowledge from experienced Reunion users:
1) I have some pictures that have relatives on both my maternal and paternal sides of the family. Is the best way to bring the pictures into Reunion by making the pictures a family picture for both my maternal side and also making them a family picture on the paternal side as well--creating 2 separate links for each side of the family or is there a better way to do it?
2) When trying to crop a picture and make a face the "preferred picture" for an individual, I notice that I end up with thumbnails that are different sizes. Is there a way to make the crop so that the thumbnails of the referred picture are the same size in both family and tree views?
3) What is the best way to download my Ancestry trees and import the trees into Reunion (with the least amount of clean-up work)? It seems I could export my Ancestry trees as gedcom files and import the gedcom files into Reunion. Another option would be to use FTM to download the Ancestry trees which would include the photos, documents and sources that are currently in my Ancestry trees. Then use FTM to create a gedcom file and import the FTM gedcom into Reunion. Since I am using Reunion in demo mode I am not able to test which is the best way to proceed. Any suggestions.
Thanks for your help and assistance.
GDV
A couple beginner questions that I could not find answers to the online manual/user guide and am hoping to gain knowledge from experienced Reunion users:
1) I have some pictures that have relatives on both my maternal and paternal sides of the family. Is the best way to bring the pictures into Reunion by making the pictures a family picture for both my maternal side and also making them a family picture on the paternal side as well--creating 2 separate links for each side of the family or is there a better way to do it?
2) When trying to crop a picture and make a face the "preferred picture" for an individual, I notice that I end up with thumbnails that are different sizes. Is there a way to make the crop so that the thumbnails of the referred picture are the same size in both family and tree views?
3) What is the best way to download my Ancestry trees and import the trees into Reunion (with the least amount of clean-up work)? It seems I could export my Ancestry trees as gedcom files and import the gedcom files into Reunion. Another option would be to use FTM to download the Ancestry trees which would include the photos, documents and sources that are currently in my Ancestry trees. Then use FTM to create a gedcom file and import the FTM gedcom into Reunion. Since I am using Reunion in demo mode I am not able to test which is the best way to proceed. Any suggestions.
Thanks for your help and assistance.
GDV
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