You have your TNG site ready and waiting for the family to arrive by GEDCOM. The file has been prepared, it has been updated and cleaned, and now we can import all of your family data into TNG.
For this article, I am going to use my own TNG site at www.tng.benedicts.ca as my source and import the Benedict tree into my MWP site at http://benedict.one-name.net. There is old data at the MWP site, some 437 people and 174 families. My own TNG site has newer updates, with 774 people and 276 families. It is time to get the two sites aligned.
I just exported all of my data, including media links, out of the master TNG site and have the GEDCOM file, Benedict.ged, stored on my home computer. Let’s fire up the MWP site, log in as an administrator, and go to the Import/Export page. I’ll take you through the straight-line process and we can explore options in an upcoming article.
Import GEDCOM:
The first thing is to choose the GEDCOM file that is on your computer. Click the “Choose File” button to get a pop-up window that you can use to select the right GEDCOM file. We will look at the “From web site” alternative later on, so ignore it for now.
On the check boxes, I select “Accept data for all new Custom Event Types”. I know that there are customized events coming from my master site, so I do want to make sure they work on the MWP site. TNG will now automatically add all those new Custom Event Types and set them to “Accept”.
Import Into:
Now we need to tell TNG where to place the data. You do need to set up at least one tree in TNG for this to work. If this is a new TNG site without a first tree, then use the “Add New Tree” button to create one. Otherwise, use the pull-down list to instruct TNG on which tree should be the recipient of your GEDCOM data.
You cannot have multiple trees in any one GEDCOM file; it won’t work for TNG. TNG expects all of the data in a GEDCOM file to be associated with one tree in TNG. If you have multiple trees in your home computer, you will need matching GEDCOM files when you want to populate TNG.
Replace:
I am going to replace all current data. This means that any previous data will be overwritten by the new GEDCOM data. This is usually fine if you are using this TNG site as a backup to another site or the application on your computer. Or starting a fresh new TNG site. Otherwise, you might want to read the article on the options. Also check the articles on the file backup and file restore utilities.
The remaining check boxes are your decisions and preferences. I do have media (photos, documents, headstones and the like) that will also be imported, separately. By checking “Import media if present”, the images will show up in TNG in the right places.
Two notes:
- Importing a GEDCOM does not import the media itself. It only imports the links that connect the media to your individuals and families. You have to import the media as a separate operation, as described in TNG: How to import media.
- When importing new media, you will need to manually link them to the desired individuals.
Success! We brought in 774 people, 276 families, sources, notes, media links and places.
My text task is to get the media imported into the right places.
For information:
I wanted to upgrade TNG11 to TNG12 and then import a revised GED file from Family Historian. The upgrade seemed to go well but I could not import the GED file.
Eventually I installed TNG12 from new but I then had a problem with the re-naming of the backups and gedcom folders. The problem here turned out to be the ftp program (WinSCP) which had to be exited after the re-naming and then re-run in order to accept the changed names.
The problem with the GED import turned out to be the format used by Family Historian. Exporting the GED file to Standard GEDCOM solved the problem.
Kourtney: the tng.one-name.net website is reserved for participating members of the Guild of One-Name Studies. I cannot find you as registered with the Guild, although I may be mistaken on this. So, I am not able to assist you.
I am redoing my whole page from scratch and for the life of me I cannot get my GEDCOM to import. When I try from my computer I get a message: Cannot open file. Your GEDCOM file may be larger than the maximum size allowed by your PHP installation. You can ask your provider to increase the ‘upload_max_filesize’ value, or you can copy your file to the ‘gedcom’ folder on your site and import it from there instead.
I used FileZilla to copy my GEDCOM into my gedcom folder in my TNG folders. However when I select the OR from web site I get a massive list of choices of items for Select File. If I try to Open Folder: Gedcom (with the name I called it) It does nothing.
Thoughts?
David; I did check your login when it was set up and it worked then. Tried today and not so good. As you say, you changed the password to something else, which I would not know, so, I reset your password and tested again.
When you log in, the default TNG site does not appear to change. There is one telltale upon successful login: the menu item changes from Login to Logout. Also, you will see the Administration menu item appear.
Regards the use of GEDCOM, refer to the wiki for articles. Although importing a GEDCOM is not added yet, the other articles should be a good guide. Also mentioned is a series of videos, including one on GEDCOM importing. Also review the articles from the “In the Beginning” section of the wiki in regards to handling passwords and trees.
Hello.
Am I missing something?
I receieved the ‘[ONS Analytics] Your username and password info’ email and have managed to get to a blank site http://glasper.one-name.net/
I have changed the password, but now, the actual site refused to accept my login.
As for actually uploading a GEDCOM….. there is no visible facility to do that. yet.
Presumably I have to manage to login – and that doesn’t seem to be going to happen anytime soon.
Any thoughts? or am I being obtuse?
Regards – David Probett 4737
Patricia Palmer has a TNG site, yes, but it is at: http://thorndyke.one-name.net. Pat has been successful at the GEDCOM upload, as her site now has close to 7,000 individuals and 2,600 families. However, the site’s homepage still needs a bit of landscaping work. And yes, I am in Calgary, Alberta. Denise: thanks for helping. -J.B.
Hi Patricia,
Did anyone ever respond to you? Technically, I am on your level, so I may not be correct. Based on Benedict’s web address, I don’t think he’s in the US. Assuming you are, and the name you set up for your TNG website is Thorndike, try http://www.thorndike.com. Or, if thorndike is not the name you set your page with, put that name in.
Hope this helps.
I am so sorry, I am sure it is me being thick but I have read this through twice but cannot see how to find my own new TNG website to put my own Gedcom file into. I have seen that I need to Login to my TNG site and put in my temporary password.
Could you tell me where to find the login. I can see that the example is via http://www.tng.benedict.ca so I typed http://www.tng.thorndike.ca but it was not recognised.
I am feeling stupid and frustrated as I really want to get this going. I have been researching since 1975 and obviously used everything from original records to modern day computer search. As a result I have lots of indexes in Word and Excel as well as Ancestry.com (where I have downloaded my Gedcom file). I had assumed I would be able to put my Word and Excel indexes on a website for other people to view but I understand this is not the case. When it is later transferred to the Guild’s MWP site will it be possible then?
Thank you.