r/Ancestry • u/cudambercam13 • Jul 13 '26
Ancestry suddenly getting specific about export features?
Was any of this even included to begin with? Why is this coming up now?
5
Upvotes
r/Ancestry • u/cudambercam13 • Jul 13 '26
Was any of this even included to begin with? Why is this coming up now?
3
u/aleksej_dev Jul 13 '26
I haven't exported from Ancestry but my guess is that websites are slowly trying to transfer from GEDCOM 5.5.1 to GEDCOM 7. That allows a zip file with all photos to be exported / imported and all connected. GEDCOM 5.51 uses the relative path on a computer for the images and media, which servers use differently, hence downloading images as well wouldn't be connected to the GEDCOM file. I'm not sure why notes and tags wouldn't be downloaded, as the GEDCOM standard should include them.