Adding Media Items in Family Tree Maker

Family Tree Maker has the ability to add media items such as photos, video, audio, and documents to your family tree. This article discusses the following:

• Adding a media item to your tree
• Adding and linking a media item to an individual
• Privatizing Media in Family Tree Maker 2012-2014

Adding a media item to your tree

1. Go to the Media workspace and click on the Collection tab. This displays thumbnails of the media items you’ve added to your tree.

   

2. Click the Add button in the toolbar above the editing panel in the upper right of the screen and click on Add New Media…

   

3. Use the Select Media Item window to browse to where the image is located on your computer. When you find the image you want to add to your tree to click on it to select it and click Open.

   Note: If you want to add more than one media item you can use Control button and then select several images in the window before clicking Open.

4. A message window will open to ask whether you want to Copy this file to the media folder for this tree and link to it there or Link to this file where it is (without copying it). We recommend that you choose to Copy to ensure you save it as a media item in the media folder for your tree.
5. Click the checkbox for the category you want this item to belong to; you can select multiple categories if necessary.
6. Click Ok and the media item will be added to your tree.

   

    

1. Right-click on the person in your index for whom you would like to add a media item to and click Edit Person.

   

2. Select the Media tab at the top of the edit window and click on New.

   

3. Use the Select Media Item window to locate where the image is saved on your computer. Select the media item you would like to add to your tree and click Open.

   Note: If you want to add more than one media item you can hold down the Control button and then select several images in the window before clicking Open.

4. A message window will open to ask whether you want to Copy this file to the media folder for this tree and link to it there or Link to this file where it is (without copying it). We recommend that you choose to Copy to ensure you save it as a media item in the media folder for your tree.
5. Click the checkbox for the category you want this item to belong to; you can select multiple categories if necessary.
6. Click Ok and the media item will be added and linked to your individual.

   

    

In Family Tree Maker 2012-2014 you can privatize media items to prevent them from syncing when you have your tree linked to your tree on Ancestry.

Privatize media for a person

1. Right-click on the person in your index that has a media item you want to privatize and click Edit Person.

   

2. Select the Media tab at the top of the edit window to see their media.
3. Right-click on the media item you want to privatize in the media window and click on Mark Private.

   

   Note: If you want to privatize more than one media item you can hold down the Control button and then select several images in the window before clicking Privatize Media. If you want to privatize all items in the window you can hold the Ctrl button and press A on your keyboard to select all media showing in the window before clicking Privatize Media.

4. You will see that the item is now private from the padlock icon that shows with the image.

   

1. Go to the Media workspace and click on the Collection tab. This displays thumbnails of the media items you’ve added to your tree.

   

2. Right-click on the media item you want to privatize in the media window and click on Mark Private.

   

   Note:If you want to add more than one media item you can hold down the Control button and then select several images in the window before clicking Privatize Media. If you want to privatize all items in the window you can hold the Ctrl button and press A on your keyboard to select all media showing in the window before clicking Privatize Media.

3. You will see that the item is now private from the padlock icon that shows with the image.