Photos & documents

Upload a file

1. Open a person's profile, go to the Media tab, and click Upload.
2. Select one or more files. Maximum size: 50 MB per file.
3. Add a caption, date, and place if available.
4. Click Save.

The Media tab on a person's profile with the Add media button.

Classify a document

For each file you can assign a document type to make searching easier:

Birth certificate · Marriage certificate · Census · Military record · Will · Title deed · Other

Add a source (county archive, town hall, private collection…) to record where the document came from.

Link media to a person

From a person's profile — files uploaded in the Media tab are automatically linked to that person.

From the media library — in the sidebar click Media, open the file, then click Link to a person and select the profile.

The media library showing all uploaded files across the family group.

Set a portrait

1. On a person's profile, in the Media tab, hover the photo.
2. Click Set as portrait.

The portrait is shown in tree views and the people list.