From their profile page,
click the Gallery tab.
Bring your tree to life with photos and stories.
Bring your tree to life with photos and stories.
Bring your tree to life
with photos and stories.
A picture can give you a very real sense of a person you may not have met, and a childhood anecdote can give new insight into a relative. Let us walk you through how to bring life and color to your tree by adding photos and documents.
Bonus! Adding photos and stories can help other Ancestry® members make discoveries and verify their own information.
A picture can give you a very real sense of a person you may not have met, and a childhood anecdote can give new insight into a relative. Let us walk you through how to bring life and color to your tree by adding photos and documents.
Bonus! Adding photos and stories can help other Ancestry® members make discoveries and verify their own information.
A picture can give you a very real sense of a person you may not have met, and a childhood anecdote can give new insight into a relative. Let us walk you through how to bring life and color to your tree by adding photos and documents.
Bonus! Adding photos and stories can help other Ancestry® members make discoveries and verify their own information.
1
Click on a person in your
tree. In the pop-up
menu, click Profile.
2
3
From the gallery, click
Add and select
Upload Photos.
4
On the Upload Photos page, click Choose files.
(Pro tip! You can also just drag
photos onto the page.)
5
Select the photo on
your computer and
click Open.
6
Enter any information you want to include and click Done.
1
Click on a person in your
tree. In the pop-up
menu, click Profile.
2
From their profile page,
click the Gallery tab.
3
From the gallery, click
Add and select
Upload Photos.
1
Click on a person in your tree. In the pop-up menu, click Profile.
2
From their profile page, click the
Gallery tab.
3
From the gallery, click Add and select
Upload Photos.
1
Click on a person in your tree. In the pop-up menu, click Profile.
2
From their profile page, click the Gallery tab.
3
From the gallery, click Add and select
Upload Photos.
4
On the Upload Photos page, click
Choose files.
(Pro tip! You can also just drag photos onto
the page.)
5
Select the photo on your computer and
click Open.
6
Enter any information you want to include
and click Done.
4
On the Upload Photos page, click
Choose files.
(Pro tip! You can also just drag photos onto
the page.)
5
Select the photo on your computer and
click Open.
6
Enter any information you want to include
and click Done.
4
m-On the Upload Photos
page, click Choose files.
(Pro tip! You can also just drag
photos onto the page.)
On the Upload Photos
page, click Choose files.
(Pro tip! You can also just drag
photos onto the page.)
5
Select the photo on
your computer and
click Open.
6
m-Enter any information you want to include
and click Done.
Enter any information
you want to include and
click Done.
Add details to get the most out of your new photos and documents:
Add details to get the most out of your new photos and documents:
- Use the Title field to name your photo or doc.
- Use the What kind of media is this? menu to categorize the file by file type.
- Use the Date and Place fields to indicate the file’s origins.
(Important! To appear in a LifeStory, a media file must be dated.) - Use the Description field to enter any other notes or a caption.
- Use the Title field to name your photo or doc.
- Use the What kind of media is this? menu to categorize the file by file type.
- Use the Date and Place fields to indicate the file’s origins.
(Important! To appear in a LifeStory, a media file must be dated.) - Use the Description field to enter any other notes or a caption.
And there you have it—you’ve added a photo or document to your family tree, making it that much richer.
Remember, if your tree is public, your file will be also, and other members will be able to save it their trees.
And there you have it—you’ve added a photo or document to your family tree, making it that much richer.
Remember, if your tree is public, your file will be also, and other members will be able to save it their trees.