Startup question

[kthompsn]

Have a question. I maintain my tree online, in Ancestry.com, then download it as GEDcom file, then open with Ahnenblatt. On Ancestry, my son is designated as "root" or "home" entry, but when i open the GED file, a distant cousin always appears first. Have tried changing the "root" person in Ancestry to myself, get same result. I know that i can reset the start person (GOTO) in Ahnenblatt, just wondering how Ahnenblatt determines where to start?

[bjew]

Hi,
Gedcom (GED file) does not store Root Person, can be set only in Ahnenblatt

[Gast]

Ancestry.com currently uses Gedcom v5.5. The "root" person is the first individual record after the file header, in this case my son (INDI #6), with my record (INDI #1) immediately following. The individual that Ahnenblatt is selecting for initial display is INDI #3029, roughly one-third of the way through the file.
No criticism meant, just trying to understand how A_B settled on that person -- something anomolous in that record that i need to correct, vielleicht?

[kthompsn]

Beg pardon -- forgot to login before i replied to BJEW.
I also use GedView ( http://www.intronvaria.com/GedView.html ), which is strictly a Gedcom file view/print program. Apparently, it treats the first person on the file as the "root" person.

[bjew]

Hi,
I find the following entry in the Ahnenblatt-GED file:

1 GEDC
2 VERS 5.5.1
2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED
1 CHAR UTF-8
1 _NAVM 2
2 _NAVI @ I1865 @ <----------------------------

[kthompsn]

Point: changed the "root" person to myself, hoping to simplify matters. Half nicht.

Beginning of GED file from Ancestry:
0 HEAD
1 CHAR UTF-8
1 SOUR Ancestry.com Family Trees
2 VERS (2010.3)
2 NAME Ancestry.com Family Trees
2 CORP Ancestry.com
1 GEDC
2 VERS 5.5
2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED
0 @P1@ INDI
1 BAPM St Joseph RC Churchspons Donald Curtis & Elizabeth Jane Westrick
2 DATE 26 Jan 1947
2 PLAC Sylvania, Lucas, OH
1 SEX M
1 NAME Kenneth Edwin /Thompson/
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 Jan 1947
2 PLAC Toledo,Lucas,OH
1 FAMC @F2@
1 FAMS @F1@

Beginning of Ged file saved from Ahnenblatt -- was required to add "AUTHOR" tag, before SAVE allowed:
0 HEAD
1 SOUR AHN
2 VERS 2.88
2 NAME Ahnenblatt
2 CORP Dirk Boettcher
1 DATE 28 SEP 2015
2 TIME 13:15:39
1 SUBM @SUBM@
1 FILE Thompson_Fleming.ged
1 GEDC
2 VERS 5.5.1
2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED
1 CHAR UTF-8
1 _ORGSOUR Ancestry.com Family Trees
2 NAME Ancestry.com Family Trees (2010.3)
2 VERS (2010.3)
1 _NAVM 1
2 _NAVI @P3029@
1 _HOME @P3029@
0 @P1@ INDI
1 _UID C534A81231A748F7B44E5FE31C03768D30CB
1 BAPM St Joseph RC Churchspons Donald Curtis & Elizabeth Jane Westrick
2 DATE 26 JAN 1947
2 PLAC Sylvania, Lucas, OH
1 SEX M
1 NAME Kenneth Edwin /Thompson/
2 GIVN Kenneth Edwin
2 SURN Thompson
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JAN 1947
2 PLAC Toledo,Lucas,OH
1 FAMC @F2@
1 FAMS @F1@

Note that both _NAVI & _HOME are pointing to @P3029@,
who is:
0 @P3029@ INDI
1 _UID A6EEA2F982BC487AB6B8DA601B67720DD85F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1 SEP 1934
2 PLAC Defiance Co, OH
2 SOUR @S-1785483891@
3 NOTE http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1 ... try&gss=pt
3 DATA
4 TEXT Birth date: abt 1935 Birth place: Ohio Residence date: 1 Apr 1940 Residence place: Pike, Fulton, Ohio, United States
3 _APID 1,2442::38099156
1 RESI
2 DATE 1935
2 PLAC Rural, Defiance, Ohio
2 SOUR @S-1785483891@
3 NOTE http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1 ... try&gss=pt
3 DATA
4 TEXT Birth date: abt 1935 Birth place: Ohio Residence date: 1 Apr 1940 Residence place: Pike, Fulton, Ohio, United States
3 _APID 1,2442::38099156
1 RESI Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter
2 DATE 1 APR 1940
2 PLAC Pike, Fulton, OH
2 SOUR @S-1785483891@
3 NOTE http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1 ... try&gss=pt
3 DATA
4 TEXT Birth date: abt 1935 Birth place: Ohio Residence date: 1 Apr 1940 Residence place: Pike, Fulton, Ohio, United States
3 _APID 1,2442::38099156
1 NAME JoAnne Elizabeth /Coressel/
2 SOUR @S-1785483891@
3 NOTE http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1 ... try&gss=pt
3 DATA
4 TEXT Birth date: abt 1935 Birth place: Ohio Residence date: 1 Apr 1940 Residence place: Pike, Fulton, Ohio, United States
3 _APID 1,2442::38099156
2 GIVN JoAnne Elizabeth
2 SURN Coressel
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F517@
1 FAMS @F2494@
1 FAMS @F2495@

My next test will be to delete that person, to see who Ahnenblatt chooses as "HOME".

[bjew]

Hallo,
der einfachste (und korrekte) Weg ist, die GED Datei zu importieren,
die Startperson einzustellen
und dann wieder zu exportieren ......

Die Startperson wird über die Menüleiste mit Datei/Eigenschaften... [Startperson] ausgewählt.
(s.Help)

google-translate:

Hello there,
the easiest (and correct) way is to import the GED file
set the starting person
and then export again ......


The Home person is selected from the menu bar with File / Properties ... [Root Person].