HowTo: webtrees: 5. Locate & Attach Missing Media (2024)

In Part 3 of this series I removed the full absolute path of my Media files from the GEDCOM file – leaving just the files names. In doing this I made it a lot easier to reattach webtrees media files that broken links (since I did not have to do searching through several folders to look for the missing file).

I have copied my father’s MS Windows drive to my Mac. Many of the missing media files are hidden in there – I just have to know their name and fix the broken link.

When people first start attaching media to their family tree they make the mistake of not copying all of the media files that they use to a single Media folder. As a result if they move their Family Tree many links could break (read my introduction in Part 3). This needs to be fixed.

Here is how...