* Change Media type from Citation to Individual

[Gene123]

After importing, then adding keywords, dates, renaming, ect 100's of media files I found that all/almost all are listed as Citation Media ( What is that called? media type?) I want them all to be individual, not citation How/Where can I change them all and not loose the links, keywords, dates in the process?

[ColeValleyGirl]

Why do you want to change them? Images of source documents in FH are usually attached to a Source or a Citation, not to an Individual, unless somebody is choosing not to use Sources and Citations at all (which has its drawbacks but works for some people).

If you decide you do want to change them, the only way I can think of would involve writing custom plugin.

[Gene123]

I want pictures of people and newspaper clippings of that person as their own individual media, not as citation. I dont know how or why it would import as citation vs individual. Is that decision part of the gedcom importing process?

[ColeValleyGirl]

Gene, IIRC you imported from RM (which version?) -- did you use the direct import, and read the advice at Importing from RootsMagic and Importing to Family Historian?

I believe FH will have preserved the linkages of the media as they were in RM -- if a photo or newspaper clipping was attached directly to a person in RM, it should still be attached to that person in FH. And if a media item was attached to a source/citation in RM it will still be attached to that source/citation in FH.

Did you any have media attached to sources/citations in RM?