Family Historian User Group

A WORKING version of the query I discussed above has been added to the Downloads section of FHUG !

Happy New Year to all

Bilko [grin]

Hi Peter & James, I've just double checked everything I wrote before and it does correctly identify every instance of a source used. For example - my aunt has been married 4 times and the query correctly shows 4 marriage entries against the source 'A-Mar 1916-2005' (Ancestry Marriage index 1916-...

Hi James, I tried something similar to this some time ago, but work commitments slowed me down. I've just tried a solution and it's just found some errors for me (Birth entries recorded against Death Registers!). The line I used is :-  add if %FACT.SOUR[1+]>% contains ['']. When this query is run, y...

Hi Jane, One thing I've often found myself doing is repeating research because I've lost track of where I had found information and where there was none. Many times, though, it has been the absence of information that has been the most important part of the search. If I had to start again, I would k...

Hello Julie, I'm one of those who has almost gone bald trying to resolve Microsoft issues ! I have a Vista Laptop on which I run FH4. The problem with Vista compared to previous versions of Windows is the addition of a new directory called ProgramData in addition to Program Files. Vista splits impor...

For your '-;' problem, you will have to correct the custom fact, itself.

If you are unsure on how to do this, a polite request will get you some assistance.

If you applied common sense (and a little courtesy to others) you would have already realised that the additional information IS in a VERY sensible order IE that in which the EVENT occurred.
[tongue]

Hi Nick, I volunteer. I have a network with both Windows XP Home (for downloads) & Vista Home (for GC & FH4) both connected to another XP pc with external hard drives for main storage & back-up, Recording Method 2, Census transcripts - No, Census Images - Yes, Countries - UK, Ireland, (m...

Hi uktony If you bring up a diagram in FH4, the choose Diagram Options and look at the Text tab, you will find something useful. Toward the bottom of the list there are two Text schemes - 1. Names, Dates, How Related to Chart Root & 2. Names, Dates, How Related to File Root. These would help pro...

I agree totally with Nick and have been using Picasa and the on-line version, PicasaWeb, to share photos for a while. PicasaWeb has the added advantage of adding security to sharing so that only those who have an email from the owner of the album can view the photos. I must admit though, there are t...

Hi Jane & Marilyn, I accept the challenge of writing a diagram expression [rolleyes]- I spent an hour or so on this last night but was unable to get more than 1 part of the expression before I got the 'Not valid' message.[oops] Marilyn - I apologise I did forget something with my query explanati...

Hi Marilyn, I'd be happy to talk through doing a query. 1. Open up the standard query called 'Age at Marriage (all), 2. Using the Query Menu (top right with red tick) select 'save as custom query' and give it a name such as 'Census reqd 1901', 3. On the Columns Tab, then the columns box, Select the ...

Sorry BHead, but it is not easy to give you an answer with the information you have provided. Firstly - which version of Microsoft Windows are you using ? This does have an affect on which version of Explorer is used and where the files are normally situated. Secondly - could you say where you put y...

Hi Marion, One simple solution would be to download and install Microsoft SyncToy 2.0 (just do a search on Google for MS synctoy). This is a small program which helps to keep the contents of different folders (usually on different machines) synchronised. You have to identify which folders are to be ...

Hi David, My choice for documents where the original format should be retained is to save a copy of the original as a PDF file and link that to a Source describing the original document. In this way, the original retains its format & value and the Gedcom remains as a basic text file (with all re...

Hi Derek, Some months ago I found exactly that situation. Since the individual could have been the missing link, I had to follow all leads to find as much as I could. To begin, I recorded the information that I found on the Birth Index ie 'Male' Surname etc. I then drove 50+ miles and spent several ...

Hi Derek, I've been a bit slow in finding a possible answer to your problem - because I couldn't work out why I had no Remarriage boxes that were pink. The answer was that I had turned off the option to have remarriage boxes - using the Diagram options (General tab, the options button to the right o...

I have had a couple of cases where a child has been the result of a 'Brief Encounter' where a woman has become a One-parent family. In this case there is, obviously, no marriage. Often, there are no details available or forthcoming about the child's father. I have tried to set the Marriage Status to...

Sarah, Surely the whole point of this list and it's Wish List is to give ALL users an opportunity to have their say on the problems and potential improvements about Family Historian. Over the last few days you have swamped the list with numerous complex statements and have been rather curt with anyo...

Hi Sarah,

After reading your last reply, I found that the TYPE tag is indeed implemented and available as you describe. I apologise to Simon & the FH design team for my previous comment on this.

Bilko [oops]

Hi folks, Could we take this back a level and consider reality, please? The GEDCOM Standard was written by Americans belonging to the LDS Church and they wrote the Standard to their unique version of ENGLISH (?). The word TYPE, as used, has two distinct meanings (although this is not obvious). When ...

Sorry Marc, the fact that both sets of parents do not appear on diagrams was exactly why I chose the approach I described earlier.

Marc, I had a problem trying to work out how to do this myself recently. An Aunt officially adopted the children of her Husbands first marriage (with agreement of the divorced spouse). In the end, I created a duplicate set of children with the same (natural) birth details. I attached one set to the ...

I found a rather unusual solution to the very wide and tall print out. The scenario was - I knew that my family were going to be gathering at a Wake to celebrate an Uncle's life. It was agreed that I should do a print with him as the Focus. Unfortunately, the Family would only be together for a matt...

Hi Ed, Sorry, but I must disagree with you. It is NOT an oversight to link to a URL because there is NO guarantee as to how long any URL will remain active and / or valid. If that facility did exist, then users would expect that links to pages on (for example) the Daily Telegraph, Times Online or ot...