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by DaveTomo
22 Nov 2016 11:07
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Findmypast matching
Replies: 3
Views: 2952

Findmypast matching

You say (somewhere on this forum) "A known difficulty with FindMyPast is that you must have an appropriate subscription to be able to Accept or Reject certain records. For example, if you have a Britain subscription, you cannot manage any Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia or New Zealand records, or if...
by DaveTomo
07 May 2014 13:03
Forum: Research
Topic: FindMyPast New Search Format
Replies: 2
Views: 3803

Re: FindMyPast New Search Format

Can I guess that the plugin for missing census data will be re written when FMP get their act together. At present the list is much less usefull as every search on FMP has to go back through the process of selecting a census and typing in the name and dates etc. I think FMP has really been bought ou...
by DaveTomo
05 Apr 2013 17:49
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: Lookup Missing Census Facts ~ New Plugin
Replies: 21
Views: 10290

Lookup Missing Census Facts ~ New Plugin

Why didn't I think of that? Sometimes 35 years of IT experience gets in the way.
by DaveTomo
05 Apr 2013 16:42
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: Lookup Missing Census Facts ~ New Plugin
Replies: 21
Views: 10290

Lookup Missing Census Facts ~ New Plugin

Mike Is it possible to make the place the HTML file gets saved to something that can be chosen?   I would want the default to be the place you usually use but I sometimes copy the file to a memory stick to take to the library, or LDS centre, to search Ancestry.  It would be more convenient to be abl...
by DaveTomo
10 Feb 2012 16:06
Forum: V4 Usage
Topic: saving changes
Replies: 8
Views: 5280

saving changes

Text files have been around since before 1980. I have moved text files between mainframe, mini, micro and handheld computers of many varieties over many years, without an error. They are unlikely to become unreadable in the near future. XML has been around since 2001. There are lots of XML editors f...
by DaveTomo
21 Feb 2007 22:05
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: The Guardian Guide to Family History
Replies: 20
Views: 10461

The Guardian Guide to Family History

I have tried 5 or 6 other family history programs. None are in the same class as Family Historian.  IF, and it is a big IF, I needed to use a facility in another package it is likely to read the GEDCOM file well enough without me having to actually transfer the information to the other program.  It ...