Family Historian User Group

Mike - many thanks for your support, and sorry I am making it difficult for you. I have decided to remove Gedstar from all my equipment and then re-install as a clean install with just one converted file following the instructions to the letter! I hope this works, Jeremy

Thanks - I now have a converted file but I am having trouble getting Gedstar to open it! It defaults to Family Bee and I haven't yet found a way to change the default to Gedstar- I will keep on trying!! Jeremy

I mean GEDSTAR!!

When I try to run Gedcom, I get the message "Line#1 in GEDCOM file does not have a level number" Then File TCGedParse.cpp, line 209

Can you help, please. Jeremy

Mike - that is wonderful, exactly what I wanted - many thanks

Jeremy

That is exactly what I would like!! But I am not sure how/where to insert your new text, could you give me an idiots guide, please. Also for death/burial.

Many thanks, Jeremy

I see, so I have to delete the birth or death EVENT to achieve what I want? Jeremy

A LONG time ago you helped me to design a format within a diagram which showed the baptism date if there was no birthdate, and the burial date if there was no death date - this seems to have changed and no longer includes the burial part. Can you help me find it, please! Jeremy

Would you be able to let me know when you have tinkered?! Jeremy

I seem to remember there is a way of changing file names that keeps the links. For example, I have a number of files in the style of "John Smith" and I would like to change them to be "Smith, John" but retain the links they have already got. Any ideas? Jeremy

Thanks, Jeremy

Thanks to both Adrian and Mike. Looking at the list in more detail - there are a lot of census images that I might have downloaded on spec, and I think the rest are small discrepancies in the title (and I can see some) or, as Adrian puts it - they are a to do list. I will go quiet now while I work o...

OK, I have run Work with external file links, and there are now no X's. Check and repair shows 'no problems'. Check for unlinked media still shows a long list, minus the few that I have been able to link - I assume that means I will have to plod through them all. I don't know how that would have hap...

Sorry, I have just found some 'x's which I will investigate. Just 2 so far, and I think I know why they are there! Jeremy

Yes, it did work, thanks. You are correct that I was using that plugin, and got the output exactly as you showed. I have now just run the "work with external file links" programme, and it says there are 3 broken links it is unable to repair, but there are no "x"s - thanks for your help. Jeremy

Mike, I am now returning to my labours, and have a question - I have 3 pages of "Files in Media Folder and not linked to project" BUT when I go to an individual record within FH, and go to the citation, I can pick up the image of the source record with no problem - any idea why the image is shown as...

Thanks very much. I am now going to have to plod through 3 pages of unlinked media! - so it will be a little while before I can get to the next stage. Again, many thanks Jeremy

I use Gedstar to read my Tree on my Android phone (until FH provides an Android version!) and now, when I try to convert the GEDCOM file for use, I get the message "Line#1 in GEDCOM file does not have a level number. File TCGedParse.cpp, line 209" Can you help with this, please, or suggest an altern...

Thank you very much Mike, I will try that. Jeremy

I am lucky enough to have a book recording the family tree of one branch of my tree. I plan to use the automatic source citation facility, but can I record the page number for each separate entry? In other words, the source is always Book 1, but each entry is probably on a different page - how can I...

OK, thanks - I must be thinking of something else! Or maybe I did the highlighting external to FH, as you suggested, Jeremy

No, I am trying to highlight part of the image within the media record, and I thought I could use the "link to face" tool. I go to 'Add frame link' within the media record and draw round the part I want to highlight. I am sure in the past this would lighten that area and therefore draw attention to ...

I am trying to highlight a section of, say, a page of christenings from parish records. I need the whole page to show the year, normally, but wish to show the actual line I am interested in as a lighter shade. I am sure this has been possible, but I have forgotten how!! Jeremy

I am giving up! I will have to copy the .ged file to dropbox each time it changes. When I have the .ged file at the highest level in Dropbox I can open it using Family Bee, but when it is embedded within Family History Projects it seems a step too far!  Thanks for all the advice,  Jeremy

Nearly there!! I now have the full FH Projects folder on my HTC. When I go to select a .ged file within Dropbox to be read, I get 'No viewer available' and it offers me to download. This has no effect at all! I can only get Family Bee to read the file if the .ged file is in the Family Bee folder. So...