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by MDJackson
13 Dec 2009 22:25
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Ships Passengers
Replies: 6
Views: 2792

Ships Passengers

Hi Peter I have newly uploaded a Travel fact set. This is my answer to recording travel events as distinct from emigration. Because only the emigration event has 'from' and 'to' fields I use the travel events in pairs. There are 'sailed from' and 'flew from' events and a 'disembarked' event to recor...
by MDJackson
31 Oct 2009 23:17
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Adding Custom Event/Attribute
Replies: 3
Views: 1847

Adding Custom Event/Attribute

Hi Robin I have been trying to solve this problem for a while now. The problem is that the Emigration event is a special one in that it contains two locations i.e. from and to. I have been unable to create a single fact set that replicates this. My work round has been to create 'sailed from' and 'fl...
by MDJackson
03 Apr 2008 22:58
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Journeys amp; travelling relatives
Replies: 11
Views: 5287

Journeys amp; travelling relatives

Thanks for that Jon I would never have thought of trying to edit a greyed out box! Works very well with narrative reports. Not so well with Individual Summary and Family Group sheet where Family Historian uses the event title with a numeric suffix to identify the event (Emigrated [2] etc.). In these...
by MDJackson
02 Apr 2008 22:41
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Journeys amp; travelling relatives
Replies: 11
Views: 5287

Journeys amp; travelling relatives

I have a family who emigrated to Canada in the 1920's. They made several visits to the UK therafter and appear on subsequent ship passenger lists returning to Canada. I have tried to create a custom event for 'travelled' but can find no way of adding a second place entry box so that to and from loca...