Family Historian User Group

Would it be possible to add a horizontal scroll bar the the Text box on the main form? Currently it is necessary to click on the blue Text control first to be able to scroll left and right to see all the text, and if necessary, adjust the column widths. I'm using V7.4.4

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I'm about to try out the new AS verson and add new empty row, but may I suggest taking things a small step further, and having an Add Unrelated Person option that pops up a form to add the person's census details and, on confirming the entry, populates the next row with the appropriate details, offe...

I have about 20000 individuals in my tree, a significant proportion of which have custom ids. The ids fall into three categories: 1. Those that are the same as the record id 2. Those that start with the letter D 3. Those that start with the letters BS I would like to delete all the custom id fields ...

I have noticed on several occasions that when I drag several images (more than 4) onto the media tab of a source that I am creating, FH sequences (preferences) them in a different order to that in which I (a) have numbered the images, and (b) that I have selected them. For example, images labelled P...

Thanks for the suggestions. I have started to compile the project desription in the Header record, and as suggested, also made a cross-reference via a note record too. It is a shame that the File Decription cannot use formatting

I'm not sure if this question has been asked before - I coudn't find anything on a quick search. As with many people, I have adopted my own conventions whilst researching, and my research may have very clear boundaries. For example, on a birth entry where I have only the registration district as a p...

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I have an instance of 5 children being born to one mother all by different fathers. The identity of only two fathers is known for certain: of the others one is reputed to be a native American, but that is family legend, and probably not true; one is reputed to be Czech, but probably Polish; and the ...

Oops, I did do a quick search but didn't pick up on earlier conversations about this. Illegitimate means, in my cases so far, child of an unnamed father before the mother marries, or the child of an unnamed father when the mother is married; Lorna's analysis is quite correct. If the empty box is hid...

I have just noticed that this behaviour only seems to occur if the child is added when the mother is recorded as married.

I have several instances of illegitimate children in my tree, and when I display, say, a descendent chart, the "fathers" for these children appear as empty boxes alongside the mother's box on the diagram. Rather than having to hide them every time I refresh the diagram (frequently if using AS), is t...

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I was adopted, a fact I discovered in my teens, and which is no secret to anyone, either in my family or circle of friends. My mother didn't actually tell me until several years after I found out, and I didn't let her know that I knew until she told me. My adotive mother was married three times, and...

Thank you Mark, you have decsribed my dilemma pefectly.

Thanks for the replies. I knew this would be a difficult topic. I need to give it some thought.

What are the recommendadtons for recording the sex of an individual who was registerd as male at birth, subsequently married and had children, but now identifies as female and may have undergone gender re-assignemt surgery?

If by Connect option you are referring to the icon labelled Connect then that is the 'Family Connection Mapper' and has nothing to do with connecting lines and boxes. Yes, I had sort of worked that out :) Not being able to anchor added text with one or more individuals on a diagram is something of ...

Is it possible to link or connect a manually added text note on a diagram to one or more specific individuals on the same diagram? The Connect option doesn't seem to work, and I can't seem to anchor lines to nodes on the individual's box and the text box.

Thanks, Mike. My diagrams show all the families that I can identify as originating from a specific parish. Therefore I may have several families on a diagram where I cannot connect the root person of one family to the root person of another - at the moment.

Simple question, is there any way of including the relationship pool number in boxes on a diagram? I am working on a localised study where there are families that cannot be linked at the moment, so I have many different relationship pool numbers. I have these families displayed in a single diagram, ...

I think, Mike, that you may have answered your own question with your reply, in that the focus window actually displays too much information. I am not interested in occupations, or multiple generations, or even burial or cremation dates; I wish to focus on a single couple, their children and their d...

Thanks Mike, Adrian. Adrian, I have made the modifications as you describe. Mike, I must admit I use the focus window hardly at all. I use, principally the Records winow, or the Ancestor and Descendant diagram. The reason behind my question is that just recently I have been working on a family where...

Is it possible on the individual property box to have both the birth and death date shown for the individual's children? If so, any clues as to how I can do this?

I have sent CP a detailed account for this, and it has been confirmed as a bug.