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Mark, Here's a useful link for Linux users who may want to install and maintain a more up to date version of Wine than their distribution's repositories make available: https://wine.htmlvalidator.com I currently use MX Linux, which does offer current Wine distributions through its 'Test Repo' reposi...

Mark, I've checked back and the default prefix for new installs was changed to Windows 10 on the release of Wine 8.1 (Development) on 2 Feb 2023 and Wine 8.0.1 (Stable) on 20 April 2023. Crossover updates seem to tend towards being built from the latest available stable Wine release, unless the deve...

Mark, I've been away from the forum for a few months due to family priorities (both hatches and despatches), but hope I can answer your question. Newer Wine versions on Linux, and Crossover on Mac/Linux, have for some time adopted 'Windows 10' as the default setting when creating any new prefixes or...

Nick,

FYI. On the AS Downloads Page, the AS 32-bit link appears to download file version 7.6.4, but the 64-bit link correctly downloads 7.6.6

Mervyn

the confusing part is, you are still able to click the location button, but as the file is going to be linked to, it is redundant, maybe the location button would be better greyed out or made inactive when the link only option is selected. That could be awkward if a user were to move a linked file ...

Nick, You are probably correct, as the most likely cause of these problems is a 'folder permissions' issue. The information on how the Windows Smart App Control function works is vague, to say the least, so I felt it would be worthwhile eliminating that possibility, as it's a relatively new function...

If this is on Windows 11, it might also be worthwhile checking the 'Smart App Control' setting.

I usually do a regular single-click check via https://www.family-historian.co.uk/v7-updates if there have been no recent update announcements, probably because I rarely apply any software updates until/unless I've seen a corresponding change log; and I also tend to switch off autoupdates whenever po...

Just to confirm the issue, I've also seen that error message when attempting to use AS in Wine/Crossover, but have not, so far, been able to tie it to any specific input event/action. I mostly use AS from a Windows Virtual Machine, which doesn't display the issue; and also allows the use of RTF tabl...

'500' Errors indicate a problem at the Website Server end, so there is unlikely to be anything site users can do, other than report the error and wait for the Site Engineers to resolve whatever the issue is at their end. See below snipped from Facebook which seems to date back a couple of days. Scre...

Bill,

Was that the Lincolnshire Archives site?

If so, then please try this link: https://www.calmview.eu/lincolnshirearc ... fault.aspx

Mervyn

Mike,

Is this what you need? - It brings up the search page: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/1921-census

Mervyn

Oops! Apologies. That's new to me, as I've never seen a non-UK link for FMP unlike Ancestry which regularly send out e-mails that default to showing the US site address regardless of their customer's stated location. In that case, Click on 'More' in the Site Links Pop-up page, then 'New' and add any...

AFAIK FindMyPast doesn't doesn't complicate matters by having separate international sites so only one link is necessary.

Nick, That sort of error message would typically arise if there was an attempt to install a 64-bit installer in a 32-bit WINE Prefix (Bottle). Maybe PlayOnMac applied the wrong Template. AFAIK WINE validates against the Prefix used not the CPU. 64-Bit AS 7.5.0 installed with no problem in Crossover ...

This appears to be the only relevant information/advice available:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Dis ... impairment

Probably not what most people would think to search for if just wanting information on Font size.

Mervyn

Purely my personal view, but I've never believed that the concept of a "Root individual" carries any specific meaning or purpose in a GEDCOM datafile (or database), but is purely a family history software concept which, when required, identifies a current focus individual for a particular line of re...

One of the online services also provides an offline installation (freeware) option, but it's a far more substantial download/installation in comparison with IrfanView. See https://tools.pdf24.org/en/creator for full details and features.

Mervyn

For the original Tender process see https://www.government-online.net/tender-for-1921-census-records-digitisation-and-licensing/ But: "To demonstrate eligibility to be considered for this tender, potential Suppliers must demonstrate: a) Experience of managing and completing large scale digitisation ...

Mark, The issue of solely considering the overlapping period between the 'old' and the adoption of the 'new' Christian calendars as the sole period to which double dating should be applied is that it ignores a very real issue; i.e. the variable date for the commencement of a 'New Year' for both Chri...

Perhaps specific pop-up reminders at specific times of year in the same way that Xmas Lights appear, but backed up with something a bit more informative and attractive to site users, as opposed to the current rather obscure/bland Donate page link/infromation e.g. see this example: https://linuxmint....

If you right click on a fact for an individual the first item in the pop-up 'Fact Flags' has an option to mark as 'Private', which will then enable the fact to be omitted from reports etc., which is similar to the option you had in RootsMagic

Mervyn

For moves within the country technically, the correct term should probably be migration rather emigration/immigration, so "s/he migrated from x to y"; but in the reality most people would simply say/write "s/he moved from x to y"

Mervyn

@Vyger, Good to 'see' you here and am sure the offer of help will be accepted positively in FHUG. Transcending the request for videos, which I believe are very valuable to visual learners, I believe the "Getting the most from Family Historian" publication should be PDF, so always fully up to date wi...

Click on the Publish icon in the Family Historian 'Menu Bar' > Select Miscellaneous Reports > Research Notes, and make your selection in the pop-up Window.

Mervyn