Family Historian User Group

Hello, It's been over five years since I have looked at Family Historian -- it was v. 4 then and I tried to make the pedigree charts look the way I want. I was almost successful: http://www.fhug.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9164&p=41518 What I needed then was a function to return number of marriages...

Peter, Many congratulations for showing what can be achieved with sufficient time and perseverance. Many thanks! [smile] However, I would point out that both of the following are accepted as valid expressions.  The inclusion of the > ensures that the argument for the function is a record. code: =Rec...

I think you would need to specify multiple indi.fams[x]> lines to allow you to pick up each of the marriages for the person. That was my initial thought but it is really ugly [smile]. Still, as other attempts failed, I used it -- but one has to assume the maximum number of marriages (I used 6 for t...

I have now ascertained that %_INSTANCE_% outputs the instances of the same person person as she/he appears on the diagram in different places rather than the number of marriage. I also see that in some reports (Individual Summary Report, for example) the marriages are numbered, so the information is...

Well, as a neophyte, I seem to have more faith in FH and don't get discouraged easily [smile]. It turned out to be possible and pretty automatic: just changing the settings in Box Types and Conditions. So I now have the way I want it, with all marriages in the same box: http://www.fhug.rjt.org.uk/im...

Thank you for replying! I am afraid I was not quite clear about what I am trying to achieve. I would like the diagram to display something like this: http://www.fhug.rjt.org.uk/images/uploads/fh4-xspouses.jpg in your example you have lost the information about the spouses all together which seems a ...

Hello, I am just playing with the FH4 demo to see if it is what I need. For many years I've been looking for a program that would help producing standard, traditional pedigree diagrams without the unnecessary 'embroidery' but using up the space economically. As I had a ten years break in my genealog...