Family Historian User Group

Hi Baboon, really sorry I didn't reply sooner. Real life getting in the way of more important things again! Glad tatewise was able to step in.

I wanted to mark some individuals as "Unconfirmed" in my tree. I do this when I find a lead from someone else's tree (not that I'm not trusting or anything ;) ) or any time I'm not sure that the data is correct. I searched all the available help resources and I found that all the solutions offered w...

Oh gosh, sorry, I didn't mean to cast any aspersions on the software. What I meant was that I only had data files from my old PC, so I had the information saved but nothing else. I couldn't remember how I got FH4, spent ages looking for a CD. Then found a copy of the exe so installed that & then ins...

Thanks for your further comments, chaps. I got FH6 up & running the hard way but it is OK now and I no longer have access to the old PC for migration of settings etc. I certainly know that I didn't use Excel or a similar program - I tried to use it yesterday to recreate the chart and the tedium of e...

Thank you for the welcome! It's great, albeit frustrating, to be back with the research. I was beginning to hope that I had produced it from other software I have since discarded and forgotten. At least that would mean I'm not completely hopeless with FH! No, I didn't make a smooth transition from a...

Hello everyone. I am currently using v6.2.5. However, I have used everything from v4 in the past and although I used to be quite familiar with FH, I had to take a 5 year break from all family history related activity (real life got in the way :roll: ). I'm cross about how much I have forgotten. I no...

Thanks Everyone; I appreciate all the responses. I've bought the upgrade version (£5 cheaper, whoo-hoo!) and downloaded the file. Now just need to find some time to read all the advice and take care over the installation.

Well thank you tatewise, I appreciate your help. You sound a bit hurt about my description of clunky features! No hurt intended, I find the source entry procedures very tedious in v4. One of the things I noticed in the highlights of v6 is the "New Automatic Source Citation Pane" (I don't even have t...

Thank you Keithj, much appreciated. FH6 looks temptingly competent and your description adds to that impression. I tend to agree that interpreting the Gedcom files should be the same for all FH versions (I'm sure there would have been a lot of complaints here if that wasn't the case). The way I read...

Hello Everyone. For reasons too tedious to detail here (and they aren't interesting) I had to suspend active research for nearly 4 years. I was using FH 4.1.3 and have now returned to it with data in tact. However, I'm thinking of purchasing v6 so does anyone have advice/experience of doing that and...

I've used FH since v2.1.8 but I'm stumped by this one... I just installed Win7 on my laptop & I'm using FH on it for the first time. So, because on the old OS I had mapped the network drive where I keep my research stuff & given it a drive letter, none of my multimedia is available. That's OK, I kno...

Brilliant! That last explanation was exactly what I was after, thank you so much. I've pared it down because I don't need the Record ID but the principle of what to do was the important thing to learn. I will also ensure that I preserve the column view as described. Thanks again everyone - I wish I ...

Thank you! That's brilliant, I did it (surprisingly). Two questions then; Will the column stay there now or do I have to load it each time I open FH? and, Is there any way of making that information appear in the focus window and property dialogue? Very happy with the way it is though, thanks again,...

The nearest answer I can find to my question is the thread 'Ahnentafel numbers' at http://www.fhug.org.uk/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=forum&board=Usage&op=display&num=3601 which is fine but relates to reports. I would like FH4 (4.1.3 currently) to be able to show the Ahnentafel number of any individual...

Sorry I have no fix to add but I support the plea to get this fixed SOON [grin]'cos my new Website is looking sorry with all the bits on it.
Love the v4 otherwise though. Thaks, Saltrams