Family Historian User Group

I have a couple who had 9 children 4 boys and 5 girls. Beginning of 19th Century. The couple never married and the children were christened with their mothers maiden name. Some then continued to use their mother's maiden name and some used their father's Surname. What is the best way to add this fam...

Thanks I have used backup copy as I think you are right re plug in. I was checking for duplicates. When I try to delete the corrupt file I get warning:" A FH project should have one (main) project and one gedcom file. This project folder has more than one. If you delete you may delete more than on f...

Hi Jane
'Private' has replaced the names of all my paternal ancestors and descendants. It is everywhere.

Hi
I seem to have inadvertently changed all my paternal line to 'Private'.
I have checked to see if flagged and none indicated.
How do I view all my 'Private' individuals names.

Many thanks for the link to Knowledge Base which allows you to introduce a "To Do" tab to "Facts" window. Bit of a process but excellent when set up.

Hi Mike
It would be very useful and "simple"??

Hi Is it possible to change the formatted font colour for an individual record in a list: Individuals, Families or Named Lists. I have avoided using the word "highlight" as this gives all sorts of 'extra' options. I simply want to 'show up' individuals etc who I wish to revisit and research more. I ...

Many thanks for your help
Ken

In Family Records I have numerous individuals listed as the sole parent.
I suspect some of these are also included with a spouse? How can I find out if these sole parents are included with a spouse without going through a long list record by record?

My surname has been spelt differently over the years. I have records of a number of different spellings. Mainly 2.
How can I quickly find if I have duplicates of the same name recorded with an alternative spelling?

How to reverse 'from' and 'To'?

Many thanks. Easy when you know how.

FH Version 6.1 I find that some occupations are listed under 'Places'. How can I find the individual to whom the incorrect place name entry attributed? The ID refers to the place name? If I click 'individual tab' with incorrect place highlighted I get last individual record visited? I now find that ...

Now really messed up.
I thought a reinstall would solve my problems and find that it has downloaded version 5.0
My licence key is not compatible.
How do I restore my old version please?
thanks
ken

Thanks for your welcome but I have been a member for some time. Now then. Re how I am trying to load medis. I have tried a few ways: ADD - Pictures and documents - does not work. It is trying to load but task manager shows " not responding" Media icon : Add same result. On Individual: Multimedia - A...

I am using version 5.0.9 on Windows 8.1 Program working fine with one major problem. I cannot load any pictures or documents. I have tried Add link and link from Individual 'add media'. All I get is an attempt to connect and then (not responding). I have been a Family Historian user from version 1.I...

Thanks for suggestion. Have deleted temp files (cache) and re downloaded 4.1 from site. same error message.
Suggestiond v welcome,
Ken

I have now find this file and put into program. I still get ' cannot find import;Dll may be missing,corrupt or wrong version file zlib.dll error 126' I have deleted version 4.1 and tried to load my backup copy. This will not open. My original file was downloaded so what can I do now? Can I download ...

I have downloaded version 4.1 and now get error message ' cannot find zlib.dll error 126 '
Help please/
Ken

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This drop down lists all multimedia records and shows typle,format and 'LINKS'(number of).
My question is:- is it possible to add links to individual Records direct from this list?
I note by right clicking on record I can add: format,title, note ,file,date note and custom ID.
thanks
Ken

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Does anyone know how I can convert a large one name study file currently in Works Db (*.wdb) format to a gedcom file.
This ,of course would then enable me to load into FH.
thanks
Ken

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