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Hi Forum I have been customising the Military Property Box Tab to suit my needs for the 500 family members that have served in the Defence Forces. I have attached a screen shot of the modified tab (still a draft). My intention was make the tab reflect the multiple arms of military service (i.e. Army...

I agree setting conventions around how you approach wills and probate is helpful. In reading, the string posts, there are a number of elements at play. These are roles and terminology, the pre and post death components of wills and technical aspects of making any changes work. Firstly, roles and ter...

Hi Adrian Apologies about the UK records comment. I occasionally forget that during WW2 that a lot of UK WW1 records were damaged and destroyed during the blitz. My approach is similar to yours. I try and fit within the basic military events and use the notes field to expand. I have also taken an ap...

Hi Mike

Thanks, for that input. I can see what you mean with the spaces inside the bracket.

Hi Mike Thanks for the advice, albeit it rather late. Based on your advice I read more on expressions functions and Data Refs. Based on your guidance and my reading, I re-worked the sentence structure in vital facts and residences using TextPart. Below are examples of the changes. Residence fact <{d...

Hi Mike Thanks for your answers on this post. I have been working through my options for the military fact set and property box. I have decided to download the military fact set 2 and the property box. Based on the information you provided in relation to the will property box I will be able to work ...

Hi Mike Thanks for your response regarding this post. The information you have provided is sufficient for me to investigate further. Once this is complete, I can post what I have done to the forum for other users. I also understand that every user will operate Family Historian differently and custom...

HI Forum I have recently added the property box tab for wills and the associated fact set. I have been validating the information that has been carrying through and I noticed a few things. I was hoping that those in the forum who are using this may be able to help me. Firstly, I am not sure whether ...

I have been reviewing how I have been using Family Historian and I have decided to install the Military History Property Box Tabs. However, I have identified two associated issues that I need address to make this happen. While I have read through the knowledge base and forum looking for similar thre...

As a former TMG user, the sentence construction is presenting a few issues for me in FH6. I have adopted an approach of 3 columns for place and 7 columns for address. The place forms part of the 7 columns for the address. This enables more effective sorting of events by location and allocation of ev...