Family Historian User Group

Hi, Thankyou for the plug-in which saved a lot of time for me. My only defence is ignorance, because I started recording my tree a long time ago. When FH gave me the opportunity to have scanned copies associated with my records, it seemed obvious to me that everything needed to be linked directly to...

Hi, When I converted to v5, way back, it was in part because of the idea of Plug-ins. Sadly I have not yet used any of them, but if one could save a lot of effort I will be very grateful. Having given a little thought, could the idea of globally excluding all Census records, or all BMD Certificates ...

Hi, I am on v6, Windows 7. I have about 1000 individuals and a similar number of media items which over the years I have merrily added without realising what the "exclude from diagrams" option was about. I now want to make amends, the best method I can come up with is to open each Individual Propert...

Hello, Thanks for all the help and advice. In less than a week and with a change from v5 to v6, what seemed to be an irritation has turned out to be nothing of consequence. I no longer feel the need to change things, at least in part due to the extra functionality of v6. I'm converted and very satis...

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To wrap up this thread neatly, I found little need to run v5 and v6 once I saw v6 running - so now I have the upgraded v6.0.1 running on both P.C's with Dropbox storing the project file - all is sweetness and light.

D Wheeler

Hi Mike, Thanks for your advice - for once I'm not doing unconventional (and I can think of less polite ways of saying unconventional). Your instructions were precise and where they appeared from time to time to be wrong, guess what, I re-read your words and found it was I who was wrong (not an unfa...

Hi Mike & Jane, Thank you both. I need to go back a step or two it seems because although everything seems to run beautifully I have obviously applied some Wheeler specific unofficial tweaks in the past. I have a shortcut Icon on my desktop. This boots me straight into my project focus window (with ...

Back for more, Thankyou Mike, I will work like you in reverse order. Specifically I couldn't find the Help item you describe. I right and left clicked and tried F1 without seeing anything about link to face advice and help as you described, although with a right click I could exclude from diagrams a...

Thanks Jane, I Googled Unicode and now think I understand that part of your answer, HOWEVER Google hasn't helped me with PLAC records so I am puzzled as to how v5 will object, or rather in what way v5 will show its displeasure ? Do I understand correctly that IF I temporarily make no changes at all ...

Another day another problem more thoughts, If my laptop has its own copy of FHv5 then I could presumably install v6 on the desktop and still access all my files (indeed the whole project) using v5 on the laptop and v6 on the desktop. If that works, then my problem is apparently non-existent ......or...

Another day another problem, I have my synchronised desktop PC and laptop PC both on Windows 7 with everything FH in Dropbox. I now have my new FHv6 fresh out of the box (full version) which arrived today. I thought I would leave my v5 running whilst I install v6 quite separately and use it for a fe...

Hello again, I am quite amazed at what you have opened my eyes to, and in just a few hours from my original question too. How on earth have I managed without FHUG for so long ? You have allowed me to look at my entries in a number of new and very useful ways. Several previously unknown questions I d...

Hello again, You were right about several tabs I didn't know about, although Notes, Repositories, Headers, Submitters and Submissions have nothing to tell me it seems - I have entered Notes at various times, but nothing shows in the record list whereas Headers, Repositories, Submitters and Submissio...

Hello again, I have been using FH for about 10 years now and tried to keep abreast of developments, unfortunately it just seems to have more power and facilities than my 70+ year old braincell(s) can deal with. Over the years I have used the Multimedia window numerous times - I know about resizing w...

Hello Mike, Many thanks for the prompt reply. I confirm that File Links all sit under Project Data Folder - Media and the C: drive is not mentioned. Reduced to its simplest the external file links dialogue shows Project Data Folder with just a Media folder - within Media are 4 subfolders each with n...

I am using FH v5 on both a Windows 7 Dektop PC and a Windows 7 laptop. I store my project in a Dropbox folder which has worked very well for me whether at home or away. Prior to moving my records onto FH several years ago (starting on v3) I had learned to logically file all my Census transcripts in ...