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by NigelBrown
07 Jan 2021 17:38
Forum: General Usage
Topic: One Name Studies
Replies: 11
Views: 4183

Re: One Name Studies

For my Vousden One Name Study there was no question as to whether or not to include or separate the study because my first Vousden was my grandmother, Agnes Minnie Lucy Vousden. In Family Historian I flag each of the lines of my four grandparents, and I just see all the Vousdens as "my family&q...
by NigelBrown
21 Dec 2020 20:33
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Map location anomaly
Replies: 12
Views: 3739

Re: Map location anomaly

Not on the map? You should try being born, brought up and living in the Black Country.
by NigelBrown
13 Jun 2020 12:09
Forum: Importing
Topic: GedSite and Family Historian
Replies: 6
Views: 4814

Re: GedSite and Family Historian

Thank you all for your responses/suggestions. The answer was, as Mike pointed out, staring me in the face, a missing {note} in the Fact template. I am not new to creating web sites; I have 4 others that I have coded from scratch in html/css, so I think perhaps I need to be more patient with GedSite ...
by NigelBrown
12 Jun 2020 17:39
Forum: Importing
Topic: GedSite and Family Historian
Replies: 6
Views: 4814

GedSite and Family Historian

I am struggling with a problem in GedSite (purchased a few days ago) not implementing Fact Note content from Family Historian. I cannot see the option to include it in the Narrative content in either the GedSite program or the Export Gedcom File plugin. For me, the Narrative content is essential to ...
by NigelBrown
20 Sep 2019 08:21
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: What to call a person who is not a progenitor
Replies: 14
Views: 9311

Re: What to call a person who is not a progenitor

What about "associates", having a similar meaning to the use of the term in FH.
by NigelBrown
19 Apr 2019 09:27
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Media and Place Links
Replies: 2
Views: 2760

Re: Media and Place Links

Thanks Mike, that's just the re-assurance I needed.

Nigel
by NigelBrown
18 Apr 2019 13:23
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Media and Place Links
Replies: 2
Views: 2760

Media and Place Links

I make extensive use of Individual Narrative reports and also of picture media to illustrate the places where my ancestors lived, worked, were baptised, married etc. This works well in these reports. Since starting to use FH 4 years ago I have linked picture to facts, but inconsistently in the early...
by NigelBrown
08 Feb 2019 18:12
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Advice Needed from TMG Users Who Switched to FH
Replies: 17
Views: 10433

Re: Advice Needed from TMG Users Who Switched to FH

Hello Beetle, I used TMG for 15 years and now FH for about 3 (is it that long?). I trialled and compared RootsMagic, Legacy and FH, and for me FH was the clear front runner. The transition from one product to the other was relatively straightforward with some help from the excellent User Group Forum...
by NigelBrown
01 Feb 2019 21:06
Forum: Web Site Usage
Topic: Accesssing Knowledge Base
Replies: 5
Views: 6255

Re: Accesssing Knowledge Base

Yes, all OK again.
by NigelBrown
01 Feb 2019 10:12
Forum: Web Site Usage
Topic: Accesssing Knowledge Base
Replies: 5
Views: 6255

Re: Accesssing Knowledge Base

Same here, same error message. I used Knowledge Base only yesterday.
by NigelBrown
07 Jul 2018 12:12
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Knowledge Base Index and suggestions for topics
Replies: 1
Views: 2364

Knowledge Base Index and suggestions for topics

Mike, you have just asked: "BTW: We are growing a Knowledge Base > Knowledge Base Index and suggestions for topics will be welcomed." For me, a most useful addition would be a "Getting Ready to Map Places" section, giving a step by step guide to preparing Place definitions, how b...
by NigelBrown
09 May 2018 10:48
Forum: Research
Topic: 1939 Register now available on Ancestry.
Replies: 16
Views: 11647

Re: 1939 Register now available on Ancestry.

And, according to the "Recently Added and Updated Collections" page on Ancestry, we can "Enjoy free access until Sunday 13th May. "
by NigelBrown
16 Mar 2018 16:05
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Problems with Books and Diagrams
Replies: 6
Views: 5099

Re: Problems with Books and Diagrams

Just created a new book named Fred in about 2 seconds: Publish/Books/New/Create. No problem.
by NigelBrown
07 Mar 2018 19:03
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: Show Project Statistics updated plugin
Replies: 21
Views: 12059

Re: Show Project Statistics updated plugin

Mike, I did try it earlier this morning with the same hanging result, but then did as you said, including deletion of dat & .grd files, and all was well. Thanks also for the update.
by NigelBrown
06 Mar 2018 17:59
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: Show Project Statistics updated plugin
Replies: 21
Views: 12059

Re: Show Project Statistics updated plugin

Mike, I have just downloaded your updated Show Project Statistics v1.9.2. Before I installed it I ran the old version first, all OK, as normal. Running the new 1.9.2 the plugin stalled first time, showing no grid or data in the tables; an error message showed up saying something about Grid Data but ...
by NigelBrown
25 Feb 2018 20:37
Forum: General Usage
Topic: How to split or copy an individual
Replies: 6
Views: 5400

Re: How to split or copy an individual

Thank you for the ideas. I have used the Clone Any Record plugin to create a duplicate individual, followed by some unlinking and relinking and deletion of facts as appropriate from the two individuals to create exactly what I want. It took less than 10 minutes. My 2 x great grandfather is now back ...
by NigelBrown
25 Feb 2018 14:36
Forum: General Usage
Topic: How to split or copy an individual
Replies: 6
Views: 5400

How to split or copy an individual

Our 2 x great grandfather (c1821-75) is a man of mystery who turns up in Staffordshire in 1859 aged 38, marries and has three children, born in Hampshire (as per 1861 Census) and father John (as per marriage certificate). After many years of searching we found a family with father and son of right n...
by NigelBrown
05 Jan 2018 23:44
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Recording GRO Index Birth/Death sources
Replies: 11
Views: 9075

Re: Recording GRO Index Birth/Death sources

Mike,

Thank you for the advice about usage and sentence template code. It works perfectly, of course. I have dropped the word "shortly" so now it reads "born/died before or during the period...".

Nigel
by NigelBrown
05 Jan 2018 18:38
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Recording GRO Index Birth/Death sources
Replies: 11
Views: 9075

Recording GRO Index Birth/Death sources

I am not happy with my many hundreds of records of Births and Deaths where the source is the GRO Index and only "quarter dates" are given because we do not know if the event took place during the quarter, only the registration. Is it possible to modify the standard Birth/Death Facts, or cr...
by NigelBrown
11 Sep 2017 18:48
Forum: Research
Topic: Find my Past... or Ancestry ?
Replies: 49
Views: 35373

Re: Find my Past... or Ancestry ?

I have Ancestry and Findmypast, also The Genealogist which I have had the longest although I probably won't be able to justify financially having all three for much longer. If push came to shove between Ancestry and FMP I would probably go for Ancestry. However, their transcriptions e.g. census are ...
by NigelBrown
24 Jul 2017 21:23
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Sanity Check plugin?
Replies: 8
Views: 8020

Re: Sanity Check plugin?

Just an aside to Valkrider's advice, and not to detract from it, but the author of Gigatrees is terminating further development efforts and support of the application.
by NigelBrown
14 Jun 2017 16:20
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Restore My FH Project File to a Relative's Computer
Replies: 10
Views: 8237

Re: Restore My FH Project File to a Relative's Computer

Bob,

Comparing your screenshot with my settings, you should tick to "Allow Restore Registry Data".

Nigel
by NigelBrown
12 May 2017 21:20
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Letters as sources
Replies: 11
Views: 8774

Re: Letters as sources

Mike,
Its as easy as that! Thanks for pointing out this neat solution, and for the suggestion to read the Help more often.
by NigelBrown
12 May 2017 16:04
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Letters as sources
Replies: 11
Views: 8774

Re: Letters as sources

I have devised two custom facts very similar to Mike's. I have "Correspondence with" using Fact "{date} {individual} corresponded< with {value}>< of {_place}>" that produces output (in Individual Narrative, others not checked) of "On 1 January 2020 he corresponded with Fred ...
by NigelBrown
02 Mar 2017 14:20
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Duplicate Source Records
Replies: 3
Views: 3945

Re: Duplicate Source Records

First thing to do is to check that the source record you are going to delete is not cited. If it is, change the citation(s) to the source record that will remain. Once that is done, in the Records Window highlight the source to be deleted, select Edit then select Delete. It will ask you if you are s...