Family Historian User Group

Hello Mike Thanks for coming back to me so quickly. I feel such a dunce asking these basic questions, I have little understanding of how the built-in systems work - I am already backing up to File History and thought this was only stored on this laptop. If it's an external drive, would I be able to ...

Hello Fhug Good morning, everyone It's been a while since I was last on here: once I got going with the FH software, I've just kept going! Two projects later, I've just downloaded v7 and, now fully invested in FH, realise external back-up is urgent. (I know, everyone says do this straight away, and ...

davidf and E Wilcock, thank you for taking the time to discuss some very good reasons to create separate family trees. As I mentioned, I'm very new to the practice of recording genealogy on software and I appreciate the depth of your responses. The FHUG is such a good way of communicating with exper...

All replies are so helpful. Thank you!
I now have a greater understanding of the role of Dropbox and the need to choose a more purposeful and secure back-up system. I will explore all your suggestions. My education re external hard drives begins...

Thank you all. Most helpful. I had assumed Dropbox would be the way to go to back-up. I'll explore the Media Folder. I am new in all ways. It started four years ago when I was handed the school files for my grandfather, who no-one in the family knew anything about. We then discovered two sets of bro...

Thank you, Mike. Exactly the information I need to know.
I am indeed working through 'Key features for newcomers,' as you suggest, and doing quite well in holding back my enthusiasm to get going!

Good evening, I have just begun my journey on FH and have a question, please. I'm reading through 'Getting the most from FH6,' in preparation for inputting our family tree. The guide suggests it is 'common to have one project and store all the family data in that'. My plan is to create a full family...