Family Historian User Group

PhilipR wrote: ↑

13 Aug 2023 05:39

I enjoy your YouTube videos.

Thank you, I will be attempting to encourage researchers to think about how to name their media files next. After that a short on how I rename files within Family Historian to finish off this practical mini series.

I'm happy you get something from them.

Wish List entry 615 has been created

Philip. Lorna has explained this perfectly well and the differences are well documented but let me try to simplify. All Media is LINKED to FH a link is all Gedcom can support. If your media is within the FH Project folder it will be backed up using full backup, if it exists elsewhere on your compute...

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On the face of it Find & Replace in Family Historian is one of the more functional offerings but everything can be improved. It's a function I would use in different programs from time to time so thought a real look and compare was warranted to try and form a value added wish here with the consensus...

Wish List entry 614 has been created

I am using the file name format "Surname-Initials-DOB- Subject matter" with my media but want to add a married name to the format to make it easier to track married women. How do I alter the names in FH7 which, I think, would be easier then altering them in File Explorer? Philip, it is possible and...

I agree with the lines being very faint in the grid making it difficult, I believe row highlighting as has been introduced on the Records Window would be a good solution. As the OP observed when data is sparse in the results window it is difficult to accurately read across especially on lower font s...

I agree, once the current New Wish List Request is reconciled and resolved more active management in the future will negate that need.

ColeValleyGirl wrote: ↑

26 Jun 2023 19:54

Vyger, with your permission I'll contact you offlist to take your offer of help forward.

No problem, please do.

I dismiss learned muscle memory as a valid reason for not refining workflows to be more intuitive that is akin to a “we have always done it that way” attitude, simply learn the new more efficient way. You and I are (I suggest) in the minority in being willing to modify our workflows when the opport...

One function that I found in RM 8/9 to be outstanding is the place clean (and maybe the name clean) feature. I had thousands of place names that were so messed up from combining Ancestry sources and FamilySearch sources. I often would have a half dozen different variations of the same place (caps, ...

OK, treat me like I just walked in off the street as effectively I have, I am not a seasoned FH user but I do understand development visibility and needs very well. As regards the benefit or influence of the Wish List I can say CP should be very interested in user opinions and difficulties, the late...

Philip, It really does not matter where your media is stored, FH will store new media in the project folder by default but you are free to maintain your own folder structure as I do. Mike has shown how to have FH scan for and relink media files which may have been moved by the user. Renamed files ar...

That could be awkward if a user were to move a linked file to a different location or edit the file/folder name, as it wouldn't be possible to reflect the change by correcting the link in FH (or in any other Family History software used). Mervyn There have been many changes in recent updates, one i...

OK, I thought you were talking about using Drag-and-Drop when the file is already stored in the computer. I believe that was what the OP meant, as he said: "whenever I add media to a record, individual or family using drag and drop, it insists on putting the media in the Project media folder, as I ...

I'm not sure it's just you, when I do this I get to chose a location " within the project folder " not elsewhere, I also manage all my media outside the project folder. Although the option to copy to the <Default Location wihin Project Folder> is the one shown by default, the drop down menu always ...

Gowermick wrote: ↑

01 Dec 2022 09:00

Support Ticket 547437 raised with CP

Good job, there are a number of what I call detailing issues like this throughout FH, whilst they do not break the function they can become tiresome.

I think it must be me, I have shut down and rebooted my computer and now it is fine, god knows, I must be getting senile lol I'm not sure it's just you, when I do this I get to chose a location " within the project folder " not elsewhere, I also manage all my media outside the project folder. This ...

Is this a bug, a Wish List item, or not worth the trouble? Glenn this is a current shortcoming of FH which I do hope CP will address. You do not say which software you are migrating from? the handling of Rootsmagic import Place and Address data is detailed in the update notes for 7.0.8.2. There is ...

I fully understand the problem and frustration, this is a very emotive subject for me and I still manage my SITES, Geocoding, Media and Notes outside Family Historian. In that environment I can enter XXX Parish or XXX Town and get a predictive list of Addresses (Sites) relational to that Place entry...

I hoping one of the FH experts can answer here but at present I am guessing it is just not possible. I maintain a media collection carefully named to a standard I adopted many years ago, Ancestry and other crazy file names often invade my collection and I want to filter and resolve these using the n...

Teresa, I'm guessing you are well aware of web clipper by now, I use the inbuilt web browser a lot to grab media and text, I believe this is what is referred to as Web Clipper. I have a tutorial paced media video in the making but you can see the drag and drop from web in my short below. https://you...

I fully support your well thought out presentation, as a user of Research Tracking in another program for many years I find the present FH implimentation disappointing and lacking. This is especially evident terms of filtering and visibility of such valuable items in Properties etc. https://i.postim...

There is much I would like to do ("see done") with diagrams to help as a research tool: I can identify with your well thought out list of possible enhancements, I hope CP are listening I'm not into geocoding yet - I find it either too problematic or too time consuming. One of the things that I hope...