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Thank you. I appreciate the tip--and look forward to taking advantage of it.

Thank you for the kindness of your reply and helpful insights. Having sat a bit with the information you offered, I see I’ve overlooked or not entirely understood and appreciated some basic stuff. It appears the trick is choosing the best specific template from the many presented in the Essentials a...

As I continue to learn the ins and outs of FH, I’m befuddled by one aspect: how to generate footnotes from templates conforming to the formats of EE. I’ve resorted to simply using the footnote format as the title of each source, but that naturally has its drawbacks—really long titles that are less h...

Thank you again. I'm persuaded that creating a custom fact of Slave Owner, creating an individual for each named slave (usually with just a first name), and linking that individual to the Slave Owner fact as a witness with a role of Slave is the way to go. This approach more directly addresses slave...

Thank you for the ideas and food for thought. I appreciate the kindness of your replies. I agree that it is a good idea to record slaves somehow that may come to the notice of others seeking ancestors who were slaves. That sort of research is tough enough, so any way to facilitate it sounds good to ...

I recently discovered an ancestor who owned several slaves and bequeathed two of them by first name to a couple of his children. Any suggestions about how to record enslaved persons in Family Historian? I could address the subject as Possessions under Facts, but that seems inadequate and off. I coul...

I recognize too that I'll need to somehow segregate the photos I include in FH from my overall family photo files, which encompass all sorts of photos not pertinent to genealogy. I would like to avoid, or at least minimize, creating duplicates. Perhaps I can segregate the media files with a file sys...

Thank you for explaining that FH uses Windows folders, so FH and ACDSee can share the same folder structure inside the FH Media Folder. I was hoping and thinking something of this sort was possible. It's comforting to get confirmation from someone who knows. Even this basic stuff, obvious to you, is...

Thank you for the thoughts and suggestions. I have yet to figure out how to integrate the filing system with FH. From reading other posts here, I understand that one approach (and perhaps the easiest) is to keep these files in the FH Media File. Another is to link to an external file. That approach,...

I am new to Family Historian. I have some paper documents and files on family history, but have yet to develop a computerized filing system. Before taking a first step, I figured I could benefit from the experience and wisdom of those who have been at this for awhile. Apart from genealogy, I have or...