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by dmcmillan5
19 Dec 2020 01:50
Forum: General Usage
Topic: How to search for all relatives who were born, married or died in a particular country
Replies: 2
Views: 1172

How to search for all relatives who were born, married or died in a particular country

Hi, can anyone please tell me how to find the names of all relatives in a tree who were born, married or died in a particular location, be it a country, county or town or other location? Or point me to where I can work out how to do this.
by dmcmillan5
09 Dec 2020 11:48
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Family Historian user perspective of the data structure - evidence and assertions
Replies: 15
Views: 5587

Re: Family Historian user perspective of the data structure - evidence and assertions

One of the things I have learnt from the lean and agile approaches is the importance of trying things out, making small changes, obtaining feedback, and being able to change quickly. Regarding leaving sufficient evidence , my approach is to leave enough evidence so that others can use their own appr...
by dmcmillan5
09 Dec 2020 11:24
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Family Historian user perspective of the data structure - evidence and assertions
Replies: 15
Views: 5587

Re: Family Historian user perspective of the data structure - evidence and assertions

Many thanks for the replies and discussion. I will spend some time looking through the models suggested, see how my needs map to them, and then work through FH from a user perspective, mapping to the models. It will be particularly interesting to see how the extensions can help enrich the data struc...
by dmcmillan5
06 Dec 2020 22:59
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Family Historian user perspective of the data structure - evidence and assertions
Replies: 15
Views: 5587

Re: Family Historian user perspective of the data structure - evidence and assertions

I fully agree that people are involved in family history and use Family Historian for a multitude of reasons, and different people have different perspectives on the level, amount and accuracy of evidence appropriate for different parts of their family history. I am trying to make things more organi...
by dmcmillan5
06 Dec 2020 22:48
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Family Historian user perspective of the data structure - evidence and assertions
Replies: 15
Views: 5587

Re: Family Historian user perspective of the data structure - evidence and assertions

Hi, many thanks for all your contributions to my questions. There are 2 main aspects that I am grappling with as a newcomer to FH: - how much the user facilities and user data structures available to me as a user allow me to store information without resorting to an unstructured field such as 'comme...
by dmcmillan5
05 Dec 2020 03:40
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Family Historian user perspective of the data structure - evidence and assertions
Replies: 15
Views: 5587

Re: Family Historian user perspective of the data structure - evidence and assertions

Many thanks for your reply. Yes I am intending to use Family Historian to record genealogical family history research. My background, is in a number of other areas including statistics , data management and enterprise architecture, and have only recently decided to get more into using off-the-shelf ...
by dmcmillan5
02 Dec 2020 20:28
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Family Historian user perspective of the data structure - evidence and assertions
Replies: 15
Views: 5587

Family Historian user perspective of the data structure - evidence and assertions

Hi, I am just starting out on my use of Family Historian. I was wondering if there is anywhere I can go to see the user perspective on the data structure in a diagram, with supporting text. This would help me determine how I can use the structures to minimise the amount of duplication of data input,...