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Hi Harold. I am relatively new to FH (about 2 months now). I have used TNG ver 11 thru 14. I have used with FTM, RM and FH. Curious if you got the Media issue resolved. One thing I would compare is FH, TNG, and the physical media directory on your site. The File counts should be very close (if your ...

Hi Everyone! :) Most grateful for any ideas on this issue. I am using FH7 and TNG ver.14 I am getting maybe 20% of my gedcom with media/medialinks and photos/associated medialinks appearing in TNG.   On the other hand her mother has all showing in the correct place 100% complete. I have done import...

Well, I'm close to giving up and going back to GedSite. I really like TNG for the ability for other relatives to collaborate. However, I'm just running into too many problems, and I'm spending too much time on import anomalies, which is taking away from time I could spend on actual genealogy. As ma...

ADC65, I deal in the wild with a lot of GEDCOM files that include full path, including drive letter, so these are things i see and “fix” in my long experience with GEDCOM! :D Concerning GEDCOM v7.x -- and media files -- it will be interesting how relative & obsolete MEDIA PATHS are handled. Sometim...

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Does FH import unused Source Templates from RootsMagic? Or only templates/sources currently attached to a person/fact?

thanks!
Kevin

Yes, my guide was aimed at several people that did not seem to understand all the options and Nick had omitted to mention some of the options and settings. I don't understand the point of displaying Media after uploading GEDCOM to website software because (except for TNG) websites such as Ancestry,...

Here is my guide to displaying Fact related Media in FH as illustrated in the screenshot below. The important step is to open the floating Media for Fac t window as shown on the left below. Either click the Show Media icon highlighted in yellow in the toolbar below the Fact list, or single-click an...

But the principle remains that any user can theoretically write a mod to do anything, including rearranging the Person page without changing anything in a GEDCOM from FH7. I agree with all you say, I was just trying to explain that TNG does display the media, just in the citation not the fact, if t...

I checked TNG wikipage for some MODS -- have not yet found a workaround from that end. Also this issue is not limited to TNG -- I tied loading the FH Gedcom into another website program (WebTrees) and had the same undesired result.(at least with the standard import settings). So this had to to with ...

Fair point I guess -- but then I do NOT understand how the that info in linked in GEDCOM which was why I was asking. If the info to link the source/media/fact is in the GEDCOM -- then there should be options of how those 3 are handled. thank you for your always insight-fullness I was perhaps being ...

. The fact is linked to the source and in FH if you click on the fact and then on the Show Media button you'll see the images linked to the source. A census source, for example, might lead to a census fact, occupation fact and birth fact being generated for each individual and so you would end up w...

I assume you are wanting to link the image of the source media to the person so that the TNG Person screen will show the media in the media section, rather than buried within the source yes that is correct -- which up until I test AS worked fine using FH. I test AS on one Family group to see what w...

Excuse my newness to FH and mostly Ancestral Sources. I have been using FH (FH7) about 2 months and testing Ancestral Sources. So far everything looks good in both FS/AS. However, I notice 2 undesired results when importing the GEDCOM to TNG Website. I am hoping others who use TNG can offer some inp...

This sounds like a sensible system that you've developed. Just to point out though that the naming conventions are very flexible in AS - the title templates can be formatted in various different ways and keyword codes included (and even quite complex functions if required) to match most requirement...

Nowadays I just link an image to the source (letting AS deal with naming the file and media record for me) and don't worry about the fact that the image will already be linked to the other family. Disk storage is so plentiful... Over the past year or so I came up with a Media naming convention -- t...

I would heartily recommend "Biting the bullet" and re- do your data entry with AS. As will ask whether and how you want to update the existing data. I started my journey back in 1999 on Sierra's "Generations" which I did like a lot. Looking for something better, I came across FH (Then on Version 3)...

Thanks Nick -- yes I have watch 2-3 of the Ancestral Sources video including the introduction one. My situation is basically I need to retroactively make sources/citations and decide what is the best to do. Of course while I am reviewing things I can also review the strength of the sources/citations...

To set the default project, go to File > Project Window.... Select the project you want to have as the default. Click on "More Tasks...". Select "Set as Default Project". This info is readily available just by searching for "default project" in the program help. thank you --- I have not idea how it...

Hello I have many facts: Birth, Marriage, Census, Death and so on. Due to several Major problems between FTM and Ancestry syncs -- I moved to RM to rebuild my tree (mostly) from scratch for facts and media. That has gone well. I wanted to get to the point when I was ready to rebuild my sources/citat...

Where /how is the default project set?

It does not seem to based on the last project worked. If you close out relaunch the program it will open another project (apparently first one in the list) -- how can this be changed?

Kevin

I was curious about this but have not tested yet. I have RM7 & RM8 (and just upgraded to RM9) -- a quick glance at the tables -- there does not seem to be any major impacts on the tables / fields that FH would use. That said -- a simple field name change could mess things up but should be a relative...

On a related note -- does any have tips (queries etc) that would find where a spouse is missing as in my 2nd marriage example? (or even if it was the only marriage) -- so if there are marriage facts but no family?
(I think that is the correct way to say it)

There are two different situations here. The first is where one family have two marriages, e.g. a religious ceremony not recognized by the state and a separate civil marriage. The second is where the two spouses end the marriage and subsequently remarry. In this latter case, two separate families a...

To add to Mark's advice, in the property box for Mabel, you should see Eldon twice. I've shown how it appears for Mark's example. If they appear in the wrong order in the focus window you can change the order using the arrows I've indicated. Remarriage.png Yes that was part of it -- I need to add b...

Hello This is probably (hopefully) something that does not occur very often -- and has only occur 2 times that I am aware of in my family tree of 10K+ people and 5000+ Families. I have only been using FH for about 5 weeks. Woman had 5 marriages, marriage #1 and #3 were to same man. Not sure if there...