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I forgot to mention that this feature was not in Gedcom Census, it was added in Ancestral Sources. Also there is another refinement. In AS use Tools > Options > Census settings , and under Generic Columns lower right, there is an option to Include note titles . If you remove the tick, then the Colum...

First of all have you unzipped the Kinsfolk_Census_Queries.zip downloaded file? Right-click on this .zip file and use Extract All or use WinZip or 7-Zip to unzip and extract both files: Kinsfolk Census Done Report.fhq Kinsfolk Census To Do Table.fhq Rather copy these two .fhq files to the Queries fo...

These Notes are managed by the Census Templates . See the AS Census > Census Templates menu option. Choose the Country and Year at the top and select a Census Column on the left. For Column Type: Generic there is an option called Recording: that determines how data is recorded. The default is Append...

Just to add to what Nick has said: On old PC use Tools > Backup A.S. Options which should use your AS Backups folder to save an XML file. Copy all the folders and files that you have specified in Tools > Options > General settings > Folders from old PC to new PC. i.e. Settings Folder, Logs Folder, a...

Have you looked at Ahnentafel numbers? Google Ahnentafel for more details. FH Reports and Functions support Ahnentafel numbers. Also the AhnentafelNumber() function can be used to display the Ahnentafel Number in the Individual Property Box caption/title at the top. Alternatively, you could edit you...

Hi Keith It depends on what you mean by ' Source Records in FH were correct '. The option to hide Publication Information in Reports does just that. The Publication Information fields in Source records are still there, and from what you say, some Source records have this field filled in, and others ...

Would you like to add your Vote to the Wish List entry 106 below and any of the other entries referenced within its comments. Ref 106 Work With Data Windows to remember size and location http://www.fhug.org.uk/wishlist/wldisplay.php?orderby=wlwlcrtdate&orderseq=ASC¤tpage=3&wlwlref=106 Related ...

In 2008 you would have been using Gedcom Census not Ancestral Sources, or perhaps you would have entered Census Sources by hand.
By default Gedcom Census did not Record the census reference in the source 'Publication Information' field.
This might explain the discrepancies.

I agree with Jane. Ancestry does not require upper-case surnames. I have just uploaded a GEDCOM from FH to Ancestry with normal Capitalised Surnames and it uploaded fine. Regarding converting upper-case to lower-case using a regular expression editor, I think it would be tedious. Most RE do not allo...

What you are seeing in reports is the Source Name followed by the Publication Information in parentheses. This is the default setting in AS. See AS > Tools > Options > Census settings - method 1 > where under Record census reference... there is a tick against In source 'Publication Information' fiel...

There is a Wish List entry dating back to 2006 for better backups. See http://www.fhug.org.uk/wishlist/wldisplay.php?orderby=wlwlcrtdate&orderseq=ASC¤tpage=3&wlwlref=103 . It is arguable whether users with multiple Projects desire different Custom settings for each Project. It should be an opt...

If you are using Family Historian V4 then there are also the Kinsfolk Census Queries at:
http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id ... us_queries

Further to the above, unfortunately the link PeterR gives does not list all the available icons, because some have been erroneously filed under other headings. There is a new catalogue in the Knowledge Base via the following link: http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=fhugdownloads:diagramicons Th...

Here are some suggestions. When you enter a Fact the Age is shown on the Facts tab in parentheses ( ) . In the case of your 1975 Marriage it will show as (14) . When you know the person's age, in this case from the Marriage Certificate, then enter it in the Age box, and the parentheses are removed f...

You could try the TMG to FH Gedcom Converter in the FHUG Downloads at http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=fhugdownloads:contents:tmg_to_fh_gedcom_converter . TMG stands for The Master Genealogist at http://www.whollygenes.com and their output used to be .VCH files but now is .VC2 files. If the a...

The explanation of the 'bizarre' List in Record Order is that Events are listed in the following record order:
Individual Events (with blue dot) such as Birth & Death
Family Events (with red dot) such as Marriage & Divorce
Child Events (with grey dot) such as Birth of Children

Please see my posting Place and Address References http://www.fhug.org.uk/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=forum&board=v4use&op=display&num=4706 This describes my technique for keeping a single repository citation for each Place/Address entry in any Facts. Web Site fields hold URL that link directly to onli...

My understanding is that it depends on what type of CD you have. If you have the Family Historian 4 boxed set CD costing over £30 then you can install that. However, it sounds like you have a Family Historian 2 CD and Family Historian 3 Upgrade CD and Family Historian 4 Upgrade CD . That latter cost...

Have you looked at Ancestral Sources options via menu bar Census > Census Date Check and Census Flag Check ? The Date Check ensures your Census Dates are correct. The Flag Check lets you add flags consistently. See the Help for more details. See also Family Historian menu bar Tools > Work with Named...

Quick Search and Replace has many handy features including Regular Expressions for find and replace, plus batch editing, and it is FREE. So for example the following meta-characters will find: t tab (HT/TAB) n new line (NL) r car return (CR) f form feed (FF) a alarm (bell) (BEL) e escape (ESC) http...

If you also want to include Census (family) events then add the following Row Filter between the other two: Add if =FactName() matches 'Census (family)'. Your original posting specifically mentioned 'Where within Source' and your example used Exclude unless %INDI.CENS.SOUR.PAGE% is null . The equiva...

In your original posting you said you wanted your children to run Family Historian on their PC. My first suggestion was to install Family Historian on their PC, and send them the entire database on a flash drive/memory stick. (The other options were just alternative ways of exporting your database. ...

I will answer your questions in reverse order. (4) How long would it take to update a website of 3,000 odd files? Assume each file is a JPG of about 1Mbyte or roughly 10Mbits. So you have 3,000 x 10Mbits = 30,000Mbits to upload. Assume upload speed is roughly 1Mbit/sec (usually about a tenth of your...

A number of options immediately come to mind - all free. You could download and install the free Family Historian V3 Read Only Version on your children's PC. Then all you need to give them is a memory stick containing the entire Project Folder. It even works if you are using FH V4. However, there ar...

In Martin's case the solution is quite straightforward. He should select himself and his wife in either of the following ways. (a) Hold down Ctrl key and click his box and his wife's box on any diagram. (b) In the Families Records window select his own spouse couple record. Then choose Ancestor and ...