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Many thanks to Lorna & jmuphy for excellent suggestions. The search is going to take some time as there were many William Bradley's in the USA at this time. He does not appear in the 1900 USA census so that cuts it down a bit. I am currently working through the eastern states. Rhode Island has one p...

Many many thanks to all who replied. Yes I have found passport applications for the correct dates which could be him & had the same results with the Castle Garden site. I will try the Family Search ideas suggested as that is new to me & report back here after the festivities. A very Merry Christmas ...

My brick wall for many years is the disappearance of my Grt Grandfather William Bradley (b.1841 in Dudley Worces) between August 1881 & September 1882. Family story says he emigrated to America & never came back.I have a press cutting about a request from his wife to the Brewster Court in Chesterfie...

Thanks for the reply & sorry I had not updated my profile info to show I am now using FH V5.
I have now solved the problem that I posted. Adjer

Are there two sample projects in the tutorial section of FH.? One seems to have a root person Cameron Peabody & another the other Ian Stephen Monro. I could not complete tutorial No. 7 because Cameron Peabody was not there. I am in a muddle over this one. There seems to be two lots of data that are ...

Have solved problem. Project file for missing project found elseware in documents folder. When reinstated all projects correctly. Thanks for the file structure info in your help reply.

Have recently had to re-install Windows 7 into my HP dv8085 laptop using "Windows easy transfer". All my material has been transferred OK but Family Historian has a problem. My Family Historian 4 has four projects (Family Trees+ Media) that all show as being in place in the documents folder. When I ...

Hello again, Historian 4.1 now installed in the new Win8.1 laptop and linked to the three family trees I transferred from the old Win.XP machine. It was quite easy to do in the end apart from the long wait (several hours) while the transfer took place. I am not sure if the F.H 4.1 I have installed f...

I have a Windows Xp Laptop with Family Historian 4.1 installed & loaded with a large amount of data. Microsoft say they will not be supporting Xp with security updates etc after April 2014. I have purchased a new Windows 8 Laptop and wish to transfer my Historian program with it's data from the Xp m...

Hello,       My problem 'linking unrelated individuals' is solved.The precise instructions provided for creating a new tab called 'Associations' in the Property Box worked perfectly 1st time. I could not have done it without this help. Many many thanks to 'tatewise' for providing them. Thanks also t...

I have entered two very close families in my tree that use aunt, uncle, etc when talking, but they are not related in any way. How can I link them together? I have data for both families entered in the Records window but cannot move directly between them. I tried using the Add tab, then unrelated in...