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if you do not have Autoroute is to use GENMAP.
http://www.archersoftware.co.uk/genmap01.htm

There have been a few reports of problems with installation similar to the following.  If you are having problems please review the information contained in the links below. Extract from postings to the FHU mailing list. . . . proceeded to install it,but a box appeared C:WindowsSystem32Autoexec.NT T...

You are holding the mouse button down on the corner and moving the mouse while holding the button down aren't you?

Calico Pie have just released a minor upgrade of Family Historian: version 2.3.5. This is a 'patch' - i.e. a bug fix release).  The upgrade can be downloaded from www.family-historian.co.uk , or from the downloads section on this site. The bugs fixed are: 1. The Descendant Outline report, using gene...

Gedcom Census is an application designed to be used with Calico Pie's Family Historian to allow faster and more convenient creation of census source records with occupation attributes, census events and birth events linked to the sources. Gedcom Census is in no way associated with or endorsed by Cal...

I store all my census copies alphabetically by Head of Household in one multi-ring plastic pocket per household. At the front of each pocket is my Census Record Summary By Household. This is in Excel format, which volunteers certain repetitive data, and makes it easy to change font size by individua...

By Frank Mathie This is my first article, although I have been using Family Historian for just over a year having previously used The Master Genealogist. I suppose there may be many like me, who have not yet abandoned their previous software package completely, as it still has a couple of features t...

On Friday Ancestry launched an index for 1881 UK Census, it is free to access and is the same index as on Family Search, but seems quicker to run. In addition if you are a subscriber all the images are available.

http://www.ancestry.co.uk

1. Support for Narrative Reports A major new report has been added. This is a narrative report: Descendants by Generation. This has numerous options, and like other reports, can be saved in HTML, RTF or text format. The report allows you to show all events and attributes about a person's descendants...

Version 2.3 is finished and all Family Historian users can now download a free upgrade to it.  We recommend everyone to do this because 2.3 is a significant upgrade and contains a host of new features. To download the latest version Click here Including [*]Support for Narrative Reports [*]Enhancemen...

You may have heard in Dick Eastman's newsletter or elsewhere that the version 2.3 upgrade was due to be released on November 5th. In fact it has been slightly delayed. The beta program, set up on this list a few weeks ago to test new releases of F.H., has been a great success. The Family Historian b...

Family Historian Version 2.3 adds Narrative Reports, a New Unique Copy-and-Paste Feature, Improved Support for Sources, and Much More. It’s Due out on November 5th … and it’s Free. Here are just some of the new features… Now Family Historian Can Tell Stories… Family Historian’s powerful report engin...

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Below is a table of the special characters available using the Alt key and the number pad. For example to type a euro symbol € hold down the ALT key and type 0128 on the numberpad of your keyboard. In addition The Character Map utility is free on all Windows machines and can be used to copy and past...

You need to hold the right button down
to move the corner and not release it. If you right click and release you get the menu.

Please note the old web address of familyhistorian.ip3.com has been discontinued. Unfortunately, I did not receive the e-mail from the ISP stating this was the case. I think my spam eater ate it. I had registered sometime ago http://www.fhug.org.uk, but because members cookies can not be transfered ...

My ISP has said that they believe they have unblocked the firewall which was causing the problem with the site. So I hope all our Australian visitors will be able to visit now.
Jane.

This site has been unstable over the last week, I am afraid it is out of my hands as it is a problem at the ISP.

I want to merge the files, but do not want FH to do any merging of individuals or families, even if they may be identical people. I strongly recommend that you take a backup before making this kind of major change to your file - in case you make a mistake and want to rollback. Having done the backu...

I have added the ability to upload a file when adding a Download to the Query and Template store (Downloads). To upload a file simple click the add download option, then type a name for the file and a description and click the upload file and select the file you want to upload, the small window shou...

The default theme is now set to the cream theme I have been testing. If the font is too small or too large for you, you can change it in Internet Explorer you can adjust the size of the font displayed as follows: go to View - Text Size, and then increase or decrease it. If you would like to continue...

using the the font size selector on your browser. I have done this as several people complained the old fonts were too small.

I am currently working on a new look for FHUG. If you would like to try it and are a member just go to 'My Profile' and select edit profile, then scroll down to theme selection and select 'Lemon2 - Test' Sample screen shown below. http://www.familyhistorian.ip3.com/images/uploads/fhugnewlook.jpg Com...

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Family Historian treats names (and a few other things like sex) separately from 'events' and 'attributes'. The latter can be associated with dates, places, notes, etc. Name, sex, etc are treated as special and distinct (which is why they don't show up in the Events tab of the Property Dialog). That'...