Family Historian User Group

My security (Norton) said the disk need optimization, nothing was open so I click it to optimize the disk. When finished I opened to use Family Historian the icon is still on desktop but is empty, (it does have the sample project there), I am using windows 10, which I really dislike and not up to sc...

Thank you, will potter an see if I can do it, have managed the convicts list thanks.Maybe I will just have to do it by pen and paper manually as I want to include in the ancestors/decendants as an quick referral for a family member who has requested I give her a list showing who is gparent or x6 gmo...

Many thanks for your help, I guess this will also work if I wish to get a list of grandparents (up to and including x7grandparents for an individual?)

Barbaramac

Is it possible to print out a list of convicts in ones tree? if so how do I go about it please.
using V6.2 FH
Barbara

Hi, just advising that my problem has lessened substantially, Valkrider very kindly spent some time helping me to load the my heritage tree into my project, I now don't have to wonder what I can do this summer, I will be adding manually the 600 people who are missing on this tree, but hey that certa...

Hi Mike, It all confuses me at the moment, I took a screen shot as you suggest, how do I get it onto this site, I can only work out to share with an email, I took a copy of it ,pasted it onto this section but all it shows is ( cid:8338EFA4-DC19-4723-BF73-6CE1322BC8C0@BigPond). I am giving up for the...

HI, I have done all you say to do,family historian is now on new computer, all blank of course, I have tried to trf the file over to fh won't let me do it not sure if its because I have not used windows 10 before or if the file was affected with the virus too and thats why the extension of file is d...

Yes I have licence key, file name: FHProject Backup barbstreefamhist 2016: zip.AKOPEj Notepad can't find path to file. I emailed it to myself as dropbox had suspended my password, had to change it via email msg but my comp did not want to receive emails for my address as I had just changed password ...

Hi again, Got new computer (windows, thought it would be an easier reload), tried the usb stick they have frozen that also the external hard drive...managed to get into dropbox, found the backup file, sent it to my email, to open it I need to select app to open this, what app would open the back up ...

Hi Mike,
Thank for that I will take computer in to a techie guy and see if they can reformat disk, I don't want to use any other genealogy program very happy with fh.

many thanks

Firstly thanks to Richard,Colin & Mike for the input, have taken notes on what you all say, will look into those suggestions. Mike I'm not sure anyone would touch the computer its frozen with a vicious email which has encrypted everything, they demand a ransome to release the files, I thought if the...

Hi have used FH for years on my laptop windows, which has now been sabotaged everything is encrypted & I can't use that computer anymore unless I pay thousands of dollars, that won't happen. Am wanting to get a Mac book pro next week, will I be able to import my fh from the usb stick, I know I will ...

Tatewise & Derek

Thank you both for your answers to my question.

Barb

Hi,
I have my results of DNA testing done through Ancestry.com, how do I put them into my Family Historian project?? Would someone mind setting out instruction please. Not sure if this is correct place to post this, my apologies if it is not.

Barb

Thank you both Jane and tatewise I will follow this. Yes I do realise that it's similar question I posted before, I was able to do that without any problem. With your instructions , but this time I could not get it to do what I needed.
Many thanks

Hi, I have saved as a pdf diagram of all ancestors & decendants and wish to send the file to my son. I keep saving it as pdf then it appears it only wants me to print it, thats not what I want to do, I have already printed out a chart that was ok but I want this done just as a pdf file to go to usb ...

Thank you davidm and Jane for answer to the above, just going to try it.
Barbaramac

Is there a way I can print a list showing all convicts in my tree? I have them flagged. Just thought I could find a way to get a list printed?
Barbaramac

Many thanks Mervyn & Tatewise have been able to do it as a PDF file.
Barbaramac

I want to export an all ancestor & decendents chart to a usb to take to a printers, a menu comes up to select which file I want but won't allow me to select anything? (using v 6.2)

Thank you very much will follow instructions.
I appreciate your help.
Barb

I need to email a chart of all relatives of a niece, I have saved it as a PDF, how do I go about emailing it, if not able how to trf to a USB stick?
I sent it to documents and it is unreadable?

Many thanks B

Hi, Many thanks for your help, I have managed to find the photo I was looking for and to put it in FH. I would like to set my records up into folders as you have, where do you have those folders?? (bear with me I have been doing everything the hard way, now need to cut to the way you guys use FH. re...

I am running FH on a seperate PC .
I am using multimedia tab In Property box, add media , insert from file, but can' t see pictures or photos listed, will double check again.

Thanks

I use a mac(Yosemite ) to do my searching, then email any photos/certificates etc I want to include in my FH program (v6.0.4), which I run on a windows 8.1, have done this for a few years but now I can't find where the photos are being put, I found the last photo I emailed yesterday in the Photos, w...