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Nick Walker said: Not all possible data references are permitted. You cannot use data references for composite items which have no data of their own, and hence cannot be edited. Hi Nick,  I saw this, but didn't know what it meant.  I wasn't sure if soundex code and record id fell into this category...

I need some help adding some items to a new tab I've created in the property box. I've read through the help, but I'm still lost. One field I'm trying to add is the Soundex code for the individual. I select the Soundex field from the list of data references. It sets the Data Reference field to: INDI...

Just a clarification on this. There would be no prompt to do the backup (it would be automatic) and there would be no prompt for the dataset name (it would use the default or the yymmdd format as selected in the options).

Add a setting so that a backup is done automatically without any prompts whenever FH is closed.

http://www.fhug.org.uk/wishlist/wldispl ... lwlref=469

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That makes sense. I'll continue to do it manually.

Thanks!

Nick, That will be a nice feature (being able to change the existing primary name). As far as alternate names go, I think choosing the person from AS could still be handled by using the existing primary name. I don't really see a need to be able to choose the individual by an alternate name. I was j...

Nick,
Is there a way to have AS create an alternate name for an existing individual? I haven't been able to figure out how to do that. This is the way I like to handle it if I find a different name in the census than I have as the primary name in FH.
Thanks!
Bill

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Hi Nick,

I would vote for:

1. Birth Certificates
2. Death Certificates
3. Marriage Certificates

Great program, looking forward to the new items whatever you decide to do.

Thanks!

OK... thanks!

Hi Chris and Nick,

Thanks for the replies. I guess I'm still a little confused though. Do I actually have to click on this icon (button) to create the census entries before I click on save?

Thanks!

I was wondering what the icon under the toolbar that looks like a pen drawing on a piece of paper and whose popup description says 'create census entries' does. It is probably described in the help somewhere, but I couldn't find it.

Thanks!

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I'm just trying to use AS to enter my first census information and have a question on reference numbers for the US census.  What do people use for reference numbers?  Is there a standard format to use? Also, I see on each template a field called reference start.  In the help I see an example for the...

Nick,

Good idea. I'll give that a try. Can't wait to see the new release.

Thanks!

I'm new to Ancestral Sources and have a question about the title template.

Is there any way to get the name to be in the format 'Last, First' instead of 'First, Last'?  

If not, I'd like to suggest that as a future enhancement.

Thanks!

ID:4733

Hi David

Isn't that the truth. Unfortunately I do much of my best learning that way. [smile]

Thanks again,

davidm_uk said: Re your reply above to my post, in the first screen capture have you tried completing the fields for Format (set it to jpeg from the drop down list) and Title to see if that makes any difference? Hi David, As you can see from my response to Jane, I did get it to work.  Somehow I had...

Hi Jane, I got it to work!! I used tools/work with external file links to find and delete all existing links to any media.  I then used Windows Explorer to delete the existing media folders from the project. At this point FH was back to where it was before I tried to link in any pictures.   Then I s...

PeterR said: Bill, If, as Jane suspects (and she's often right), the problem is related to the total length of your file and the length of the path to your selected folder within the project folder, you may find the following post useful: http://www.fhug.org.uk/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=forum&board=...

davidm_uk said: Maybe see if that works for you? Hi David, I tried doing it the way you described and I didn't get any error windows popping up, but I don't see the media once it is linked in. Here is what my ALL tab looks like: http://www.fhug.rjt.org.uk/images/uploads/Capture8x.JPG The complete p...

Jane said: Try renaming your media to a shorter name and see it that fixes the problem. Hi Jane, The folder I put the media in is: C:UsersBillDocumentsFamily Historian ProjectsHenshaw FamilyMediaDriftmier, Benjamin W Sr The name of the file is: Gravestone of Benjamin W Driftmier Sr.jpg Is that too ...

I tried to include my first multimedia into FH today and ran into a problem. I was adding a jpg picture to a source.  I went to the source and clicked on 'add media'.  I then clicked on 'insert from file' and pointed it to the file on my hard drive.  I told it to go ahead and copy the picture into t...

Hi Peter, Just a note. I changed this a little because I was only getting the first given name, not all given names and also I like to have the nickname before the surname. So... I used this and it gave me just what I was looking for. Individual: %INDI.NAME.NPFX% %INDI.NAME:GIVEN_ALL% (%INDI.NAME.NI...

PeterR said: Bill, Another possibility, which would avoid the (slight) hassle of customizing the Property Box, is to amend the Caption for the Individual Property Box.  Have a look at the Help for Property Box Captions.  As it says, the default caption is:Individual: %INDI% You could enter instead ...

Hi Chris, Thanks for the reply. I had added the prefix the way you had and then I came across the field called INDI.NAME[1]:ADORNED. According to the help, this field is 'Given name and surname, preceded by name prefix, if any, and followed by name suffix, if any.'. I thought this would be perfect b...

Jane, Just to see what it would look like, I tried customizing the property box by adding a new custom field. Here is how I defined the new field: http://www.fhug.rjt.org.uk/images/uploads/Screen1.JPG http://www.fhug.rjt.org.uk/images/uploads/Screen2.JPG This is what is defined in the 'more' portion...