Family Historian User Group

I noticed that the version 3 board is now locked. I guess that means its no longer supported?

I found my way here without to much trouble as well. Looks ok to me.

I thing al you have to do is create an account I.e username and password but you don't have to take up a subscription. I certainly don't pay anything to ancestry and it works for me. After uploading my two gedcom files ( there doesn't appear to be any limit) the hints started to appear about a few d...

I have used Gedview but I now also use the ancestry app. You don't have to subscribe to ancestry.com to use it. I uploaded the gedcom file produced by family historian to the ancestry website and then looked at it using the app. You can also upload more than one tree as well. I've got over 1000 peop...

This situation is quite common and the reason is very straight forward. Before the advent of the train many families lived in the same village for many generations. The number of potential partners was very limited so marriages between 2nd, 3rd and 4h cousins etc very common. In very small rural com...

If you are looking to use an iPad you could upload your tree to ancestry and then use the ancestry app to view it on the iPad. Won't cost an arm and a leg either so worth trying.

How far does it go, well if I tell you I have around 19000 people on the tree, of which 12000 are actually descendents ,the rest are spouses. If you then take away the dead, the Illigitimate and their descendents and the adopted. You get down to 6000. Then the fun begins. Catholics are not allowed t...

I do use exactly as you describe to achieve the result but it would have been nice if Family historian could have done that automaticaly

Is it worth putting on the wish list or do you think thats its to difficult to achieve or no demand or whatever other reason not to put it on?

As you may be aware I use FH version 3 to help me compile the list of those in line to the British throne. I run a query on the tree and I can produce a list of those in line to the throne but I now want to be able to add a column which nunbers those in line automatically. So Charles would be number...

Perfect, Exactly what I wanted[smile][smile][smile]

Thank you so much once again

I have been using Version 3 to construct a tree showing all the descendents of the Electress Sophia. I have used several Flags and Icons to help in the production of a list of those in the line of succesion and it works extremely well. I've used Flags to denote people who married catholics, are cath...

Yes but I'm still on version 3

I've been using a flag and named it twin and then attaching an icon to that flag. It's simple and works for me.

However of course I may have missed some twins so having an expression that finds those that I have missed would be great.

When I upgrade to version 5 I will give those above a try.

I am so sorry for not mentioning that earlier. Yes I think you are right I do need to upgrade to version 5 .

Nevertheless I have learnt a great deal with your help and I'm sure it will stand me in good stead.

Thank you so much for all the support you have given me. It's very much appreciated.

Thanks Tatewise, I have looked at those pages in the knowledge base but they lso refer to other articles under Family Historian Help > Using Family Historian > Advanced Topics > Expressions and Contexts of Use Ive looked under Help on the menubar but dont have a Using Family Historian option under i...

Think i need to go back to the beggining as something is not right and take it bit by bit Im going to start with the All individulas Standard query save it as a custom query called 'test' and delete the columns for Record ID Dates Birth Place and updated. As expected that runs fine and gives me a li...

Hmm really dont know what is wrong Ive tried copying The esxpression =Timespan(%INDI.FAMC>WIFE>DEAT.DATE%,%INDI.BIRT.DATE%,MONTHS) and then pasting into the exprssion field as shown above but I cant then chose is greater than in the operator box. When i click on the arrow it is just all blanks. Coud...

Tried putting in the = sign and -3 and changed the brackets to ( instead of [ , so the expression now reads =timespan(%INDI.FAMC>WIFE>DEAT.DATE%%INDI.BIRT.DATE%MONTHS) is less than -3 I still cant add the expression or do anything with the operator (drop down menu is blank) or value fields Field is ...

Thanks for that, looks like that will do the trick. However I have tried to set up that expression and dont seem to be able to do it properly. Im in the rows screen and have the General tab selected. for condition I have selected Exclude if from the drop down list. I then typed in the Expression fie...

When constructing my tree for the descendants of the Electress Sophia I was struck by how often I came across cases where mothers had died soon after childbirth Im now trying to construct a query that might list all those. But I am stuck. I started with the all individuals query. removed most of the...

I guess the answer may depend on whether you want to use the data for anything other than your own needs. The subject of counties can be very confusing. Prior to the 1880s counties were distinct geographical areas but the introduction of County councils confused the issue slightly as the boundaries ...

I should have said is it only available for purchase from the US or can I buy it from a supplier in the UK?

That does look interesting Jane but is it only available from the USA?

I have been very impressed with Family Historian version 3 since I bought it over 7 years ago. Some of you will know that I have used it not only to record my own family history but also to construct a tree of all the descedants of the Electress Sophia. By also recording those that are illegitimate,...

Thank you so much for pointing me in the right direction Downloaded the query and saved it to a new directory where I keep my FH files. Clicked on the file and it asked me whether i wanted to sinstall it as a custom query. did that and it installed. added the columns that I wanted then excluded rows...