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A quick check online yielded - "GEDCOM was developed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)". So while FamilySearch is a function of the Family History Library, both are part of the LDS church who is the legal holder of the copyright, not "FamilySearch, the copyright holders...

Mike, As for displaying a list of citations and a means of editing, do you mean the following: 1. Records window > Sources tab > select a source 2. With source selected, Tools > select the Where Used Records Link plugin (if added to the menu) with results displaying in a Query window 3. From the Whe...

Yes, GEDCOM is definitely 'aged'. New hardware and OS changes in the future, plus new requests for changes / features / analysis capabilities from the genealogy market will only show that age more. While I would really like to see the arrival of an xml language that would be capable of expanding to ...

Arthur , Yes, I definitely hear negative comments to my insistance in using free form source styles. About the same as the comments I hear about my use of Method 2 and how much better source / citations would be if I used Method 1. While I may explain my position, I otherwise ignore both groups. Th...

Yes, interpretation of GEDCOM is a problem between different genealogy software. However, as each genealogy software has added its own code to account for features beyond that 'standard' additional problems have occurred. For example, GEDCOM does not include mlti-individual events (witnesses) and de...

GEDCOM? Oh, you don't even want me to get started on that 'standard'! I remember the copyright holder's written comments about the GEDCOM not needing further development as it met their needs. Unfortunately, the standard did not, and still does not, meet the needs of the genealogical community. I re...

Mike, I very strongly disagree with your fourth paragraph. Definitely not my approach to recording sources and citations and I have been working on my records since the mid-1960s (paper first, on to CPM+ and DOS software in the mid-1980s, and into Windows software when that OS became available). As ...

Mike, Yes, I've looked at your new plugin. While 'nice' have you examined the capabilities of FTM's Sources tab? As I wrote before, I am not a fan of FTM (no local sentence changes, date spans, or shared events to name just three), yet the Sources tab is definitely useful. As for ' Where within Sour...

Arthur, If the 'Were within Source' field would just open to a text box to show all the text included that would be an improvement. I too use Method 2 and have for decades. If I were to cite one item that is keeping me from finally moving to FH. the lack of access to citations would be it. If I use ...

"I think it would be reasonable within the constraints of GEDCOM to consider "Ancestry: California, Select Marriages, 1850-1945" as the repository and therefore this 'higher level source' can still work in FH." Nick and Mike, This comment is why we will never agree. A repository (check any book of g...

Mike, Concerning your comments, I'll just repeat what you wrote "that is what I suspected". I have had a license to Family Historian since version 2, yet have not used the software as my major research data software. Based upon your first sentence, second paragraph, I'll just continue to keep my int...

Mike, You asked: "Could you perhaps explain why you are "definitely not a fan of Method 1" when it would clearly solve this problem." As I wrote I started my researches in the mid-1960s. During the next two decades, while military assignments took me from the USA to Japan, back to the USA, to German...

Mike, You just confirmed my suspicions that with FH I would have to track each instance of a source citation to make a change to a typo. That is definitely not of interest. Yes, I am familiar with Ancestral Sources, Methods 1 & 2 and the other aspects you mention. I am definitely not a fan of Method...

Mike, No, not about what I was asking. Please note I referenced the help topic 'How to Copy and Paste Source Citations'. Unfortunately that topic did not answer my question either. Please understand that I am very familiar with genealogy after five decades and have used genealogy software since the ...

I just looked at the help topic 'How to Copy and Paste Source Citations', however I am looking for an additional bit of information. If I copy a source citation and paste that copy to five other locations, are those copies connected to or independent of the original source citation? In other words, ...

The book is also available now on the USA site of Amazon.com with a cost of $23.95 plus shipping and tax. It became available late Sunday, which was when I ordered a copy.

Best,

Denise Moss-Fritch

With the addition of Findmypast hints to Family Historian 6.2 I thought perhaps there were new users to that service who might be interested in a webinar scheduled for Wednesday. The webinar is 'no cost'. Since I am not familiar with this data service I have already registered. Information with the ...

The past few days Ancestry's 'Communities' lists online at the main site have had all posted text changed to Asian characters. As Ancestry 'fixes' the character display problem, the next day the problem is back. The problem seems to be limited to the Communities lists at the main Ancestry site and R...

Yes, and the new software company that will be developing FTM has an online site, with the FTM web page found at:

http://www.mackiev.com/ftm/index.html

Best,

Denise

You will find a pdf version of the book (version 5, yet very similar to v6) at:

http://www.family-historian.co.uk/downl ... ad-archive

At the web page, select the Book tab. You will find both the book and tutorial files available.

Best,

Denise Moss-Fritch

Putting to one side the fact that genealogy research has its amusing moments and bizarre events, I've got a bit of a problem on how best to enter data so others seeing it don't get confused. After a few years of searching for info on the wife of someone in my tree (who is named as Mrs K xxxx in a W...

Marc, Read your post on the Genbox list, yet thought I would answer here to see whether anyone on the FHUG Forum might offer a better suggestion. To import Genbox's complex system of Projects, Tasks, Correspondence, and all (Jim, this is a very complex and sophisticated To Do list concept) would req...

Jerry, Well, it has taken me a bit to locate my 'old' login name and password from a couple years ago. It has been a while since I've checked this board. Meaning that while I have FH6 (I've maintained a licensed copy of FH since version 2) I am still trying to decide which software to use. Or, perh...

If you wish to exclude a private tree from searches, you can do so when you initially upload your information, or change the privacy selections to a previously created tree. The tick box option states: Also prevent your tree from being found in searches. This option includes the following additional...