Family Historian User Group

tatewise,
Thank you for pointing out what I hadn't realised until now, and will bear in mind in future. Changing the root person is the only customisation I have dared make, and that can be easily re-done.

Thank you. My last computer failed suddenly without warning so I was unable to follow all the steps described for re-installing. My FH files were backed up but not AS. I hadn't changed any of its default settings.

The Guide to AS says that when re-installing to a new computer "As well as installing AS, all Backups, Logs, Settings, Options, and Templates will need to be migrated." Why? What exactly does it back-up? Will AS still work properly if it's re-installed from scratch?

Thank you both for your quick replies.
It's so simple when it's pointed out! It hadn't ocurred to me to use Ancestors and Descendants, and then remove the descendants.

My previous software allowed me to show the root person on a diagram with their siblings. Is there a way to do this in FHv6?

Thank you. I'll work through the various suggestions and see how I get on.

Moving from FTMv11 to FHv4 is proving more difficult than I expected. I converted my file to gedcom 5.5, and most of the information has transferred OK, with a few quirks such as occupations listed as places.  I am disappointed though to find that my carefully recorded source info. has not been impo...