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I've just looked at my old PC and in Preferences>Backup in the Default Back up Folder it is just C:\Users\Jane\Documents\Family Historian Projects. I don't seem to have a Backup folder as mentioned in Step 5

I've copied the files over and FH seems to picked my project up ok, the location is correct, as the default Start up file, however I'm at a loss finding the Default backup folder located in FH. Many thanks.

I was following the Moving from PC to PC advice and have now switched to the Standard Migration Steps. On step 4, my entire Family Historian Projects are saved onto a USB pen, if I copy them over to the new PC would I copy these files into my documents? as this is where they are stored on the old PC...

I'm in the middle of working from the above Back up and Restore Family Historian Settings- Advice and don't understand step 5 ie. On the new PC in FH ensure the File>Project Window> Location mine is as below. I have opened the sample project but is this right? I'm afraid I don't really understand th...

Yes, the screenshot is taken from my Windows 7 laptop. The only thing that I can think of is that I upgraded from version 2 on CD and then from this to FH 4 in 2009 then FH 6 in 2015. I've only ever used the Plug in twice, as before this I didn't realise that I had to back up customised facts sepera...

I'm in the process of transferring FH from my old Windows 7 laptop to Windows 10 and using the plug in to do this, I am a bit confused by the options given. I don't want to keep any of the old files so would the Keep new backup data file be the one to pick? Many thanks.

Thanks Mike, I've now got Edward in the Media Folder where he should be. I also noticed something strange when I was looking in my ... fh_data folder and have seen something that dosen't look right. For some unknown reason I seem to be missing the Census 1891 Folder but it appears i've somehow put i...

Sorry to be asking for help yet again! :oops: I'm about to change PCs from Window 7 to 10 and following the instructions for the Family Historian V5 and V6 Migration Guide and have come to a halt regarding the media links see below: I think that Edward should be in the Media Folder of the Project Da...

Thanks Lorna, I've reset the sample Project to it's default settings and am now going through all the custom facts that are undefined.

I always thought that a sample project meant that you could happily practice anything within it at no risk to the other project/s

Oh dear! I didn't realise that if I deleted custom facts out of the sample project then it would delete Custom facts accross ALL projects? If this is the case how do I get my Sample project back to it's default settings without mucking up my project? Thanks Lorna

Hi Lorna, No I checked afterwards in case I had deleted the wrong fact set, and I'm pretty sure it was all ok.

Hi Mike, and many thanks for your help. Opening and closing FH, there is no problem with this, my mistake, I meant the problems are of the facts and sources. I've installed the standard options in FH (as far as I can tell, as it was a few years ago now) I also checked C Drive Program Files(x 86) and...

For some time now I have had a few problems when closing down and re-opening Family Historian, it's only just come to light after having a week off work and have been using this program more than usual to add and create custom facts and sources. Over the past few months after inputting some data int...

Yes, thanks, I did managed to resolve the Dupicate Fact Sets problem by deleting the facts I didn't want. I'm just begining to realise what a powerful program FH is and thank goodness there's a sample project to use and help on this forum or I would be in all sorts of trouble! I've followed your ins...

I would appreciate some advice regarding how to create custom facts for the above, I've looked at other forum posts on the subject but it dosen't really do what I want. I created a custom fact for Deported {individual} was deported to {_place}{note} Is there a way of getting it to read deported to W...

Oh dear, I don't know what I've done but somehow I seem to have two Custom Fact Sets. Never seen that before, one is Custom and the other is Custom Facts. I only noticed this when I was exporting out for saving to external back up. Really appreciate some help. Many Thanks, Jane

Thanks Mike, yes, the Normal Time Frame is set to Life.

Many thanks to all for help with this. I've created a Custom Fact Definition Type thus: Name: Outdoor Relief. Fact Set: Custom. Fact Type: Event [individual] receiving [label] [date] place] ][age] Sentence reads. He receiving Outdoor Relief in 1837 aged 63. I need to add ' was' so I just typed it in...

Hi, I'm struggling to find a fact for the above, any ideas? I'm not too great at using custom facts so I'm a bit stuck. Many thanks, Jane

I've took on board all the advice and set the Assessment level as secondary, I've generated a report of one of the children and it all looks fine Thank you

Thanks Lorna, am I correct in thinking that if there was say, three or four children's birth dates and places mentioned then I would type all of them in the where within source field?

I've just created a source, attached it to the fact tab for Military Service, Royal Air Force btw 1917-1920 then attached the image to the file and cited the source to my ancestor. I'm quite happy with this however within these records it gives the date and place of each of his children's births. I ...

I also have for 1891 April 13th! Don't know where that came from

tatewise wrote:BTW: The 1841 UK Census date was actually 6th June 1841.

I always thought it was the 7th June as well! I'm going to have to find out how to change them to the 6th Could I use the change any fact plug in for this?

Many thanks for your responses, I think I'll attach the sources to the standard fact sets as Lorna suggests.

Never thought of doing that Bob. I'll have to look at the ISR and try that.