Family Historian User Group

I have noticed that some programs with an option to launch after installation cannot recognise mapped drives during install. I always have to remember to untick the launch option during install. When run next time the mapped drives can be seen. This seems to apply to both FH and AS, but I think it i...

Hi Nick, I think I have solved my problem. I was getting font sizes of 11 and 10 in AS, and 13 and 12 in FH. My eyesight isn't as good as it used to be, so I have increased the screen scaling up to 125% on one of my computers. FH then look too big. I had set FH font scaling to 120%. Reset back to de...

Sorry Nick, I though the original problem is that the table looks all nice and neat in AS, but when you open the source text in FH the columns are all word wrapping. That is what I am getting.

Just done a new conversion Screenshot 2022-11-12 105705.jpg Census England 1881 ( Automatic 13 Bold) Address, Place and Table text (Automatic 12 Default) Encoding for same entry <clr="00007F"><b><fs="+1">Census England 1881</clr></b></fs> <clr="00007F">Address:</clr> 51, Burley Street <clr="00007F">...

I have been getting the same effect The FH Encoding for mine is <clr="00007F"><b><fs="+1">Census Isle of Man 1851</clr></b></fs> <clr="00007F">Address:</clr> Ballagrane Cottage <clr="00007F">Place:</clr> Marown, Isle of Man <table="2257|1049|1049|515|535|2138|2138|950"> <row> <clr="00007F">Name | Re...

Just discovered a problem that has existed a while (Since at least 7.0.3) I have several relatives with the name Cæsar ??? when entering or converting a census the autotext looks alright in AS but ends up in FH as C???. The same name in the source title is OK though Back to ver 7.6 when converting R...

Most of my problems with duplicate media are self inflicted.. Usually by attaching the wrong image to a source and renaming it to match the source. In the last batch of duplicates I had imported a census image as a marriage, imported Marriage image as a census, imported an 1891 census as a 1911 imag...

I had been getting the same error, but been to busy to anything about it. Moved the offending MP4 file out of the project (159 Mb) and plugin ran correctly. Sorted out the duplicates reported na d moved the MP4 back into place and add the line of code supplied by Mike, all now OK. Before the plugin ...

Wills are one thing, and can as you say, be long rambling documents. Probate Calendar entries tend to be fairly well structured and consistent. This is my auto text for using a death entry for probate: {KEYPERSON.SN.CAPS} {KEYPERSON.GN} of {KEYPERSON.RESIDENCE.ADDRESS}, {KEYPERSON.RESIDENCE.PLACE.SH...

I actually use AS to record the probate calendar details via the death event system and then tweak the source details afterwards

Examples of instances where Christian Name can also be a surname Charlotte McKenzie Cadzow John McIntyre Oliver George McKerrow Brash Bernard Henry McNee Brash Malcolm McFarlane Connelly Sydney Annie McKinley Cowell Elizabeth McIntosh Holland Bell All of these produce a G (Given) Name error Mackie M...

Excellent plugin, Found quite a few typos in my data.
Incorrectly reports when a Mc/Mac surname is a christian name
Also reports Machin as incorrect

The project location is totally different to the default startup file location, pointing to different version of your project files (The startup file is NOT on One Drive)

I have a lrge batch of sources which are already rich text either created with very early versions of AS 7 or converted using a plugin that was available.. These sources do not have the names hyperlinked. It would be extremely useful if the conversion utility could pick these sources up and link the...

Census conversions are going well, but a couple of minor niggles The Census country does not get picked up correctly The Address: label encroaches on the data. In some cases the top three lines before the table are also included in the table and are stopping names being picked up initially. I also u...

Is anyone having problems with the upgrade.
I have upgraded, but still am being asked to pay for images, I can access transcriptions OK though.

I have contacted FMP but still waiting for a reply.

Entering a census or marriage entry (The only ones I have tried so far). Fill all the details in Select repository and choose one to use Add/View images and add a new image and save When I go to save the source I get an error about no repository chosen. If I choose OK, the source is saved without a ...

You don't need to install all versions,
You just need to install version 6, but will need your v5 and V6 license details

For the relationship column try this

=Relationship(FileRoot())

This is assuming that you are the file root.

When you have entered everyone, use the option to add a line for someone not in your file and the move it to the top. This should put a blank line after the headers

I create a source for the headstone itself and add an image (If I have one) with a transcription in the text from source. I the add a source citation to each fact gleaned from the transcription. I do not use the burial fact because, as others have said, the person may not be buried there.

I have had a go at creating a new template for the Australian Electoral Roll. Initially, on creation, the template editor insisted on there being a full date given, However, when I went back to edit to make adjustments, I could delete the date to leave it blank, and that was OK. The only downside so...

I have noticed this on the occasional UK census (usually 1911 but not certain). The thumbnail is there, but it is not visible.

It is not a problem with the latest version, it has happened for a long time, I have not been able to tie down what the cause is to report it.

John

Looks excellent to me. I don't use templated sources, so will have a go at creating my own variant and use the Emigration standard event. There appear to be three or four variations of shipping list, so I would create a different template for each. I have already have an autotext template for Death ...

When you add a connected or unconnected individual, they are not immediately assigned a pool number. That is only assigned when the data is saved.