Family Historian User Group

Welcome to the joys of Vista where the programmers at Microsoft think they know best and try and protect you from everything that might harm your computer even if you know what you are doing! [tongue] Anyway, I haven't got Vista (and probably won't) but a quick google using 'vista ie virtual file fo...

I assume you mean the four files listed at the bottom of the File menu? I wouldn't worry about their apperance on the menu too much. They're only there for quick access to commonly used files. The easiest way for you to remove them is to open four different files. Make a copy of one of your current ...

From http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/faqs/questions/index.aspx?60 - Registration District: equivalent to the Registration District Name shown in the index register (followed by a '/') - Registration District Suffix: additional index term for locating the relevant register (followed by a s...

When you export from PAF, the best thing is make sure you save in a known place. 'My Documents' is a good place. When you are given the option to save in PAF, make sure that the 'Save in' field in the window titled 'Export GEDCOM File As' is labelled 'My Documents'. (I'm assuming you're running Wind...

Haven't quite followed your problem through, but I have come across a problem with directories not being the right ones sometimes. I've set a startup folder and a backup folder to be different folders. However the current working directory at any point in time depends on what the last action was. In...

The website works (http://www.rootsweb.com/~gumby/ged.html), but it's the download link on the website that doesn't work - for any of the utilities.

Are you getting the message asking you to enter at least your name and two lines of address information? Are you then entering that information in the fields and then clicking OK? If you don't enter enough information, PAF will keep prompting you to fill in the required information. Don't worry, jus...

By suffix, I assume you mean the suffix to a name like Jr. for junior. Do you use this field for your own purpose to document some feature of your individuals? If this is the case you can use the Custom ID field for this. It's available on the Detail tab of the individual property dialog. Right clic...

I've had a few tries in uploading my Gedcom in various ways to see if I could break Ancestry but I couldn't. All I can think of is to cut back to the minimum (one person) and slowly add details back there till it fails - or not. It could just be your account. I have had a problem in the distant past...

If you have moved all your files onto a new computer and it is not exactly the same directory structure then FH will not be able to find the multimedia files. What you need to do is guide it to the place where the files are. To do this open up the Work With External File Links (WWEFL) dialog by sele...

To get everyone on your diagram you need to use the Everyone Diagram not the All Relatives Diagram. This is available from the menu. Select View->Standard Diagrams->Everyone.

It won't be the format of the places which Ancestry is complaining about. As Jane says, delete everything except key data so in the STHF are you also deleting named lists and flags? Another thought that I had, now that you mention that you've fed the Gedcom through Res Privata, is that it might not ...

I use Ancestry, FindMyPast and GenesReunited plus any and all free sites that I can find like FindaGrave, the IGI, FreeBMD, FreeReg. I also use Google a lot. I can also suggest http://www.one-name.org for the cases where you have a surname being researched as the researcher will likely have a lot of...

Have you got exactly the same directory structure on your PC and laptop including the same drive letter? If not, check out the menu option Tools->Work eith External File Links. This will make FH update it's internal pointers as to where the multimedia files are. Your icons are kept in the directory ...

When using the mouse, you typically click in the edit box where you want to type. Many times the position of the mouse cursor obscures the text being entered forcing you to move the cursor after you've clicked or to hope that you're typing is accurate. Many programs which allow entry of text turn of...

Well, it is technically true that you can add the flags via the All tab of the property dialog, but that's just the same as using the record window with the same extreme awkwardness of fiddling with the mouse for every single flag change. What I was alluding to was that there was no nice and simple ...

A nice feature for those of us who regularly batch up the entry of records, especially from a single source, would be a template facility. This would work a bit like the auto-source feature but would allow fields in an indiviudal's record to be filled with preset data. For instance if entering data ...

I have a Gig as well.

Sounds to me if you are running low on memory resources. Some programs (not FH) eat up resources which means that less is left for other programs. When that happens, the programs either notice and indicate the lack of memory, or they blindly carry on as if everything worked without any error checkin...

My thoughts on Unmarried couple is the same as Rusty says - for those couples who lived together and had children, looked like a married couple but weren't. But this is only possible when you have proof that they didn't marry as opposed to not finding the proof. If you haven't got proof, then you ca...

If you import a gedcom and the other researcher uses christenings and you use baptisms, or similarly deaths/burials are a bit confused and use the wrong event/attribute then you currently have to either re-enter the fields in the new event, copy the fields one by one, or edit the file manually to ch...

Firstly, did you create your database through FH or have you imported your data from another program? If the later then the problem is due to the way the other program has exported it's data. If the former, then is sounds like you've edited the Gedcom file manually and changed 'NOTE' to 'note'. This...

My apologies, thanks for pointing it out to me. I even voted for it as well!

It would be nice if FH supported GIF images as it is a format used frequently by many genealogy websites for displaying scans of archival material. Currently you either have to accept that FH won't display them or manually convert them to JPG (lossy) or BMP (massive) or PCX, TIFF, or PNG which are n...

I find the best strategy to learn a program is to fiddle with it till you get to understand how it works and get your mental model of the program sorted out. Do some trials using it as you expect to carry out your genealogical work and see how it fits with the program's model and adjust accordingly ...