Family Historian User Group

Another way is to select the individual record, then use Media > View Media for Selected Records. This will open the Multimedia window to display thumbnails of all media linked to the individual, including family-linked and media linked to events. Double clicking on a thumbnail or selecting it from ...

Thanks Jane, this extended version of the plugin meets a need I didn't know I had.  It has shown up a few inconsistencies in the use of the 'estimated' and 'approximate' qualifiers and prompted me to change a few 'est' entries to 'app'. I can see that it could also be useful for searching for any ev...

Thanks Jane, I thought I had found them all but that flushed out a couple more!

One further thought: I have a few Multimedia objects with double dates (images of parish records).  I have identified these easily because they are linked via Source records to  individuals who have double-dated facts.   Could the plugin be amended to pick these up too?  I don't actually need this r...

Many thanks to both Derek and Jane.  I had been trying to use an individual query rather than a fact query. I have run both the query and the plugin and was initially puzzled by a slight discrepancy in the results.  This turned out to be because the plugin picks up double dates in the 'Entry Date' f...

I am trying to construct a query to find all date fields which contain a year modifier: that is, all dates which have been entered with the year in the format 1715/16, indicating 'double dating'. I want to do this because I think when I first started using FH several years ago I may have wrongly ent...

Further to my last post, I have found that when the Search box is used to search the Wish List for particular topics, but the 'In' box is left at 'ALL', unticking the 'show completed' option removes the column showing when some items were completed (or if they were dropped), but completed items are ...

tatewise said: I support the idea of an Exclude from Focus Window option for Multimedia. This would also satisfy the ability 'to select the most representative pictures' for the Focus Window. I have now raised a Wish List request for this. A useful Report Option, and perhaps future Focus Window Opt...

Problem: At present the pictures displayed in the Focus Window follow the rules for exclusion from diagrams: any picture with the 'Exclude from Diagrams' option selected is also excluded from the Focus Window. When pictures linked to an individual have been arranged in the sequence desired for repor...

Sorry Jane, I didn't have the 'Show Completed' box ticked, so didn't see that column. Apologies.

I have just noticed Wish List item no. 150, requesting the ability to put pictures in the background of diagrams. I think this can be removed from the Wish List because V5 does offer this. (Diagram Options, General tab, 'Background' options include 'Picture'). I added a comment to the item itself in...

Glad that solved your problem.   I forgot to say, one slight drawback of the use of 'Exclude from Diagrams' is that the pictures displayed across the top of the Focus window apparently follow the 'Diagram' rule.  This means that any pictures specifically excluded from diagrams will also be excluded ...

You will need start by arranging the pictures in the desired order for reports, using the + and - preference buttons in the property box. Then use the 'Exclude from Diagram' option for all the pictures which come before your preferred diagram picture in the sequence. You can do this by clicking on e...

Hi Tim, I have a case similar to your item no.1.  Rather than create a custom fact I used the standard Occupation fact for each individual (the father and each of the sons), entering the occupation as 'Proprietor of XXX business'.  In the note field for the occupation I recorded that it was a family...

From your original post I gather your main question is why the report is displaying images for some sources but not for others. You mentioned censuses as an example of sources for which no image is displayed. Have you perhaps used a different technique for linking images to these sources? Do you lin...

First make a COPY of your Gedcom file. Then rename the copy 'WIP file', or whatever. Then open this new WIP file and use File > Split Tree Helper Select the option to 'Delete all Individual records NOT found by the Individual query below'. Then select the query called 'Named List Members'. When you ...

Thanks for your comments. I have raised a Wish List request for all custom colours/colors to use a single custom colour palette which can be saved or, failing that, for the two separate custom palettes both to be savable.

I would like all Custom Colours to use a single custom colour palette which can be saved or, failing that, for the two separate palettes both to be savable. As discussed in a recent thread, at present the only Custom Colours that can be saved permanently in a custom colour palette are those used in:...

That's an ingenious suggestion, Mike, but sadly... I had already looked at the Custom colours in Diagram Options > General tab > Sundry Colours > Custom Colours, but the custom colour palette there only seems to relate to colours used for items in the list on the left in that box. It is possible to ...

Ah, yes, that solves the second problem.  Thanks Mike.

I can live with the first problem although it does seem a bit odd that custom colours can't be retained in the palette from one session to the next.

I am having a couple of problems with saving colours in the Custom Colour palette. First problem: With a diagram open, use Insert into Diagram > Rectangle. Draw the rectangle, right click and choose Format. On the Line and Fill tab click on the fill colour, then click Define Custom Colours. Select a...

As others have said, consistency is the main thing.  But it is worth considering why the GEDCOM standard specifies that the field is to be used for the date of the original source entry.  GEDCOM is so named because its purpose is to enable GEnealogical Data COMmunication.  If you receive a GEDCOM fi...

I have asked Calico Pie about this and they are aware of the inconsistency within FH.  This is their reply:   There are 2 paradigms in Windows for copy-and-paste: either the copied item can be a copy of the original as it was when the copy occurred, or the copied item can be a copy of the original a...

Thank you both for your comments.  I will ask Calico Pie about this inconsistency.

When copying and pasting a source citation I sometimes copy the citation before all the fields have been completed (for example before ‘Where within source’ or ‘date’ have been entered), then complete the data entry for the citation in the current individual’s property box before switching to a seco...