Family Historian User Group

@woodr2011 I'm surprised that you you believe the default in other applications is to automatically sort the order of newly entered children, eg. both Family Tree Maker and RootsMagic do exactly the same as Family Historian, i.e. leave it to the user to reorder children if/when necessary and provide...

A quick graphical guide from FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Cousin

If this is a eyesight related issue, why not just use the native Windows solution, i.e. the Magnifier app, or one of the similar third-party freeware applications, which might offer more options and would work across all applications, not just Family Historian. Personally, I can't see Calico Pie con...

Oracle VirtualBox (on Windows/MacOS/Linux): 1. VirtualBox runs with no problem (for me) on Windows 11 2. Version Version 6.1.28 released on 19 October 2021 includes limited support for Windows 11 Virtual Machines; i.e. there is a new Windows 11 Template, but Windows 11 installation/upgrades can only...

...or copy the contents of the CD to a "FH installation folder" and move that to the new PC using whatever method you find easiest so that you can run the install.

Mervyn

Lorna,

I've just checked the display of the 'YDNA' Diagram on my installation, never having used this before; and get the same bright yellow box for the selected individual and pale yellow for all others.

Mervyn

Dave, From the information you've mentioned, I would suggest contacting the Nottinghamshire County Council Fostering Service to find out what information is likely to be available; and how to gain access to any information about whether you were "in care". An e-mail enquiry should elicit what they a...

I suppose my initial comment would be that one needs to take into account when identifying named places when they would first have had a recognised existence as a named locality/settlement; e.g. it appears that Chatham in "Canada" first came into a named existence in the 1790's, as a British naval b...

Mine is also shown as Naturalisation, so I think the presentation is probably driven by the Windows Language & Keyboard settings. BillH will presumably have US settings. Not sure, but I suspect the US 'z' variant hasn't been accepted into GB English in the same way that some other words have, e.g. a...

Lorna,

Yes, you have it correct, if two activations have already been used against a single licence, you are asked to select which installation you wish to 'replace'; or, if you have more than one registered licence, you are given the opportunity to select a different licence.

Mervyn

@Andy101 IME FH7 installs fine on Wine with no 'special' settings in the Linux Distributions I've tried, mostly Debian/Ubuntu based, including Mint. The 'add-on' application Ancestral Sources also installs and works fine, providing you can get the required MS .Net Framework to install correctly, whi...

Mike, Not certain but the small utility linked below, might help with tracking down what gets written to the system and where any changes are recorded: https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/whatchanged-portable I mostly used as described simply to identify where apps add their settings or make Reg...

Possibly 'Legacy', which can produce both Register and Modified Register Reports: "[The Modified Register System] varies from the Register System in that each individual is given an Arabic number regardless of whether the line is subsequently carried on. A plus mark (+) prior to the Arabic number is...

Adrian, Two options I've used, depending on circumstances: - Nickname: 'Bob' or 'Dusty' OR - Primary Name plus Nickname: 'Bob' - Alternative Name [same as Primary] plus Nickname: 'Dusty' Second option allows sources or explanatory notes to be attached to each entry. i also use this option if attachi...

I can confirm that Family Historian (7.0.7) and Ancestral Sources (7.2.7) both seem to be working fine in the current version of Windows 11 'in testing', i.e.Version 21H2, Build 22000120. Obviously haven't tested everything yet, but don't anticipate any 'new' problems from the OS change from Windows...

I wonder if Ancestry's lawyers have considered at their potential liability if action is pursued for breach of copyright when images have been uploaded by users come directly from other data providers who own sole publishing rights, e.g. FindMyPast, TNA or Regional Archives; or when users upload cop...

Colin, I've also been testing the Crossover 21 Beta and the only improvement I've noted and reported is that RTF Tables created and formatted in FH7 and/or Ancestral Sources in a native Windows environment do now display their contents correctly in a Crossover/Wine app, but it is still not possible ...

Colin, You can install 32-bit Windows apps normally using Crossover providing you use a 32-bit Bottle. Installing FH is proof of that as it only comes as 32-bit. However, 32-bit FH will also install fine in a 64-bit Bottle if you choose to go that way; and you can then use the 64-bit Version of AS i...

The problem might possibly connected to the .Net Framework 4.8 requirement to install/run AS 7.x and so it might be worthwhile asking Parallels whether or not there are any known issues installing x32/x64 software with specific .Net Framework requirements, as it is in their financial interest to ens...

Colin, 1. Tried a straightforward Edge installation in a new CrossOver Bottle, using the 'Crossover Tie'. It failed to install. No error message. 2. Attempted the same installation using 'native' Wine in a Linux System (Debian), It also failed but did produce an error message on completing the downl...

FH3 did/does have Backup/Restore function entries in the File menu. The Backup function 'simply' creates a 'zipped' copy of the GEDCOM file and, as it was prior to the introduction of project structures, there were no other options to backup linked media files. FH3 also prompted for backup by defaul...

It's very far from being a 'US' sponsored product: https://hardware.openstreetmap.org/thanks/

It's also a World-wide OpenSource project so anyone with sufficient interest and commitment can register and contribute to its continuous development/improving accuracy.

Mervyn

Colin, Thanks for the extra info. I will watch for the next Crossover update and test then. Meanwhile, I will try to explore how the Windows version of Edge works under Linux/Wine and if it correctly supports FH7's internal browser features; but that could take a bit of app 'export/import manipulati...

Colin, I can confirm that the WebView2 Runtime does install normally in native Wine (on Linux), but produces no benefit whatsoever in FH as the underpinning dependency does not exist (Windows version of Microsoft Edge needs to be present/accessible). It might improve things if Edge was installed in ...

Update Version 7.07 is now available from https://www.family-historian.co.uk/install7 The Changelog has also been updated - https://www.family-historian.co.uk/v7-updates

Mervyn