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Sorry but no it isn't. The GEDCOM standard doesn't allow weeks as a unit of age measurement and neither does Family Historian. It could potentially be stored as a custom date but then it wouldn't be able to be used in calculations, etc. and this isn't desirable. You did the correct thing recording i...

For wills after 1858 see this research guide for details: Wills after 1858 The location of wills before 1858 depends mainly (but not always) on the area of the country your ancestor was in. There is some information here: http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/topics/wills_3.htm It is also worth looking on...

What is Gedcom Census? Gedcom Census is a free utility used by hundreds of Family Historian users since 2004 to conveniently record census entries, quickly adding census events, occupation attributes, birth events and images linked to sources. All of this information is recorded using the Family Hi...

I would encourage you to follow Jane's suggestion. Create sources for each will and then create events such as residence, occupation, etc. as appropriate with citations linked to the source.

Some types of data, including jpegs can be viewed, zoomed, included in reports etc. within Family Historian. This includes jpegs and other popular image formats. Word documents, PDFs, etc. can't and when linked, only the icon for the program is seen which when double-clicked will load the appropriat...

I'm assuming you have selected 'Document' from the Insert menu. In the open dialogue you will see a 'File of type' drop-down list which has Document Files selected. From this list choose 'All Files' and then you should be able to see the .docx files too and link them.

Assuming you are using the default/recommended 'recording method 1', then the transcript appears in a source which is linked to all the various census events, occupations and births that are created for the census entry. If you select the options on a report and under the sources tab, tick to includ...

Hi Jon

Just to clarify, this is the Gedcom Census forum so the question was answered by Patrick.

Cheers

Nick

The usual advice with this kind of thing is to clear your temporary files in your web browser and try again. Something probably went wrong with the original download and now it is cached on your computer. If you are using Internet Explorer 7 then go for Tools->Internet Options then under Browsing Hi...

When I wrote the code to show an estimated age I didn't do the extra work required to be able to estimate based on a date range for a birth. I'd forgotten about this to be honest (I don't tend to use date ranges for births in my own tree). I'll have another look at how difficult this would be to add...

Apologies for the problem you're having. This isn't an error that's been reported before so I'm not sure yet why this would be happening.

I'll email you directly.

Thanks

Nick

Just to let all the testers know that following comments from a couple of you, particularly Jon Axtell, I've been making a lot of changes and adding some additional features so I think there will be a new version to test in the next few days. I'll let you know the details when it is ready. Cheers Nick

Hi Pauline

Can you explain in detail what actually happens when you try to download from the link that Jane provided in her reply?

I hope I've just emailed everyone who offered to help through the FHUG 'email' button. If you don't receive the email please can you contact me via

Nick AT Gedcomcensus DOT com

Thanks

Nick

Thanks everyone who has offered to help test. I haven't quite managed to get the new version ready to release for testing but should do in the next day or so. I'll be in touch.

Thanks

Nick

Hi Ralf Oops. I didn't mean to imply the testing would be over the weekend, just that the new version might be ready to test by this weekend. I expect the testing period to be at least a week or two and therefore Monday would be great (if the new version is ready by then). I'll be in touch. Thanks N...

I've been a bit underwhelmed by the response so far to be honest! [grin]

In case its putting you off that you might have a lot of work to do, I should emphasise that all I'm asking you to do is add a few census entries with the new version and let me know if you have any problems.

Cheers

Nick

I'm hoping to release a new version of Gedcom Census soon and wondered if any of you would be happy to test it when I'm ready (should be over the weekend)? Please only volunteer if you are likely to be able to spend a while trying things out. The new features that particularly will need testing are:...

The point I was trying to make is that rather than having a very specific feature (unmerging) that would have to be learned and would probably confuse people and lead to lots of questions as to how to use it, etc. if Cut and Paste was implemented then it would make the unmerging very easy. So perhap...

It is actually very quick and easy to select multiple events and press copy, click on the other person and then paste. Its a shame that you can't cut and paste. I just tried this and assumed I could select the events, press copy, then delete the events and then paste into new person but actually del...

Just under the search box on the menu on the left of the FHUG screen it says 'Advanced Search'. This allows you to search for forum posts by any particular user.

Did you try the link off the page which was referred to by John. I've tried to clarify the instructions to see if it solves the problem: 1) Open System by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel and clicking System. 2) Click Advanced System Settings. If you are prompted for an administrat...

RonChapman said: I checked the log file and none of the census's that I have entered, including the ones sucessfully entered into FH are there. None in fact back to May 2007. Ok then I suspect that what is happening here is that you've missed the fact there is a 'next page' button at the bottom of ...

I think on balance it is such a rare occurrence that I'll leave it as it is rather than build in options to not enter the age. Your solution is a reasonable work around or you could manually create the census record yourself in FH.

Thanks for the kind words

Nick

It sounds like you have turned off the logging option in GC. Check in Tools->Options. I've never known or had reports of Family Historian not immediately noticing a save in Gedcom Census once you move the focus back to Family Historian. Which version of Windows are you using? This sounds like someth...