Family Historian User Group

Thanks Mike, The only option that works is to use a condition and icon. Not ideal, as I already have icons for each census entry that I have found. If I've got the full set from 1841 to 1921 for an individual (and I do have a few born before 1841 who lived into their 80s), that's a lot of icons unde...

Thanks for the reply Mike,
Yes, I did copy and paste, and I get an error. I have tried it with and without the space between 'Notes' and '='.

It doesn't like the '='. As a coder that seems odd as it looks like a reasonable format for a statement!

Thanks for the replies. I like the idea of the truncated field, with tatewise's ellipsis modification. However, I can't work out where to put it. If I put it in the Template box of 'Edit Text Scheme Item' I get 'The expression beginning at position 1 of the template is not a recognised Function' If ...

I've searched and not found anything relevant. In my diagrams I display the individual's notes field (Notes, Individual). The template is Notes %INDI.NOTE2[1+]% This is fine for most individuals with only a short note. However I have a few with rather long explanations as to how I reached decisions ...

I didn't enter it in the census grid; I didn't scroll to the edge of the image and missed the disability column. I do usually check that column, but just didn't this time. I suppose I could have asked the question slightly differently, as 'where does AS record disabilities?' As AS records under Phys...

I have a person recorded as blind on a census. Where in FH can I record this?

I use Ancestral Sources to record census returns, but I missed this fact off when I originally entered it. I now want to add it in, but can't see anywhere logical to put it!

That is a great idea, thanks Neil40. I've implemented it in my FH and it works great, except..... As it picks up a census entry attached to the individual record, it doesn't allow for the cases where I have looked for a census return and failed to find it, however coupled with my custom Flag it is p...

Thanks for the replies. Sorry for the confusion. I used the word flag in general terms (e.g. to flag something up), not as the specific item in FH. This is the view on the diagram:- https://peterwieland.org.uk/_images/Untitled.jpg I hadn't considered using a Flag; that actually makes more sense. I w...

I am currently working through my tree, finding as many missing census entries as I can. I have added a custom attribute to the individual record to indicate when an individual has all of their relevant census entries (or I have at least searched and given up!). This is a simple attribute that is ei...

Thanks!

I have recently installed v7.3.5 to get the template for the 1921 census. When a census entry went over two pages, there used to be a button on the Add/View images page to add another image. It doesn't seem to be there any more; To add a second image I have to close the window and re-open it. It isn...

Thanks Jane, I knew it would be a simple answer!

I may have been over-thinking the problem!

I am going on holiday to Kent in the near future, and would like to visit as many places as I can that are linked to my ancestors. I have tried every which way I can to get a list of addresses in Kent with the individuals associated with those addresses. The custom 'Census Addresses 1841 to 1911' do...

Thanks Lorna, that did the trick!

No idea how it changed, I haven't changed any diagram settings for ages!

Maybe I'm missing something, but it used to be that when I opened a diagram (in particular 'All Relatives', but I think this applies to all diagrams) all levels were expanded. Recently when I open a diagram I only have a couple of generations up and down expanded, and no side branches expanded. This...

To me this is a huge backward step. The way I have always worked when I receive a large amount of information from one source e.g. someone who has researched a branch of my tree and has passed the information on. 1. Set up a new source using the contact's name as a title. 2. Add any other informatio...

In V5 if you highlighted a source in the source list then selected Automatic Source Citation the Source Title field was auto populated with the highlighted record.

In V6 this doesn't seem to happen. Is there somewhere to set this behaviour?

Only a minor thing, but it is something I had come to rely.

Doh, I didn't see the scroll bar on the census grid, so missed the Infirmity column!

I have just found my first infirmity on the 1871 census, but can't find anywhere to record it, either direct in FH or through Ancestral Sources.

Thanks Nick,

Why didn't I think of something as simple as copy and paste!

It worked a treat. I got bogged down in much more complicated solutions and couldn't see the wood for the trees!



P.S. Thanks for Gecom Census and Ancestral Sources; it simplifies data entry so much!

I used Gedcom Census ages ago to enter an 1841 census for a family. Also in the household were two people who I didn't think were related, so although I entered them under 'Actual text' I didn't do anything about linking them, as they didn't appear in my tree. One of the problems of there not being ...

I thought this would have been covered in the past, but I only found one thread and the solution was to a FAQ on people with multiple names, but the link is broken. I have a family that appear on 3 censuses under one surname, then from 1881 to 1891 the surname changes. I know it is the right family ...

I have spent a good while searching, but this doesn't appear to have been addressed before, please correct me if I'm wrong. I have just done a complete clean install of my PC, and when it came to re-importing custom queries I had to go through and import them one at a time, clicking OK on 2 seperate...

Jane said:
You can sort any column in both directions,  just Alt Click on it.

Doh, that does the trick nicely, I never knew that [oops]

I have mine titled the same way as Brian, however I am currently working on entering a load of marriage certificates, and they are near the bottom of the list after all the census entries. I do use the 'Type' field, but when selecting a source record the dialog box only allows sorting in one directi...