Family Historian User Group

Lorna & Mike,
Thanks for that explanation. I see it now, I missed the tick box in the fact edit panel. I looked but I did not see!!!

Peter

But the real point of the OP is that his/her burial fact did not offer a place to record age whereas my burial fact and presumably other peoples does have a place to record age. Why would that be?
Peter

My standard "burial" event includes a place for age. I use it often where parish registers give the age of a person when buried. It gives a fairly good indication of birth date and death date and for pre 1837 it is probably the best information available for those two.
Peter

Michael,
I too cannot find "save as". In the help file if you search for "save as" one option presented is "file save as dialogue" but I cannot find this "save as" which is referred to only "save". I am sorry but cannot answer your question but can only confirm what you have said.
Peter

You can just create your own custom event [or attribute] by using "tools" "fact types" and then "new". You could, in your case, create an event fact for "Petition to Parliament" and use the "fact definition" panel to make adjustments as you wish. You would not want a fact type "event" to cover a mul...

The cog referred to is a symbol at the top edge of the property box. Click on this and you will be presented with options which include "Customize data entry."
Click on this and then click on the "more tab tasks" button. This will give you various tab option including "delete tab".
Peter E

Use the font change option in the available items in the left hand column of the edit text scheme pane (you can see it in your attachment - 4th line down).
Then you are presented with a panel "edit text scheme item - font". There you can change the font style and size etc.
Peter E

Thank Mike, I have made a report to Calico Pie.
Peter E

When looking at a diagram and going "File" and selecting either "Print" or "Print Setup" you are presented with a small panel which has a Help button in the bottom left corner. On the installation on both of my computers this Help button is active but when it is pressed nothing happens. Is this a pr...

Could you not change the name twice? The first time change it to something very different to "marriage certificate" and then the second time change it to the required correct spelling that you want.
Peter E

Mike
Thanks for that explanation.
It is a feature that I had not found before. I followed your instructions and all was well so that is something that I have learnt.
Peter E

Bill, Yes I get that effect also. I think Calico are saying that for now configure the columns in the record window media tab. These columns should then be reproduced in the media list window. That method works ok for me. The reply says that the columns should be able to be configured equally from b...

I have had reply from Calico regarding this problem I reported and have had a positive response. I have reproduced the reply below. Peter E __________________ We have investigated this issue. There is no good reason why you should not be able to configure columns when you are viewing a filtered subs...

For me the record window media tab seems to behave correctly but in the media list pane I never see the panel "you cannot configure the columns of this list" Like you Mike I cannot see "selected media" in the media list row but always "all media" I shall report this to Calico referring them to this ...

Lorna,
I have 6.2.5
Peter

Bill,
Thanks for that.
I have experimented further and find that on exiting the programme the extra column is not saved and does not appear on re-opening FH.
Peter E

I have brought up all my media using the "media" button on the main toolbar I then use the "keyword filter" to filter out all except one keyword eg "census 1851" Using the "layout" button on the main toolbar I select "list pane only" This produces a list of all of my media having the selected keywor...

John, The coloured lines are called Linking ribbons. There is some information about them on page 94 of the book "Getting the most from Family Historian 5" This is not included in FH version 6 but is a free download from the FH website. Much of the information in this is applicable to version 6 so i...

Rob, I am sure this is possible. Try this:- Delete all people below the right hand appearance of Elizabeth McGregor so that the proxy lines disappear along with the Irvines, Forsyths etc. that descend from Thomas Irvine/Elizabeth McGregor. On the remaining diagram use the movement control feature to...

You could make a copy of each of your two trees in FH and then merge these two copies to form one combined tree. This you could then add to Ancestry. Your two original trees in FH would be left as they were. Having said that I can see no advantage in having separate trees for the different sides of ...

When I have information or images that I believe may be relevant to my research, or even images that I know are relevant but I wish to deal with later, I add them to the project "public" folder. This folder is associated with its own project and is saved with the project and is also included in the ...

Karl
My understanding is that FH plots places and not addresses.
I do not know of a way to plot at address level.
But it would be a good feature for a future version of FH.
Peter E

When I need to transfer my project between my laptop and desktop and vice versa I simply send the complete project folder to a memory stick and then copy and paste it from there into the other computer "Family Historian Projects" folder. I always keep the three latest versions of my project folder i...

Right click on the individual record page. Then select "columns". In the left hand panel of the pane for "Configure columns" that is now showing select "relationship to root" which is the 9th entry down. Select this and then move it to the right hand panel using the > button. Then use the up/down ar...

I think it is because the parents and siblings of the spouse of the diagram root person are not blood relatives of that root person and therefore it is right that they should not appear on an all relatives diagram. I think that adding an extra diagram is the only way to show them also.
Peter E