Family Historian User Group

Your mini lap top may not have a CD drive but you can buy and attachment CD drive which you plug in. Your comment reminded me that I have such an attachment but haven't used it for years. May be this is no longer available due to the growth of flash drives. You should be able to add FH to a flash dr...

I have had some trees printed by a printer. I first sent them the tree and they replied suggesting I make it small by (say) 75% . It was the same tree but reduced in size. The reason they suggested that was to make it cheaper for me to buy and easier to handle It is a few years since I used them the...

If I don't know the wife's maiden name I always use her husbands name inside brackets. like say Sally (Markham). If is a second or third marriage I still use the first marriage surname because subsequent marriage will be her last husbands name. Only by finding details of the first marriage will you ...

Thanks Colin
I have no wish to edit the text it is all fine as it is so an image will do.
If I ever decide to edit it I could type what it said and then delete the image though it is unlikely that I will do.

Victor

When I talk about screen capture that is only what has been transcribed on ancestry. This includes baptisms where there is no image available. How you regards the GRO index is fine. I think of it as secondary simply because it is not an image. The image itself is primary. There are errors and omissi...

Apologise for including this in the other thread I was just thinking in terms of BMD and also to show an alternative which others may not be aware of. As to the source record I don't regard the GRO index as a real source record. I treat these as secondary or even questionable information (depending ...

Talking about BMD records Ancestry have been transcribing these and the results are shown in a 'panel'. I have been using Snap my screen over the area of the 'panel'. I then go to the person on FH and under birth use the media to copy and paste what I have saved on snap my screen. I don't have to ty...

Mike Thinking about all the files with an X it just means the images are no longer in my computer. Most of them are census images. So I have a choice of either deleting them all or downloading the images from Ancestry. Fortunately I wont have to do a systematic search as I have FTM. As you probably ...

That is a shame, but probably not a disaster, and warrants an explanation, some advice, and a few more questions - Sorry! (1) Explanation: (1.1) The File Links list shows the full folder path & filename recorded in each FH Multimedia Record. So the first one is: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrat...

Thanks again Mike. I have saved and renamed my Project as Markham 2d Everything has worked until I came to Check the Project Media - work with external files (3) Check the Project Media. In FH use Tools > Work with External File Links. Check the File Links listing is headed by Project Data Folder & ...

(3) Create the Family Historian Sample Project. In FH use File > Project Window > More Tasks > Samples > Reset Sample Project. The Family Historian Sample Project should now be listed in the Project Window. Select Family Historian Sample Project and use More Tasks > Default Project. Now close & ope...

Sorry, but a few more questions to establish the best recovery technique: I only have myself to blame for this cock up What method do you use to open your Markham Project in SkyDrive\Family Historian Projects ? I used to simply prompt the ikon on my desk top and that opened things in full. But since...

Also, if I ask more than one question, PLEASE ANSWER THEM ALL, otherwise this could take a very long time to fix. Use the FH command File > Project Window then PLEASE ANSWER ALL THESE: What Projects are listed under Family Historian Projects in this Project Window? Family Historian Sample Project Wh...

Just checked this and it says File Name: C:\Users\Victor\Documents\Family Historian Projects\Family Historian Sample Project\Family Historian Sample Project.fh_data\Family Historian Sample Project.ged Sorry I actually thought it included Sky Drive and not Documents. Must have miss read the long thre...

Hi Mike I have been working on this. But am stuck here (3) In FH use File > Project Window and check you can open the Markham 2c Project. It will NOT display your Project details yet, but will still display the FH Sample Project details. I am unable to see Markham 2c Project in the Project Window. L...

Thanks Mike

I will print out your detailed instructions and spend the day working in it. Hopefully I will get everything right.

Victor

Sorry looks as if I misunderstood your message The highlighted folder should have the name Markham 2c I thought that meant for me to create a new folder. I never had such a folder before even before I moved things to SkyDrive. Until a week or so ago I was able to back up with all three options. That...

Thanks for the explanation Nick about One Drive. I have this on my mobile. I have just tried to update so will now wait for One Drive to arrive and download automatically.

In case any one wonders I wont access FH via my mobile. File would be too big

Victor

I have now carried out changes. The revised screen shot is shown here. I am not sure about this.... I suggest renaming the highlighted folder, and move all its contents down into Markham 2c.fh_data folder. You will also need to create a plain text file called Markham 2c.fh_proj with contents: Code: ...

Thanks for your responses. I don't use the Victor PC part. That was an old one the date shows that. I only heard about the change to Sky Drive last week. I will see if I can get it changed. The public folder is listed further down but it is empty. All my details are in the Media folder I will have t...

I have v5 and suddenly my back up options have been reduced to just Gedcom This is the second time this has happened to me. The first time in the latest version of FH I would like to kn ow why this has has happened and if it is possible for the software be made to ensure it never happens to me or an...

Jane This problem has happened to me. I always used a Project file and was always given the option of three choices to back it up. I thought I would move it to Sky Drive and in doing so copied the folder to there. But since then I was only offered the choice of small back up and the other two choice...

Peter Thanks for the explanation I would have had no idea where to look for that. Mike and Peter everything has been restored after I had deleted that file. So now I can get back to normal use of marriage via AS. Sorry for my previous duplicated reply. I tried to correct an error which is why my rep...

Yes Mike you did try to help me in this. But did not get any where I have just checked the 'General settings' you have mentioned. I don't see an 'associated.xml line. I have opened AS on Marriage. The source type is shown as baptism. I have changed this to 'marriage' and trying to save it I get a me...

Yes Mike you did try to help me in this. But did not get any where I have just checked the 'General settings' you have mentioned. I don't see an 'association.xml line. I have opened AS on Marriage. The source type is shown as baptism. I have changed this to 'marriage' and trying to save it I get a m...