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I am currently using the following two expressions to display an Icon for a Burial Fact on diagrams: =IsTrue((%INDI.BURI.SOUR>_TYPE% = "Burial Record (Parish Register)") and Exists(%INDI.BURI.SOUR>OBJE>%)) and =IsTrue((%INDI.BURI.SOUR>_TYPE% = "Burial Record (Cemetery Register)") and Exists(%INDI.BU...

Yes, I did see your reply and it is a good idea. My intention in the first instance is to have a set of icons colour coordinated with the light green Marriage icon as a first step. However, as I assist as a volunteer at my local Family History Society and a number of members are commencing using Fam...

Have amended sufficient icons (Census) to show how they now appear below individuals with the colour coordinated approach. Thought I would post what they look like at present......I quite like them. Now need to complete the remaining ones and amend my Legend panel accordingly. 0 NewIcons.jpg I inten...

Hi Tatewise In my enthusiasm to get the icons to display as I wanted, I chose a contrasting colour for the census icons....... it didn't occur to me to colour co-ordinate the census backgrounds with the respective marriage to make a similar grouping....... That's given me something to think about......

Hi again Thought I would re-visit the expressions I have used to date to display icons on a number of my diagrams and share the information…… After a bit of trial and error and building upon the advice and guidance obtained from my previous postings entitled: 14395|Diagram Icon and Expression Proble...

Hi Tatewise Looks like you hit the nail on the head...... Have just replaced the INDI.FAMS>CENS with CUR~FAMS>CENS for the census entries when married (co-residence) which has done the trick and the icons appear as expected......most chuffed...... Again many thanks.........I am determined to get to ...

Hi I have encountered an issue which has left me somewhat flummoxed in my use of expressions in order to display icons on diagrams. I am using the expressions as listed in my previous thread 14373|Icons, Expressions Diagrams . I have re organised the expressions dealing with the various censuses for...

Hi Everyone There certainly is a lot more to these expressions than I first thought. What a fantastic resource this forum is...... Thanks for all of your ideas and guidance........will have to go away and digest the information and edit/design a few more icons. I think my present expressions will be...

Hi All Thanks for the replies. Please see an image below showing how my icons appear below an individual's box using my current list of Expressions: The Bible icon represents a Baptism and the Cross/Grave represents a burial (temporary icons until I find or design something more suitable). Icon.jpg ...

Hi Tatewise Many thanks for the prompt response. However, I think you are crediting me with more knowledge of expressions than I deserve. I have read your response a few times and believe I can see what you are getting at but don’t seem to be able to compile the respective expressions that you are a...

Hi Have just started trying to use expressions to place icons beneath individual boxes on diagrams. After some time looking at the knowledge base and forums have come up with the following expressions (plagiarised from various forum threads etc.) to show Births; Baptisms, Marriages; Deaths; Burials;...

Hi Tatewise

Excellent, I should have looked deeper in the Fact Definition area......missed the Roles button....

Now need to add <br> in the other roles (and check sentence wording) as required to improve the narrative report layouts.

Many Thanks

Shiriki

Hi I'm gradually getting to grips with sentence templates and attempting to customise them for improved reading within narrative reports. At present my Sentence template for a marriage fact appears as follows: <br><br>{individual} married {spouse/her/him} {date} {place} {their ages}. <br><The best m...

Derek In response to your request in how to return to the last person used in a tree...... A method I sometimes use is assuming you are focused on the individual you wish to return to on your next session, and just prior to closing the current session, right-click on the person and from the drop dow...

Hi I reside in the county of Kent and via the counties libraries computers you can access amongst other things Ancestry and FindMyPast without having to paying a subscription. Seeing that ‘smart hints’ are now available with FMP (in addition to MyHeritage) with the recent update to Family Historian ...

Good news that Family Historian can now link and obtain hints from FindMyPast…….even better would be a percentage reduction in subscription similar to that one can obtain from MyHeritage.....(hint hint).

Shiriki

I have been having further thoughts about this issue. How about this for an idea (although I have no idea how complex this would be to code within Family Historian). Open the Place List (Tools>Work with Data>Places) and in front of each Place you are presented with a ‘Tick Box’ to enable ‘Use Short ...

Hi I have been endeavouring to modify Fact Types (with some degree of success) in an attempt to make reports (particularly narrative reports) more readable. I should point out that I am currently using only the Place field (and totally disregarding the Address field) to identify locations for Facts....

Hi I am using Method 1 to record my Sources and have so far entered Birth, Marriage, Death Certificates, Baptism Records etc. and linked them to relevant images. The Source records are entered in a manner as the 1st example below: This approach seems to work for me, but now I am starting to enter Ce...

Many thanks Tatewise for your expertise on these matters. I have looked at the links within the knowledge base and now feel much more comfortable in re-arranging folders etc. My Project Files have been successfully relocated from my SSD C: drive to my D: drive. Using Windows Explorer, I can successf...

Hi Tatewise Many thanks for the prompt response and I will certainly look again at the knowledge base. In answer to your query: My laptop has two hard drives. The C: drive is of the SSD variety and the D: drive a 'conventional' one. As the C: drive is fairly small, in an attempt to conserve space fo...

Hi I have just completed tidying up my Place records (using 8 columns and ignoring the Address field except for repositories) and I now wish to sort out my media files. I would like to have some structure to the various images within my media files and segregate Birth Certificates from Marriage Cert...

Hi Have had a brief look at ZoomPast and it seems similar in concept in displaying a family tree as the 'Branches' program for Windows/MAC (Sherwood Electronics). In essence, from the initial family tree screen, one can zoom in to reveal more information and detail if it is available without having ...

Thanks Lorna I was composing and had posted my response before I realised you had posted yours... Your explanation seems to confirm my suspicions regarding 'Co residence' and that it seems an individual fact has a higher priority to a couples on the same date. Makes me wonder if I can have a 'Co occ...

Hi Again Have looked at this again and also the post referred to and I am still scratching my head. My Occupation (Census) fact appears in both the Facts and All tabs of the Property Box. However, my Census (Co-residence) appears in the Facts tab but not in the All tab????? If I use the All tab and ...