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Hi Mike, I will follow your instructions. Thank you. Ann

Dear Mike, that is very kind of you. I will look at that. I am sure it will be excellent. Thank you Ann

Hi Mike, thank you for your reply. What I wanted was both your suggestions really, giving their relatives as you suggest but it would also be good to give the relationship to our son, who is the root person of my program. A couple of the people are obvious direct line, but a couple are siblings of r...

Hi, I am doing a genealogy course and included in this week's lesson is work on workhouses. For some time now I have been wishing to find all my people who ended in the workhouse. I used the standard query for finding text and brought up a list of people. Is it possible to make a report on the peopl...

Hi, thank you Mervyn and Mike for your replies. I think I will stick to AS as it has served me well for a long time.

Hello, this is not exactly a Family Historian question but I would be grateful for any opinions. I have used FH since it first came out and it is perfect for me. Along side I have intermittently used Custodian 4. However I am having problems with this. In a family history magazine I have just read a...

Dear Lorna, followed the instructions and the finished report looks just as I wanted, it is lovely, thank you.

Dear Lorna, sorry to take a while to reply. Thank you for your help. Will follow it up. Regards Ann

Hello, I was just wondering. I have a lovely photo of my Mum with her mother and father taken during the First World War. I would like to put this photo at the head of the Family Group Report. I have tried various ways but have not been successful. Is this viable or not? Thank you Ann

Dear Lorna, thank you for your advice I will follow your instructions.
Regards Ann
PS. I have been doing a genealogy course on "Organizing Your Records". The second lesson was on programs so I have been extolling the virtues of Family Historian.

Hello, Following Mike's instructions supplied to me some time ago and using the two plugins for finding duplicate media and fixing links I have reorganized my media. Really pleased, thanks Mike and the plugin makers. There is just one thing which I am probably doing wrong. When I enter the photos I ...

Dear Mike thank you for your reply I will experiment with your suggestions. Ann

Hello, I have looked through the wish lists and saw Mike's list of colour options. I could not find my specific requirements. In my paper system I have a colour for the four grandparent's families. All related lines linked to each family use their colour. Is it possible equate the families in Family...

Hi, I posted the original request as I was researching a particular source for 1836. I applied the link given to the 1910 dates for another source and it was excellent. Not that I am very technically competent but I think it would work for any date. Thanks for the help, regards Ann

Dear jane have followed the instructions and has worked perfectly, thank you so much.

Dear Jane, thank you very much for your help I will follow that up. Regards ann

Hello, I am doing a course on using maps in family history. The current lesson is on the 1836 Tithe Commutation Act. In order to find the locations to study I need to know where my ancestors lived in 1836. I really do not understand how to construct expressions. I read the query help and looked at a...

Why didn't I think of that! don't think outside the box. Thank you very much.

Hello, I have a family some of whom use Pickering and some use Pickerill. I enter them as they are recorded in the records (I do know they are the same family as sometimes the individuals use both forms). When I wish to find individuals from the records window is it possible to get all the individua...

Thank you very much for the help. I will experiment with the set project first. Regards Ann

Hello, I am sorry to be so basic but when I was reading about adding media it said that people liked folders for photos, certificate images, census images etc. I have looked in the topics but cannot find how to make these folders and as my media list is growing it would be useful to separate them. T...

Sorry I haven't got back sooner. Thank you for all the suggestions.

Thank you. As he is not a direct line and a sibling's child I was being mean and didn't want to send for the certificate! I will do as you suggest.

Thank you Mike I will work on your suggestions. Also to do with census entries, in 1861 I have a family where the last child is listed as "son" (although mother is too old). In 1871 all the children have left except this child who is now listed as grandson. Looking on the Staffordshire bmd site his ...

Hello, thank you for the reply. I like to see the family listed in order. Recently going through some of my information I have discovered people who I now find are linked but for example are just listed as visitors or boarders in the censuses. It also helps to see who has come and gone from one cens...