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Thanks for the replies.

I think the best way forward is for me to give it a try in the sample project and see how it goes.

You need to understand FH Source Citation structures to find what AS creates for you. [/i] Does that mean you need to understand the way they are programmed (HTML I presume). Is it possible to achieve that by reading through the user help literature or does it need more in depth technical knowledge?

:D Sorry Nick. I appreciate it must be a labour of love and very helpful for many. Its just that I have only recently got my head around using FH software (still a way to go yet) and I am reluctant to start learning yet another method of doing things if I can get away with it! I must make time to at...

Does the introduction of templates in v7 not make Ancestral Sources redundant to a large extent as they seem to do similar jobs. I have never used AS and am wondering if it is now worth the effort of learning to use it or just to stick with FH itself.

Thanks Mike, I only entered four individuals as witnesses to the marriage. ( The four who were actually present) . The grooms father wasn't present neither were his mother and some brothers and sisters all of whom have the marriage fact in their fact tab along with the witness icon. At first glance,...

I never got round to using that. I had thought that v7 would make much of the AS stuff redundant with the template's feature but I fear not.

Maybe I should give it a try. The electoral register feature in AS seems exactly what I'm after.

I have just moved my project to v7. On the facts tab of the father of a groom, there has appeared the witness icon next to the marriage of his son. When this is clicked on, there is a list of all the correct witnesses (bridesmaids etc) but the link highlights the correct best man who is a totally di...

I realise everyone is probably still getting to grips with v7 but does anyone know if there is a template suitable for the above.

Writing my own is a bit beyond me time wise at the moment.

Hi Mike and Mark I looked at the snapshots but none were suitable. (However I now know they exist and may prove useful in future) I have used the export Gedcom method which looked complicated at first but went smoothly. I now have 2 project files in my window - the original and the amended one. I am...

Thanks for the replies Mike and Mark. Sod's law dictates that my pre-rogue backups were recently deleted! It looks like I will need to go down the other route you suggested (export GEDCOM file) Are the instructions you have already posted Mike sufficient for me to do this? Is there anything else I n...

Hi all, I have entered a spurious individual into my tree on FH along with several ancestors/siblings. I am interested to know the neatest way to get rid of this branch and replace it with the correct relatives. As well as each individual's record, I am going to need to get rid of the associated sou...

Thanks Mike,

I have now sorted my strategy with the knowledge of how most users approach it.

I think I was perhaps trying to overcomplicate the process.

Hi folks, I am still wrestling with my census entries and witness feature. I am about to abandon altogether using the witness feature for Census info. My main question is - Am I missing out greatly by NOT linking the individuals together in this way? As a newbie to FH, I'm not sure how this will imp...

Thanks again Mike. Phew, there certainly is more to it than meets the eye I will need to go through this step by step and see what's going to be the best option. I had actually started off by recording the "event" as you suggest and then doing the "residence" part separately. For the second part, I ...

I am using the witness function to record a group of people at a particular address from a census record using the resident label. This is fine as far as it goes. However, I was hoping to have in the narrative reports the ability to output something like e.g. " John Smith lived at 12 Acacia Drive wi...

Thanks Mike for both your welcome and reply.

Looks like it might not be worth holding off for V.7.

Thanks again

Not sure if this is the correct board.

I have started using FH (6.2) on 30 day trial. If I purchase a registration key now, does that include a free upgrade to version 7 which I believe is due out shortly.

Thanks