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Thank you, that makes much more sense. I don't think there is any need to keep it really, is there? Now the next bit.... It might also be possible to export to FTM and still sync with Ancestry. See the 18572|FH -> RootsMagic -> Ancestry (Work-in-Progress) topic on interacting with Ancestry via RM. B...

OK, I found it in the sources tab and it says it is linked to 426 citations. The details look like this.

tatewise wrote: ↑

28 Jan 2021 14:24

Do you understand where that Source record came from and its purpose?

No, I'm afraid I haven't got a clue. Sorry

tatewise wrote: ↑

28 Jan 2021 13:25

If you locate that Source record you can edit it so that the details of file path are different/removed.

Do you mean locate it in Ancestry or in FH?

Oh my! Thanks for the quick reply. I now feel completely out of my depth

I'll see if I can work slowly through your answer and try to make sense of it.

I have been working more in FH recently and wanted to update my tree on Ancestry. I have never uploaded this way via GEDCOM before, as I previously did my research in Ancestry then synced to FTM. So I exported the GEDCOM from FH and used it to create a new tree in Ancestry which I wanted to make pub...

I’m not sure if it would suit your project but I use MemoryWeb for family photos and some certificates etc. It allows you to tag name, date and place which can then be used to search and reorganise however you wish. It might suit your purpose but is difficult to describe. Best just have a look at th...

Every day's a learning day!

Thanks for the explanation. Today's bit of learning done

What’s a splash screen?

Thank you, Peter, for clarifying that. I had never even thought about a difference between an abbreviation and a contraction. Every day is a learning day!

Martin Tolley wrote: ↑

11 Jan 2021 10:09

We Brits don't make it easy. I have a family with a baptism recorded in St Mary's Church in the eclesiastical district of St Andrew who live in St James St. (!)

Thank you

Privacy Brackets - never heard of them before but will make a note (then probably forget again until I next get in a muddle and someone reminds me)

Thank you, Brent and both Mikes. I like the idea of St.Mary without a space and I think the full street, road, avenue or whatever is probably a good solution. And apostrophes, although grammatically correct, are not really necessary in this context. Autotext is definitely the way forward and having ...

My question was more about how much or how little punctuation to use, particularly . and '

What conventions do you use?

I would like to know if there are any established conventions for entering church and street names in Place and Address fields. I know I have been very inconsistent in this and the small bits of punctuation are important when doing searches so I would like to chose one and stick to it but which one?...

E Wilcock wrote: ↑

22 Dec 2020 10:49

I should stop coming to this Forum. What is a DEA?

Glad you asked that. I haven't a clue either. I sometimes feel like a kindergarten kid in a university class

I tick some of those boxes about age and level of tech skills and so far my favourite improvement is that the software re-opens on the person that you were last working on. A small tweak but it makes life so much easier. My other joy is the formatting of the Auto text box at the bottom of an AS entr...

Thanks. I did think of trying that but wasn't brave enough

Can someone tell me how I find out whether I need to download the 32 or 64 version of AS7, please? I don't know what they mean so I don't know where to look for the answer. I'm using Windows 10 on a laptop PC.

I think there is an option somewhere to have the yellow bit next to the property box or below it. Is that what you mean, john?

Oh bother, I was sure that I had understood the difference between Method 1 and Method 2 but obviously not Back to kindergarten for me. I’ll have to read through everything again.

A few months ago I did lots of inputting via AS and thought I had cracked how to do it. Today I have gone back to add a couple of new certificates and I don't seem to be able to get the information that I need into the titles. I am using Method 2. I have added my own source in the title 'Birth certi...

The same here, Karin, I overloaded my brain trying to watch them all before the deadline then found that it had been extended.

I joined Midland Ancestors too mainly for their talks. They have one coming up about criminal records and I have a persistent criminal in my Midlands branch!

I had a great day at the Show yesterday and managed the IT OK after a bit of trial and error. I listened to the first live talk then decided to spent most of my day chatting to people via the stalls and groups. The 'expert' that tried to answer my query was not very helpful and basically after drawi...

I use images from a website of Victorian images http://www.victorianpicturelibrary.com/ to represent my ancestors' occupations and also for children who died as infants which helps me to remember who's who when they all have the same names. I like the Brick wall idea. I must add that to my media lib...