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Although I have been using Family Historian since v4, when reading the forum I now ignore questions on plug ins and ancestral sources as I do not understand them. I am still a very basic user, as I am not technically minded. I sometimes wonder why I keep upgrading!

Thank you for all your help. The problem was the underscore. Not sure why I put it there in the first place. I guess I copied it from somewhere. It is now sorted. Many thanks tatewise.

I have tried both TYPE and TITL.

Yes, Parish Register is the same for baptisms and marriages.
I selected a skull icon from the same list as the others and it shows up in the box under the list of expressions.

I’m back to family history after months doing other things and although I now have icons for birth, baptisms, marriage and death, after help on here, I must have the wrong expression for burial. I would be grateful for your help please. I have: =IsTrue(%INDI.BURI.SOUR>_TYPE%=“Parish Register”) It do...

Davidf mentioned marking speculative lines. How do you do this please?

Thank you Jane, I’ll check her out!

It’s too complicated for me, but my husband has sorted it out for me.
Thank you for your help. I could do with someone in East Yorkshire to give me lessons!

Thank you Lorna. Now I cannot find ‘Item Name’. I’m not doing very well here!

I have used Family Historian since V4, but since using V7 I have not found out how to add a source from my prepared list from other versions. If I click on source+ near the top left of the project window and click on ‘Prepare Citation to existing Source’, my window of sources comes up. I then click ...

I copied and pasted your expression and it has worked fine. On closer inspection, I think I may have missed out the 2nd = sign before "Parish.....
I'm really sorry to have bothered you again and thank you for your support.

Yes, that's the expression I used, but the icon does not appear as it has with the others.

As I do not have Certificates for all ancestors birth, marriage and death, I would like icons for baptism, marriage and burial records from Parish Registers. I now have icons for baptisms and burials, but the expression for marriage does not work if I just change the "Certificate" to "Parish Registe...

Thank you for explaining. I was just going to change Certificate, but did not have the confidence to do it without asking. Also, I didn’t know until your reply, what ‘cur’ meant in the marriage expression. Thank you.

I now have icons on my diagram thank you, showing B, M, D. For many of the marriages I don’t have certificates, but do have copies from the Parish Records Office registers. Is there a way I put an icon on for that please?
Many thanks.

Sorry, I meant that I had seen the Diagram > Options > Boxes tab.
I have done very little apart from the basics, but am hoping to learn more.
Thank you for all your help.

Thank you, but how and where do I enter it please?

Hi. I've added details in the same way as when I started with version 4, I think (maybe I should have stuck to it!) For example for birth, in the diagram I double click on the box, enter date and place, then click on add citation, then 'cite existing' source and click on Certificate. The citation bo...

Thank you for your help tatewise.
I would like to put icons to show that I have birth, marriage and death certificates. If you can help in easy simple steps, I would appreciate it. Many thanks.

How are you thinking of 'talking' me through it?

I'm ok with the Diagram > Options > Boxes tab thank you, but yes, it is the data references like %INDI.RETI% that are the problem. I read so much, but have no idea what I'm reading, sorry!
Thank you for your offer of help.

I have read the information on icons, but unfortunately cannot follow it. Are there any video tutorials on this please? Thanks.

I have recorded BMD details and whether I have certificates and also census details, but unsure as to how to record DNA matches.

Please can you tell me how to put the icons on next to the boxes? I would also like to know how I can put an icon on to show that I have DNA matches with someone. I am a very basic user even though I have used Family Historian for years. I’m just hopeless at understanding the help information. Many ...