Family Historian User Group

Okay, thanks - I get it now!

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Satyricon. I still have LOTS to learn - and thanks ColeValleyGirl for pointing out the KnowledgeBase section for AS. I had not seen that. There is a lot a good technical info in there, and that is what I seem to thrive on! I'm looking forward to developing a custom...

Data Field Populated.PNG Thanks for helping me out! The fields are populated with data when opened (see attached above) and both the Census record used in AS and the Vital Record shown in the Records window are custom templates Your observation that the field names in my FH Records window not match...

I have only been using AS for about three days, so I am still in the learning stage, but not nearly as much as I would have been when I first started using FH. Thanks Mike for the training videos. Sure helped! As seen in the lower rows of the screenshot below, I have figured out how to get FH to pop...

I have been testing and learning how to use the many features of FH for the last 3 weeks, and today I bit the bullet and purchased the program. It was really, an easy decision to make! FH is far superior to what I was previously using, and the help from this forum has really made it all come togethe...

I'm glad I asked!
Any idea if/when Calico Pie will be issuing the version 7 book?

Thanks for the information, Mike. Every little bit helps to clarify the whole!
The book I mentioned came from:
KnowledgeBase>making a contribution>Shop at My History>https://www.my-history.co.uk/acatalog/F ... orian.html

I would like to purchase the "Getting the most from Family Historian 6/7 Printed Guide in a ring binder". I know the title says it is for version 6/7, but does anyone know if it has been updated to include all the features of version 7?

I was getting confused about when I was in the KB and when I was in the Help section, because I was searching in the KB, and It sent me to the Help files (I see this now). It was in the Help file where it seemed to me, to say that these Tabs were in the Property Box . It talked a lot about the diffe...

Ahhhh. Now that is making a LOT more sense to me! Why couldn't they just say that?
Thank You!
Now, I can get to work getting all that working in the way that works best for me - which was the whole point of what the designers initially were going for.
Have a great night!

Thank you for answering this! I knew about them showing in the Reports window. Mike showed me those earlier, but the KB specifically says that they are Property Box Tabs ?? I don't want to admit how much time I spent looking for them, thinking they would appear only under certain circumstances. The ...

This is definitely a newbie question - I am going through the Help, one points one bullet point at a time starting with the beginning, (now that I know a little about what I'm doing, I thought it would sink in more) and I am on The Property Box section where it talks all about it in the Property Box...

So Mike,
You were absolutely correct! I did not have the tab for Source Templates.
Thanks for pointing me there.

I just found it.
It is View > Other Record Lists > Source Templates
Instead of deleting the template itself, it deletes (removes) it from the Project.
I can then go into where you are talking about to actually delete it from the Program.

Hi Mike,
I want to delete the actual templates (that I have been testing), not the record itself (see below). There was an area where this was possible by selecting delete on your keyboard. I'm getting too much junk in the selection box.

Thanks Adrian!
I do have a quick question. There is a place where you can delete any templates that you have brought into your project. I remember thinking at the time that it was in what I considered to be an odd place, and now I can't find it for the life of me. Any idea's?

Thanks Mike! This is great! I appreciate you showing me these. It's exactly what I was looking for. I will also use them as learning templates along with the Help pages to continue experimenting. Abbreviating the Place names sounds good. In RM, they "suggested" you stick with what Google Maps consid...

I have successfully created 4 new columns! This is really nice! Is there any way to change the order of a name or to abbreviate a location? For instance, a name is listed as Chad VEENSTRA and I would like it to read VEENSTRA, Chad. I guess one option would be to customise my Source template to have ...

Wow!
This looks like a LOT of fun!
I will study, and experiment, and get back to you.

I am still interested in other's ideas and techniques for Source Title design configurations...

Mike, that's interesting about using the different fields columns in the Records Window , but I don't understand how that is accomplished? I use Templated Records that use the Type, Principal, Event and Location fields, but in the Source Records view, the autogenerated Record Title shows only in the...

I would like to get the Opinion of folks that have a lot more experience in general and specifically with FH about the best way to structure your Source Title that shows in the Source Records list. I used to be a typical RootsMagic lumper (since that is the way RM is pretty much set up) and have rec...

Not only did I totally mess up the process of Restart (I apologise Mike, for not precisely following your advise) , but I also spoke too soon about Windows 10 update getting installed on my computer soon! It appears my computer has not been updating properly over the last 9 months (see below). The i...

Thanks for that information, Mark.
I did not realise, or may have forgotten. I did not install via GEDCOM.

I found it in the KB, which led back to this User Group. I thought it was in the store - I should have searched here first.

I don't know why a GEDCOM can go missing. When I ran the Restore Backup for the file, it would load about half the files and then the message would pop up saying that a .zip file was unable to open. I learned my lesson of "always show a screenshot of any odd behavior or anything needing clarificatio...