Family Historian User Group

Rosemary, I am going to step out of this topic as I think you are probably better off only working with one person and Mike is much more knowledgeable than me on Family Historian. If you decide you want to ask me a question in the topic I would be happy to try and help. Good luck. Persevere and I'm...

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29 Jul 2023 14:07

Rosemary, make the window wider by dragging its border to reveal the icons.

Thank you, I've finally got something to work!

Like you, I had a hard time getting my head around using sources and citations when I first started with FH, but now I use AS and have spent a lot of time with FH, I finally understand, so I do feel your frustration. FH handles things differently than other genealogy software, but once you get it, ...

Rosemary, IMO you are trying to run before you can walk. Take things a bit more slowly. FH is a steep learning curve for the things you are trying to achieve. Think how long it took to learn to use all the Ancestry features, and be aware that FH has far more features. Hi Mike, I did spend yesterday...

Ancestral Sources doesn't do anything that couldn't be done manually in Family Historian. It allows you to enter data more quickly so you can spend more time researching rather than recording. It also adds a consistency to the way data is recorded. Ok Nick I understand that, thanks. If you edit Sou...

I would strongly recommend that you try out Ancestral Sources - it makes things very significantly easier and quicker than doing it in Family Historian. When starting out with FH I actually found it easier to understand sources and citations by looking at the data created by AS. The author is a ver...

In the example you have posted there are, as you say, no Citations / Sources associated with the Baptism Fact. At the bottom of the right hand pane there is a single "active" icon (bottom left) - when you hover over it the text says "Add Source Citation". This opens a Sources window where you can s...

To work manually, you must open the Property Box of each of the 7 household members in turn. Then on the Facts tab, add the Census Event, and Occupation Attribute if relevant, and perhaps Birth Event details. For each new fact use the Add Citation button shown on the left of Bill's screenshot and c...

You can copy and paste citations. Select the event on the Facts tab. Go to the Sources For: pane and select the citation. Use the icon in the toolbar of the Sources For: pane to copy the citation. Go to the individual you wish to copy the citation to. Go to their Facts tab. Select the event. Use th...

Also, because it is designed for one specific task, the learning curve is not as steep as that in FH7, and the creator Nick Walker provides excellent support. There is also an AS section in the user group forum. Hi, you've convinced me to try AS, as I like the idea that 'the learning curve is not a...

You can copy and paste citations. Select the event on the Facts tab. Go to the Sources For: pane and select the citation. Use the icon in the toolbar of the Sources For: pane to copy the citation. Go to the individual you wish to copy the citation to. Go to their Facts tab. Select the event. Use th...

NO, do not copy citation details into the Note box of each Fact. That is worse than filling in the same Text From Source details many times. Hi Mike Personally, I'd find it a lot quicker as I cannot get my head round these templates at all! I am confused about whether you want a transcript or not. ...

Rosemary, I get the feeling you are not reading what we are telling you carefully enough. To change the Citation display mode use the gearwheel cog Menu below to the right of the Add Citation button. Use the Menu > Display Citation As > Source Record option or other options as desired. Hi Mike, I'm...

Rosemary, perhaps a visual aid would help you with understanding sources and citations in FH7. In that case, I highly recommend this YouTube video (which coincidentally was created by the author of Ancestral Sources!). It is an excellent overview of how sources and citations work and might help you...

You can copy and paste citations. Select the event on the Facts tab. Go to the Sources For: pane and select the citation. Use the icon in the toolbar of the Sources For: pane to copy the citation. Go to the individual you wish to copy the citation to. Go to their Facts tab. Select the event. Use th...

To work manually, you must open the Property Box of each of the 7 household members in turn. Then on the Facts tab, add the Census Event, and Occupation Attribute if relevant, and perhaps Birth Event details. For each new fact use the Add Citation button shown on the left of Bill's screenshot and c...

You can copy and paste citations. Select the event on the Facts tab. Go to the Sources For: pane and select the citation. Use the icon in the toolbar of the Sources For: pane to copy the citation. Go to the individual you wish to copy the citation to. Go to their Facts tab. Select the event. Use th...

Rosemary, you should never need to fill in the same form 7 times to add 7 people from one household. Hi Mike, I agree, I shouldn't have to, but that was the only way that FH would let me attach the Source and Citation to everyone in the household. It totally ignored the table that I'd created in th...

Sorry Mike... I misread that. I had thought it was only the citations. :oops: No Bill :D , it was indeed the lot I wanted to ditch. I find that Ancestry doesn't always give the full or even correct information that I would expect to see, and also not everyone subscribes to Ancestry or any of the ot...

If you want to delete ALL the Source Citations, then in the Records Window select all the Source records and add them to a Name List so you can use the Delete Listed Records option. See FHUG Knowledge Base Delete One or Many Records under Deleting Many Records. However, take a Backup beforehand jus...

Hi The files I have on FH were all imported from Ancestry via GEDCOM and I note that all the Ancestry-generated sources and citations (such as they are) have been brought with the GEDs. I loathe Ancestry's Source/Citations, so I wonder if there's any way that I can quickly remove all of that from my...

To remove an item, select it in the right-hand list and click the X below. delete item.JPG I think it's a mistake in the Help files where it refers to the left pointing arrow. There are some other selection windows in FH where that works but this is not one of them. I can't remember, but perhaps th...

Rosemary, it is not clear from your screenshot whether you are editing a standard Text Scheme or a new one you created. It is recommended that you do NOT edit any standard Text Scheme supplied with FH and keep them as references. Instead, use the Clone... button to create a custom copy and then edi...

Rosemary, I think I have corrected the Quotes marks. Hi Mike, thanks for that. I believe the problem with saving the chart is because you have not created a Project. You are just opening a free-standing GEDCOM file and should have got a warning when you opened that in FH, but perhaps you unticked '...

Thanks Lorna for your help and patience!