Family Historian User Group

Sticking head above parapet time then... Bear in mind that I am not a Templated Source user so I may have missed bits that should be Bl**** Obvious. But I am the one who's put "pen" to "paper". Background The "proper" way of updating Source Template Definitions is via T...

Isn't it possible to export the Place Records (and only them) into a GEDCOM file? I know that the Export GEDCOM File plug-in has a parameter for Place Record , with one option being " Keep Custom Record ". Presumably, you have to delete all the other record types so ensure you do it on a c...

... I think we should try to avoid competing/conflicting requests. Why don't we add to my (hopefully quick) proposal, something along the lines of If Better ways to find where records are used (22561) progresses, then this proposal is de facto redundant. If that proposal does not progress, then thi...

I think the two parts of Adrian’s proposal should be treated separately. The second part could be a wish list request in it own right. The first part of his proposal (about “Show Source Record’s Citations in results Window”) would be better considered in the broader context of the discussion in 225...

... Yes I have been using the Essentials-Civil Registration Index template, where I was trying to insert the year range ! ... I'd suggest that you don't need the year range because you have, in the Essentials > Civil Registration Index template, a Repository and a Collection . So if you're citing (...

In general, I rather like the idea of being able to pick up an abbreviated placename. What I am very dubious about is attempting to fit ISO3166 into the picture - and I say this as someone who gets tired very rapidly of attempting to deal with the FamilySearch Standard Placenames database. Some spec...

... For each place name (row in the place table), add a corresponding 'Abbreviated Place Name' field for State/Province/County (SPC) and another for the Country. ... Specific question - is the proposal suggesting that the abbreviations apply to the last two elements of the placename? In which case,...

... Adrian, When you indicate something as a derivative are we talking about an image of the original or an image of a transcript of the original? Image copies are typically defined as photographic reproductions made digitally or on film. Theoretically, they are the equivalent of an original. Howev...

... If a citation leads you to the burned parish register, and I looked at the transcriptions, those two aren't equivalent. ... Ah - okay. We're using "equivalent" in two different fashions, I think. I intended it to mean that two "sources" are equivalent if they are both ultima...

... Web page URL's can be very long, also websites get updated from time to time and page references can change, so some systems recommend that the website home page is used (e.g. ancestry.co.uk). ... I seldom use URLs specifically because of "link rot". Citations to the more obscure webs...

... I should also note that the EE book is careful to stay away from talking about how to implement the style in a genealogical program. That is not surprising, because the style doesn't appear to have been developed with computerized implementation or templating in mind. ... I think that was the o...

Even if the Page Number field did not have a value, the mere fact it exists in a Source Template within the Project prevents its Citation-specific mode from being changed when the Compare/Sync with Source Template Record... button is used. Thanks - I'd only investigated the most obvious conversion ...

ColeValleyGirl wrote: ↑17 Dec 2023 18:20 Adrian, I'm thinking we need a 'Tips and Tricks for Templated Sources' article...

I am not volunteering to write it.

Nor me - I only use the things for investigation, so my tip would be, "Alas, alack, don't..." Not very helpful.

I have a feeling that this has been mentioned but, not being a Template Source user, I don't remember if that's true or not. This is a spin-off from a recent thread about moving the Page Number of a Book type Source Template Definition in the Advanced Collection from the Source Record level to the C...

Seems sensible - the number of times I've gone down one route only to find it just gives individuals when I want fields...

A piece of advice that Mike (and others) gives all the time - never edit what's been provided by Calico Pie - always take a copy and edit that, then you can refer back or revert if necessary (yes, a touch of bitter experience there). So, if it was me... Bring up Menu options Tools / Source Template ...

Re KFN's learning curve - if I look at the Advanced Collection, and filter it by "Book", then I can see a template with the name "Book: Basic Format". I assume that this is the one that KFN refers to. Rant warning - Surely part of his problem is that the Source Template Definitio...

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Would love to see a tab added to the sources property dialog that displays a list of citations for that source ... but auto updates so you don't have keep running the command. Perhaps I shouldn't be straying into the implementation constraints but I'm a touch concerned about the machine loading of ...

tatewise wrote: ↑13 Dec 2023 15:19 Why restrict it to new diagrams? ...

A good point - I am sometimes in the habit of taking a "thing" and amending it to produce "thing v2" if I want to keep the original 'just in case'. I am also quite capable of not realising "thing v2" already exists...

... It's a shame there isn't an Employer field included in Occupation, but as normal I suppose it's that pesky GEDCOM specification. Ah - but there is. Responsible Agency (AGNC) is an item on all facts - I use that to contain the organisation / company for occupations. It's useful to me because Cre...

If someone is married twice (or more) then I do record the married names as Alternate Names. I started to do this because I work with charts most of the time - originally, the charts showed only the Primary Name and therefore I didn't record the married names. One pair of my 5G grandparents had the ...

Adrian, Why not the child? you say in one of your bullets 'that a child lives with their parents unless evidence appears to the contrary' I'm not sure if that comes over clearly, so - In my head, I assume that a child will be living with their parents until an unknown time or evidence appears to th...

... When I am making a citation from a Birth Certificate (Scottish) I am always torn between should I use the Mother/Fathers address (depending on when it is from) for the whole family or just for the mother or father? ... In such a case, I add the given address (leaving aside "obvious" e...

... While on the question of citations, is there still no way to add more than one citation automatically as a fact using 'Create Source From Template' eg when I add my daughters name via her birth certificate the templated source adds a citation for her name, but when I then add her Marriage Certi...