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- 10 Dec 2007 02:45
- Forum: Research
- Topic: finding families outside of census records
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7568
finding families outside of census records
My husband's family came to the US from Devon, and like many families, went back and forth between England and the US multiple times. Some of the trips are annoyingly timed so that they just missed the census -- on both sides of the Atlantic. On the US side I've been able to fill in some of the gaps...
- 08 Dec 2007 07:37
- Forum: Genealogy News
- Topic: What other software do you use for Family History?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 43678
What other software do you use for Family History?
Bygones stalls on my Win98 box probably 4 times out of 5.
Jan
Jan
- 01 Dec 2007 05:52
- Forum: Genealogy News
- Topic: What other software do you use for Family History?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 43678
What other software do you use for Family History?
I've looked at Bygones, but it doesn't seem to get along with my elderly computer.
Sometimes it starts.
Sometimes it doesn't.
Since I can't get it to start reliably, I haven't used it much.
Jan
Sometimes it starts.
Sometimes it doesn't.
Since I can't get it to start reliably, I haven't used it much.
Jan
- 29 Nov 2007 19:11
- Forum: Genealogy News
- Topic: What other software do you use for Family History?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 43678
What other software do you use for Family History?
Jane said in her original post that she was looking for a good research management system. I have been reading several books on managing one's research and wondering why we have so few family tree programs, yet so few research management tools. Today I got an email newsletter from the US magazine Fa...
- 25 Nov 2007 18:04
- Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
- Topic: multiple source citations for same object?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1684
multiple source citations for same object?
I am entering data from a WWII Draft Registration card. I have two different microfilm citations for the same draft registration card. How can I record both microfilm roll numbers for the same source? Since the cards were physical objects like a birth certificate, I chose to make each one an individ...
- 19 Nov 2007 22:43
- Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
- Topic: Help me get started with limited info - please!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7890
Help me get started with limited info - please!
In a previous post, I suggested that Peter do a self-interview, or enlist the aid of someone to act as interviewer and to interview him. Today I found a list of interview questions in the genealogy section of the US website About.com -- the link is here: http://genealogy.about.com/cs/oralhistory/a/i...
- 07 Nov 2007 00:22
- Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
- Topic: Editing Event Attribute labels?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2741
Editing Event Attribute labels?
I agree with Jane.
Using Nick Walker's add-on, Gedcom Census, makes it easy to add census events. And if you happen to miss something, Family Historian's auto-source citation makes it easy to add the other data and link in the source citation.
Jan
Using Nick Walker's add-on, Gedcom Census, makes it easy to add census events. And if you happen to miss something, Family Historian's auto-source citation makes it easy to add the other data and link in the source citation.
Jan
- 04 Nov 2007 07:27
- Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
- Topic: Genealogy Subscription Sites
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7519
Genealogy Subscription Sites
Many subscription sites have free newsletters, and I find that it is very useful to subscribe to those. That way you can see what new data is being added to the site and can tell whether the site has information from the areas or families you are working on. To date I have not found much on the site...
- 23 Oct 2007 00:01
- Forum: Closed Wish List Requests
- Topic: Shorthand way to key DATE (app)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8220
Shorthand way to key DATE (app)
Tombaston said: I put a feature on the wish list a long time ago to not display the DATA field (feature 207 - Add Source Entry Date and Text From Source to Right Click Context Menu). As you have left a comment against it Jon, I assume you must be one of the other six people who have voted for it. L...
- 22 Oct 2007 23:31
- Forum: Closed Wish List Requests
- Topic: Automatic Repository in new source
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4606
Automatic Repository in new source
Nick Walker said: Yes I agree with Irene that the IGI (and Free BMD if just using the index) is a source rather than a repository. Its actually not obvious, to me at least, what the repository is for the IGI as it is available on the web and in libraries, record offices, etc. so I leave that blank....
- 22 Oct 2007 20:03
- Forum: Genealogy News
- Topic: Naming etiquette for nbsp;individuals
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14161
Naming etiquette for nbsp;individuals
P.S. While proofreading my earlier messages, I was reminded that in the USA we say 'check boxes' and check marks, to 'check things off on the list', and so on. I believe the usage in the UK is to say 'tick' and 'tick boxes' for this process. However, to 'tick off' someone in the US is to make them ...
- 22 Oct 2007 19:42
- Forum: Genealogy News
- Topic: Naming etiquette for nbsp;individuals
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14161
Naming etiquette for nbsp;individuals
Nick Walker said: To add to Jan's excellent comments regarding sources you may find the Knowlege Base article on Sources useful Regards Nick Thanks, Nick! While I am experienced at handling data, I am still a newbie to genealogy and to Family Historian -- I should be reading the articles in the Kno...
- 22 Oct 2007 19:29
- Forum: Genealogy News
- Topic: Naming etiquette for nbsp;individuals
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14161
Naming etiquette for nbsp;individuals
Joyaa Antares said: My file was originally imported over from FTM (Family Tree Maker), so none of the sources came across linked at that time. ... Now I have some 670 individuals (growing of course), a long list of unlinked sources, and some 1400 source citations. I did not have quite the same situ...
- 22 Oct 2007 18:52
- Forum: Genealogy News
- Topic: Naming etiquette for nbsp;individuals
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14161
Naming etiquette for nbsp;individuals
Now, about sources. One of the reasons I chose Family Historian over all the other programs I tried (and I tried a lot of them) is that it allows me to work in the method I was trained when I did linguistics. In the field we collected information. Then we took the raw notes and re-transcribed them i...
- 22 Oct 2007 17:37
- Forum: Genealogy News
- Topic: Naming etiquette for nbsp;individuals
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14161
Naming etiquette for nbsp;individuals
I have a couple of ideas for you to think about. Of course you must do what works best for you, so weight these ideas against your own working style. My first idea is basically the same as what Jon has just said in the previous message when he talks about a 'mental model' of the program. When learni...
- 21 Oct 2007 03:42
- Forum: Genealogy News
- Topic: What other software do you use for Family History?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 43678
What other software do you use for Family History?
Jane said: I am still looking for a good portable contact management system, a research logging system and a 'magic brickwall remover' although the latter is somewhat unlikely. I have also just found a tiny free GedCom Viewer which will work on a key drive called Simple Family Tree Jane, have you h...
- 20 Oct 2007 06:06
- Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
- Topic: Help me get started with limited info - please!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7890
Help me get started with limited info - please!
I just got my subscription copy of the magazine Your Family Tree (which in North America seems to be distributed as Your Family History , but it's the same magazine). Issue 57 (November 2007) has as their cover feature '100 research tips'. They have articles from seven researchers, who break down...
- 19 Oct 2007 19:00
- Forum: Genealogy News
- Topic: Naming etiquette for nbsp;individuals
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14161
Naming etiquette for nbsp;individuals
Oops! I accidentally quoted myself rather than editing the previous message -- and the 'delete' button doesn't seem to be getting rid of this message. Sorry about the clutter.
- 19 Oct 2007 18:53
- Forum: Genealogy News
- Topic: Naming etiquette for nbsp;individuals
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14161
Naming etiquette for nbsp;individuals
Joyaa Antares said: a) Chris, on sources: what do you mean by 'ATTACHING that source to the person in question'? I can create a source with that person's name - is that what you mean, or is there a way of directly LINKING a source to a name in the Records window that I haven't found? Let's say I ha...
- 19 Oct 2007 17:57
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Coroners Inquest
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5811
Coroners Inquest
jmurphy said: I may have read recently that the FFHS is getting out of the business of selling publications, but I don't remember if they are simply selling off their remaining stock or turning it over to someone else to liquidate. Here's the article I was thinking of -- I saw a notice on Dick Ea...
- 19 Oct 2007 08:55
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Coroners Inquest
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5811
Coroners Inquest
Nick Walker said: I think coroner's reports would be most likely to be in the County Record Office or at the National Archives although I believe many have been destroyed over the years. There is a book 'Coroners' Records in England and Wales'. I have no idea how useful it would be but it is on Gen...
- 13 Oct 2007 17:09
- Forum: Genealogy News
- Topic: What other software do you use for Family History?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 43678
What other software do you use for Family History?
I've posted about this before in the wish list area, but I am on the lookout for some way to record which addresses are associated with particular source records. I have a wide variety of sources which will give the street address -- ship manifests (the 'person going to visit' and 'closest relative ...
- 13 Oct 2007 16:57
- Forum: Genealogy News
- Topic: What other software do you use for Family History?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 43678
What other software do you use for Family History?
Thanks for posting the note about GenSmarts and their reply. I've had some trouble with it also, so when I see the situation you describe I'll double-check what is going on in my FH file.
Jan
Jan
- 13 Oct 2007 09:13
- Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
- Topic: need help with file nbsp;record merging ONS etc
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3813
need help with file nbsp;record merging ONS etc
Good point -- I had not considered that. Some of the books I've read for newbie genealogists advise the reader to use events from one's own life as guides to what might happen elsewhere. If future genealogists saw my birth registration date and the date I was confirmed (in my teens), and mistook it ...
- 07 Oct 2007 20:06
- Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
- Topic: keeping census information organized for dum
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7346
keeping census information organized for dum
An update: While merging a couple of old files, I discovered that I had two men with the same name (father and son) and three marriages, and I had linked one of the spouses to the wrong person. So I decided to take this particular set of data and make a clean file, re-examining my data as I went alo...