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by Jane
13 Dec 2004 12:34
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Vertical height between boxes in diagram
Replies: 10
Views: 4977

Vertical height between boxes in diagram

A couple of things to try.
Go to the Diagram options dimensions page and hit installation settings.

Also try adjusting the number of generations from each ancestor.
by Jane
13 Dec 2004 08:31
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Narrative Report
Replies: 3
Views: 2457

Narrative Report

Tick the box for Event.Attr Addresses on the options, main tab.
by Jane
12 Dec 2004 10:03
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Descendant Outline Problem
Replies: 3
Views: 2468

Descendant Outline Problem

I think this problem has already been reported. If you select one of the other numbering schemes it should be OK. I believe Calico are intending to issue a patch for 2.3 to fix the problem, but I do not know any time scales. You may be able to fix the spacing problem by going in to options and selec...
by Jane
10 Dec 2004 17:24
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Source Edit Facility
Replies: 2
Views: 1642

Source Edit Facility

If you are talking about merging sources you could use the merge record option on the edit menu. Also you can build a list of all the records using a source by selecting record links from the view menu and using the options icon at the bottom left to save the links as a list. To see the number of ci...
by Jane
09 Dec 2004 10:37
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: FHUG
Replies: 2
Views: 1376

FHUG

Try clearing your internet cache, or try downloading the update from
http://www.family-historian.co.uk/downloads
by Jane
09 Dec 2004 10:17
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Ages that differ on sources
Replies: 3
Views: 2054

Ages that differ on sources

The exclaimation is just to highlight the discepancy in the birth to marriage age. FH does not stop you putting in the information simply warns you of the problem.

I would be tempted if possible to view the original church record to see if the problem with the age is a simple transcription one.
by Jane
07 Dec 2004 23:10
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Adding back a lost person
Replies: 2
Views: 1766

Adding back a lost person

After making a new backup, you could merge the old file with the new one, just make sure the data being kept is the most recent. Another posibility is to restore the old file to a new location then delete all data other than the 'lost' person merge the data to the current file and relink to the corr...
by Jane
07 Dec 2004 18:12
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Merging 2 GEDCOMs/giving credit to other person
Replies: 2
Views: 1880

Merging 2 GEDCOMs/giving credit to other person

When you do the merge you are given the option to add a source to every person/event added to your gedcom file. This means any people added can have a source of Mr. Dutch for example. What I then do is add a repository record for the person who provided the data containing Name, address and contact ...
by Jane
07 Dec 2004 14:06
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Multiple Adoption
Replies: 2
Views: 1283

Multiple Adoption

Although FH can maintain and report multiple parents, to my knowledge you can not directly show all the parents at the same time on diagrams. However by swaping the sequence of families on the all tab or records window you can control which family are shown on the all relatives diagram. I believe wh...
by Jane
06 Dec 2004 18:16
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Reinstalling FH
Replies: 5
Views: 3140

Reinstalling FH

I think it will if not once all installed, copy the documents and settings/application settings/calico folder and all sub folders to the new machine. There are now very few settings in the registry if you need to move them use regedit to save the following sections HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARECalico P...
by Jane
06 Dec 2004 11:53
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Swapping FH files by email
Replies: 6
Views: 2656

Swapping FH files by email

FH is a windows only product, but I believe it may run in the PC emulation software for the Mac. (I am afraid I do not know much about Mac's myself). There is another program for the Mac http://www.geditcom.com/ which looks like you can use it free to view gedcom files or pay for a license to be abl...
by Jane
05 Dec 2004 22:20
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Swapping FH files by email
Replies: 6
Views: 2656

Swapping FH files by email

I have updated the link to the new domain name so it should work now.

Does the Mac user have reunion or similar software?

If not you may be best to create a narative report and save it as a word document. If they have reunion or other family history software sending a GEDCOM file should be fine
by Jane
05 Dec 2004 22:16
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Reinstalling FH
Replies: 5
Views: 3140

Reinstalling FH

Are you on 2.3 of FH on your old machine. The 2.3 update moved things around.

If you confirm the versions, I can give you details. Some of the data is in the registry and some in the application data area on 2.3
by Jane
04 Dec 2004 17:06
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Conditional text in a diagram
Replies: 3
Views: 2271

Conditional text in a diagram

FH does not do so itself, but you can download reg-privita and working on a copy of your gedcom file you can use the functions in reg prvita to strip all the data from living persons.

There is a link in the links / gedcom section to the program which is free.
by Jane
04 Dec 2004 17:04
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Step Children - Continued
Replies: 2
Views: 1826

Step Children - Continued

With FH any person can have as many names with separate sources and notes.
So I would suggest adding a second name with a note detailing the change. In addition you could add a custom event showing the date when the name changed.
by Jane
04 Dec 2004 16:57
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Merging Sources
Replies: 2
Views: 1665

Merging Sources

There are some options on this post
Duplicate Sources
by Jane
02 Dec 2004 22:57
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: FH 2.3 feedback
Replies: 13
Views: 6047

FH 2.3 feedback

No promises, but try.

Go into Tools, preferences and select
Temporary Internet Files then
Delete Files
this should clear your internet cache also click on settings an ensure the cache size is no more than 10Mb, windows sometimes sets this far to large.
by Jane
02 Dec 2004 20:54
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: FH 2.3 feedback
Replies: 13
Views: 6047

FH 2.3 feedback

I have checked both the files and they are fine on the server.

I suspect your windows PC timed out during the download.

If you still have the install programs you downloaded on your other computer you can put those on CD and use them. I would not recommend copying the already installed programs.
by Jane
28 Nov 2004 20:17
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Records Page Statistics
Replies: 5
Views: 2617

Records Page Statistics

A family is a family record, ie any persons grouped as family as spouse or by family as child. So a mother and child are a family as are two childen with unknown parents. An individual is a person listed on the records page for person. Why do you not trust family historian to know how many records t...
by Jane
27 Nov 2004 17:14
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Addresses
Replies: 5
Views: 1654

Addresses

Any reason you can not do a surname search?

The 1881 is online with free access or is it just you can not find the people you want on the family search index?
by Jane
27 Nov 2004 09:00
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: All relatives chart
Replies: 4
Views: 2340

All relatives chart

This was a design decision by Calico and has been discussed a couple of times before. There is a wish list item to be able to show step families on the same line. In addition as you can add people to more than on Parent family, I believe some people have added the Step family to the 'main' family gr...
by Jane
27 Nov 2004 08:57
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Where Have All The Lists Gone?
Replies: 7
Views: 3633

Where Have All The Lists Gone?

You can do the Queries in FH and the save the results as CSV files, which you can load in to tables in frontpage.

If you need help producing the queries let me know the order and I will make the queries for you.
by Jane
26 Nov 2004 18:22
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Addresses
Replies: 5
Views: 1654

Addresses

I can not think of an easy way at the moment. Are your addresses against Census events or residence events, or lots of different events and attributes?

There is a wish list item to be able to query events, but I am afraid it's not yet been actioned.[frown]
by Jane
26 Nov 2004 17:33
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Where Have All The Lists Gone?
Replies: 7
Views: 3633

Where Have All The Lists Gone?

I think your idea of lists are called Querys in Family historian. There are many Queries in the Query Store here on the site which other users have contributed to allow new users to use them with out learning how to do queries. Queries give the data sort options you are looking for. In the how to se...
by Jane
26 Nov 2004 16:21
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Saving custom diagrams
Replies: 11
Views: 4888

Saving custom diagrams

Try creating a folder in
C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersApplication DataCalico PieFamily HistorianDiagramsCustom

If you have XP or 2000