Family Historian User Group

Check out the Authors' Area in the Store. CP actively encourage overlapping plugins, in order to give users a choice of UI styles, options, scope, etc. All plugin submissions have to be approved by Store admin, but they are checked for malicious code only, not for function. Any accompanying help doc...

I see what you mean - the main Notes page at Notes and Note Records could be a lot clearer.

The KB is a Wiki, written by users for users. You’re a long term FH user, so how about drafting a new version and submitting it for review?

Unfortunately, FH plugins are quite constrained in being able the manage lists and their membership. If that improves in the future, I’ll be able to set it up more flexibly.

Thanks Jane, that makes sense. I’d be opposed to a blanket ban on unsolicited PMs without wider consultation, as I think it would be unworkable (sending a message to ask for permission to send a message… :?). However, the Community Rules and Etiquette Guidelines appear to be free text, so a reminder...

No problem with reminding users what the defaults are, but it was the first sentence that confused me. FHUG rules appear to be silent on use of the PM facility, but perhaps I missed it…

Check the plugin help for a description of how that option works.

By all means ask any follow-up questions as necessary.

Jane, could you clarify please? I’m not sure what you mean. Surely, if somebody has messages enabled, they have given permission to other users to contact them offline? I’ve been PM’d many times by users following up forum posts or asking for advice on something they know I can help with. That’s fin...

IMO Names should always be entered in Name fields using the FH/GEDCOM convention Given /Surname/ AFAIK, it's also factually incorrect. All I could find in GEDCOM 5.5.1 is The name value is formed in the manner the name is normally spoken, with the given name and family name (surname) separated by s...

Can we keep this thread on topic please - it’s a discussion of a new Wish List item to be available to all FH users, not how to modify an existing plugin for the small minority of users who would download and install what’s clearly a very technical plugin designed for advanced users. I have revised ...

Welcome to FHUG.

Presumably you mean the Links count for the Research Note? This is the count of links TO that record from other records, not links FROM the note.

OK, I see how you are making the connection - this could be an example of how any new "where used" link could be applied, if CP choose to go ahead with that fairly significant change, and add the additional processing needed to display Templated Source data fields correctly (which is not s...

I’m somewhere in the middle. Having experimented extensively with templates, I find them far more powerful than generic sources for capturing data from common and well-defined data sources in a systematic way. However, that comes with two caveats - I definitely don’t expect them to cater for everyth...

Look carefully at the first attachment. Each column is an item of data from a particular source. There are no “where used” record links anywhere. It is equivalent to the Sources tab of the Records Window, but customised on the fly according to the Source Template selected. The second attachment is j...

We get around those issues here though as the displayed fields are not hard-coded. They are the fields in the user’s template, irrespective of whether it is an FH standard one, imported from other software, or created from first principles. So users are free to tinker as much as they like! Picking u...

Issue: When using Generic Sources, splitters can use the Sources tab of the Records Window to compare the detailed fields of related sources, and either the List all Citations for a Selected Source plugin or View > Citations to Source Record... menu option for tabulating lumped citations. FH7 intro...

I think there is one question that is seldom asked when talking about preferred footnote format - what is their target audience? To illustrate using this birth registration example, the instances recorded in my project have come from various places over the years: The original bound index volumes in...

If it happens frequently, it may indicate that the template construction is not optimised. If this were to occur in my system, such as two baptisms in the same parish with the same name at about the same time, I would edit one or both of the titles (NOT the underlying data) to add something distinct...

Happy with Helen's proposal. It's also probably worth clarifying the assertion that "FH V7 now only works with a Broadband connection", which may confuse new users. It requires a temporary internet connection for activation, but this could be as basic as tethering to a phone. Once activate...

That makes sense - it would not be correct to include the county for the source you cited, as this is not reported (and many Registration Districts cross county boundaries), but it may be elsewhere.

Title Births Index (CR). England. HM Passport Office . "Search the GRO Online Indexes: Birth". Footnote Births Index (CR). England. Kensington RD, Kent. Q1 1866. WELLS, Frederick William. Mother's maiden surname: MARTIN, Ref: Volume 01A, Page 65. Database entry, part of "Search the G...

I hope they don’t use Media as a template - I still find the dual routes in horribly confusing. My feeling is that the original posting summarised what was wanted clearly, and later discussion drifted into suggesting how . CP will have the best view of how to balance the needs of the tiny minority o...

Welcome to FHUG. It looks like a late registration to me. My advice is to order the actual certificate using the 1959 reference ( directly from GRO , not via a middleman). You will receive at least a partial refund if they cannot provide the certificate for any reason. Indexes are fine as a finding ...

Not sure where this fits here, but I've just noticed a new chat tool on the main CP website. Capture.png It's not clear whether it is for sales enquiries or real-time tech support, as there's no subject selection. Can anybody here provide a bit more background? Is it a permanent new feature, or just...

I raised this with CP back in July last year. Their response then was It is true that for historical reasons, named lists are not currently handled like most data in your projects. We are considering changing the way they are handled to make them more consistent with other data in an FH project. If ...

Possibly, but the KB is for helping users get the most from FH, not to teach them general PC skills (as Mervyn said, it’s about using emulators and VMs effectively, not specific to plugins or even FH). Interesting though that both FH and my plugin are perfectly happy with UNC paths (e.g. \\OMV\Share...