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- 18 Apr 2018 21:24
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: Additional information sheet
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7027
Re: Additional information sheet
From the information given at The Mitchell Library's page on Burial Lair and Cremation Registers , I would guess that lair numbers are similar to plot numbers in the USA. Knowing the ownership of the plot in the US can give clues about family members. A record of plot ownership might show all the di...
- 06 Mar 2018 22:41
- Forum: Web Site Usage
- Topic: Rootsweb is still down
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16153
Re: Rootsweb is still down
Anne Gillespie Mitchell sent out a notice on one of the RootsWeb mailing lists I subscribe to. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ From today's update: Update: March 6, 2018 We have some good news on our progress to bring RootsWeb back online. As of today, the RootsWeb mailing lists are now available ...
- 21 Jan 2018 19:22
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Research Advice for a Newbie
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11903
Re: Research Advice for a Newbie
jmurphy has some good advice that I plan to plagiarise and add to research:getting_started|> Getting Started with Genealogy Research . [ EDIT: I have captured much of the advice from this thread in research:getting_started#research_ancestral_records|> Research Ancestral Records and would welcome an...
- 21 Jan 2018 18:51
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: Findmypast hints new option
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3056
Re: Findmypast hints new option
I agree, Mike, but if enough people are attaching records from a particular record group, perhaps findmypast might add that to the subset of records for which hints are being generated? We'll see what happens. I understand that hint engines can only search so much, otherwise they are a big drain on ...
- 21 Jan 2018 04:52
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Research Advice for a Newbie
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11903
Re: Research Advice for a Newbie
Chris -- I'll give my standard advice for newcomers, but first, here's a preamble. What I call the genealogy 'industry' (i.e. the big subscription sites) are keen to lock users into their own ecosystems. Most allow you to create a tree online and attempt to make it easy for you to attach records fro...
- 21 Jan 2018 04:19
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: Findmypast hints new option
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3056
Findmypast hints new option
I received the Ontario Genealogical Society's new e-Newsletter (the Weekly Update, dated January 20, 2018) with news of the following feature: A new Search Feature has been added this week that lets you expand your family tree quicker than ever. Now, when you click 'add to tree' on any record, it wi...
- 15 Jan 2018 05:16
- Forum: Web Site Usage
- Topic: Rootsweb is still down
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16153
Re: Rootsweb is still down
More on Rootsweb from The Legal Genealogist
https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2018/0 ... e-machine/
https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2018/0 ... -rootsweb/
https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2018/0 ... e-machine/
https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2018/0 ... -rootsweb/
- 03 Jan 2018 00:12
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: If I wish to source something, make something
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7842
Re: If I wish to source something, make something
But I know they were married. (They were at least a couple recognized by all descendants and by the bards that told their tales.) I'm going to put on my linguist's hat here and talk about data source. One of my college professors has published papers on a family of languages spoken by people in the...
- 02 Jan 2018 23:31
- Forum: Web Site Usage
- Topic: Rootsweb is still down
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16153
Re: Rootsweb is still down
Just to clarify what others have already posted -- The system which runs the RootsWeb mailing lists is apparently still working for some lists. I am still getting mail from the lists I belong to, including FHU-L, for which I received some messages yesterday. However, since the main site is down, we ...
- 10 Dec 2017 02:37
- Forum: Genealogy News
- Topic: Pat on the back for Simon Orde
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9000
Re: Pat on the back for Simon Orde
Thanks for the pointer to this article! I wouldn't have wanted to miss this quote by Tamura: https://www.tamurajones.net/DeliberatelyLimitedGenealogyPrograms.xhtml You should use real genealogy software that lets you record any marriage. You should actively avoid bigoted genealogy software. Genealog...
- 08 Oct 2017 21:23
- Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
- Topic: Gedcom difference
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6999
Re: Gedcom difference
I had a look at the original question on Stack Exchange and don't think it has been well thought through. I agree, and I feel that way about many of the questions we get on G&FH.SE. :( As at September 2017, WikiTree does not directly Import GEDCOMs. GEDCOM uploads have to be run through an onli...
- 08 Oct 2017 21:13
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Find my Past... or Ancestry ?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 35369
Re: Find my Past... or Ancestry ?
Late to the party, but my answer to this question is always "it depends". We all have different research needs, and no site (no matter how wonderful it is) will do you any good if the records you need to look at are not on the site. When I first started, other people told me that they didn...
- 08 Oct 2017 20:40
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: Referencing Sources To Individuals
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6663
Re: Referencing Sources To Individuals
I have very little in the way of paper documents, except for what was passed down to me in the family, so for the most part, this reply is talking about the folder arrangement for the digital folders on my computer, both for the scans we made of our own family papers, and the images downloaded from ...
- 01 Oct 2017 21:54
- Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
- Topic: Creating complementary plugins or queries
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3806
Re: Creating complementary plugins or queries
Thanks, Mike and Colin! I need to spend more time working on queries -- I understand the basic principles, but I don't create new queries very often, so the information doesn't 'stick' very well. So each time I want to make my own custom query, I feel as if I am starting all over. Now that I am maki...
- 25 Sep 2017 23:28
- Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
- Topic: Creating complementary plugins or queries
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3806
Creating complementary plugins or queries
Apologies for the confusing topic subject but I didn't know how else to phrase it. I'll use as my example for this question Mike's excellent Lookup Missing Census Facts . Plugins which look for missing facts are wonderful, but sometimes I need the opposite function -- a list of what census records t...
- 30 Jul 2017 06:51
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: Sanity Check plugin?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8017
Re: Sanity Check plugin?
From time to time, I like to use Louis Kessler's Behold to produce an Everything Report so I can see my database in human-readable form. Errors I've made in data entry tend to pop out that way. I also have FTAnalyzer. For missing data, I use Mike's plugins for Family Historian, plus Underwood Innova...
- 30 Jul 2017 06:32
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: To Do Lists
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6711
Re: To Do Lists
Rather than use the custom tab that Mike is describing, I have a different approach. When a new database comes online, or I start a new line of inquiry, I create a Named List for it and add to the list the names of the individuals I want to search for. As I find them in the database, I take them out...
- 15 Jul 2017 17:09
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: Using an Ancestry Family Tree and Family Historian
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15840
Re: Using an Ancestry Family Tree and Family Historian
My main software is Family Historian, but I like to have copies of other programs in case I need to help someone else out or open a file from other software. I've been following some of the FTM user groups on Facebook, and I can second what David Potter has just said -- the FTM2017 has been ugly. Re...
- 15 Jul 2017 16:47
- Forum: Closed Wish List Requests
- Topic: X DNA Diagram
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17227
Re: X DNA Diagram
For reference purposes, here are two articles that I've found useful: X-DNA INHERITANCE CHARTS on Genealogy Junkie: http://www.genealogyjunkie.net/x-dna-inheritance-charts.html X-DNA's helpful inheritance patterns on Louise Coakley's website: http://www.genie1.com.au/blog/63-x-dna Both have bibliogr...
- 11 Jul 2017 22:11
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Check out everybody
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2733
Re: Check out everybody
This is an excellent example of why it's important to examine records both individually and as a group.
- 11 Jul 2017 22:08
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Fan Principle - Software Tool
- Replies: 18
- Views: 15035
Re: Fan Principle - Software Tool
David --
As you use different techniques within FH, I'd love to hear how everything works for you, since I'm still working on my own workflow.
Cheers,
Jan
As you use different techniques within FH, I'd love to hear how everything works for you, since I'm still working on my own workflow.
Cheers,
Jan
- 09 Jul 2017 19:59
- Forum: Importing
- Topic: Importing from TMG - no sort dates in FH
- Replies: 54
- Views: 28182
Re: Importing from TMG - no sort dates in FH
John Cardinal suggested ensuring that everything had a date (which I won't do for events I don't have evidence of date for), and modifying dates to force the correct order (ditto I won't do this). I hate doing that, too. If I'm forced to do it, I mark the date as estimated and create a source note ...
- 09 Jul 2017 19:43
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Fan Principle - Software Tool
- Replies: 18
- Views: 15035
Re: Fan Principle - Software Tool
Mike Tate's post here may also be of interest: Associated Person feature . Jim, regarding your comment about connecting Individuals by Sources are you aware of the View > Record Links command? Just select the connecting Source record and use the command to list all associated records. For more detai...
- 09 Jul 2017 19:37
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Fan Principle - Software Tool
- Replies: 18
- Views: 15035
Re: Fan Principle - Software Tool
Also from the FAQ: http://clooz.com/support/frequently-asked-questions/ Will I be able to export data to my family tree program? Yes, Clooz supports the export of people, their events, the source, associated media files, and source citations as related to a single Clooz document in various ways: Dir...
- 09 Jul 2017 19:32
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Fan Principle - Software Tool
- Replies: 18
- Views: 15035
Re: Fan Principle - Software Tool
Ah -- I found the explanation From the Frequently Asked Questions: http://clooz.com/support/frequently-asked-questions/ I imported people and sources into Clooz. Why are they not connected? When you import people and/or sources into Clooz using the Data Transfer Manager, you are simply importing the...