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by brianlummis
13 Feb 2020 17:42
Forum: Research
Topic: Liverpool Electoral Register - 1939/1940
Replies: 15
Views: 10749

Re: Liverpool Electoral Register - 1939/1940

If you want the definitive answer wade your way through https://www.bl.uk/voices-of-science/britishlibrary/~/media/subjects%20images/government%20publications/pdfs/parliamentaryconstituencies.pdf :) There should be a code by each name giving the reason why they qualified to vote . From 1928 these we...
by brianlummis
09 Feb 2020 18:05
Forum: Web Site Usage
Topic: Improving Accessibility of Commonly Requested Help
Replies: 82
Views: 40496

Re: Improving Accessibility of Commonly Requested Help

Mike, that gives a good instance as to how to fall at the first hurdle. :) I was unaware that the title needed to fit the sidebar and now that I know I can't find any reference to the number of characters allowed in either the Contribute your Knowledge item or the DokuWiki article about the Sidebar....
by brianlummis
09 Feb 2020 17:25
Forum: Web Site Usage
Topic: Improving Accessibility of Commonly Requested Help
Replies: 82
Views: 40496

Re: Improving Accessibility of Commonly Requested Help

Contribute Your Knowledge specifically says it relates to the Knowledge Base in each of its first three paragraphs.
Can you suggest how it could make that point clearer. It is an important concept.
To me it is just a slight change - how about Contributing to the FHUG Knowledge Base
by brianlummis
16 Dec 2019 18:55
Forum: Closed Wish List Requests
Topic: [Wish List Reference 567] Highlight complete selected row in Records Window
Replies: 18
Views: 12540

Re: Highlight complete selected row in Records Window

I think that you have described the problem admirably - Calico Pie tends to move very slowly to implement any change. I am rather spoilt in the software that I use for constructing websites - there the owner listens to users requirements and regularly implements changes quickly, more often than not ...
by brianlummis
16 Dec 2019 17:59
Forum: Closed Wish List Requests
Topic: [Wish List Reference 567] Highlight complete selected row in Records Window
Replies: 18
Views: 12540

Re: Highlight complete selected row in Records Window

I would prefer something that works out of the box rather than have to introduce a workaround. One thing that has crossed my mind is that the Records Window is not a straightforward table but is one that is expandable to show additional lines for each entry, so the alternative line shading may be a ...
by brianlummis
16 Dec 2019 13:26
Forum: Closed Wish List Requests
Topic: [Wish List Reference 567] Highlight complete selected row in Records Window
Replies: 18
Views: 12540

Re: Highlight complete selected row in Records Window

Just to say that I agree that the Records Window could be improved to assist with following a record line on a large screen. Most tabulated output in other software (& web pages) does tend to have at least a contrasting colour or shade on alternate lines which helps but being able to click a nam...
by brianlummis
10 Dec 2019 12:59
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Grandparents
Replies: 2
Views: 2637

Re: Grandparents

See

how_to:recording_grandchildren#recording_grandchildren|> Recording Grandchildren
by brianlummis
28 Sep 2019 11:10
Forum: Importing
Topic: How to import from GSP .gft file
Replies: 14
Views: 14741

Re: How to import from GSP .gft file

Not sure if this will help but a Google search revealed that TWR Computing can convert the file - see details at https://www.twrcomputing.co.uk/acatalog ... edcom.html
by brianlummis
30 Jul 2019 18:37
Forum: Web Site Usage
Topic: FHUG website slow
Replies: 14
Views: 10975

Re: FHUG website slow

I have a couple of websites hosted by TSOhost which are working OK. TSOhost have posted a notice saying that there are problems with some websites and give the likely IP Addresses but as far as I can tell FHUG is not in that range. However they may not be aware that other IP addresses are affected s...
by brianlummis
18 Jun 2019 22:24
Forum: Research
Topic: Workhouses and Census's
Replies: 6
Views: 6000

Re: Workhouses and Census's

Not sure if you have had a look at the website workhouses.org.uk as suggested earlier but there is a section on the workhouses in Norwich. Even better, there is a list of inmates for 1881 at http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Norwich/Norwich1881.shtml#Inmates EDIT: Have just found the 1861 census for the ...
by brianlummis
25 May 2019 09:23
Forum: Research
Topic: The Theory of Eight
Replies: 22
Views: 14419

Re: The Theory of Eight

I feel a bit bereft as I only have five and two of those are Lummis, the others being Collins, Frost and Godbold. By way of explanation both my parents had the surname of Lummis (their common ancestor was born in the 18th century). I do not know the name of my paternal grandfather as my father was i...
by brianlummis
31 Mar 2019 16:58
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Wills Property Box Tab
Replies: 16
Views: 8849

Re: Wills Property Box Tab

But I would add one more thing - wills may appoint not just executors but also trustees. I've not tried to record trustees as "witnesses" (in the FH sense) to probate events yet, but I forsee a potential issue if people can only be reported in one witness role per event???? Adrian, wouldn...
by brianlummis
16 Mar 2019 19:12
Forum: Research
Topic: Multiple instance of birth registration.
Replies: 11
Views: 13876

Re: Multiple instance of birth registration.

Paula

I have just looked on the GRO Index pages where you would normally order a certificate (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/cert ... search.asp) and could only find Drusilla Tar Hawes listed in the last quarter of 1843 in Wangford. Where did you get the other details from?

Brian
by brianlummis
09 Mar 2019 15:51
Forum: Ancestral Sources
Topic: Problems with extended families in AS
Replies: 25
Views: 16029

Re: Problems with extended families in AS

I have been out most of the day and the topic has moved on. Whilst agreeing with Mike that you cannot annotate the adopted,step or birth relationship in FH via AS, you can do everything else. It is possible to add a new set of parents in AS in addition to those already recorded. So if you enter all ...
by brianlummis
09 Mar 2019 08:52
Forum: Ancestral Sources
Topic: Problems with extended families in AS
Replies: 25
Views: 16029

Re: Problems with extended families in AS

Sorry Mike, I don't really follow what you are saying about being a step-child. Although I realise that "step" can be added as a relationship in the Focus Window, I have never used this on re- marriage . That would be confusing as the children would be listed under both marriages and only ...
by brianlummis
08 Mar 2019 21:56
Forum: Ancestral Sources
Topic: Problems with extended families in AS
Replies: 25
Views: 16029

Re: Problems with extended families in AS

Such as when one of the existing parents needs a new spouse with existing children as step-children. So for these more complex families, enter the fundamental relationships in FH before using AS. Then you can set the step/adoptive/foster details and create new parents, etc, more easily. Mike, just ...
by brianlummis
07 Feb 2019 11:55
Forum: Research
Topic: Ingvald Marius Iversen
Replies: 30
Views: 18530

Re: Ingvald Marius Iversen

Not sure if this will be helpful but I believe that Lloyds Register may record deaths of seamen as well as ships lost. Unfortunately I don't have access to their records although I did find at https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/archive-library/casualty-returns that the Norwegian ship Thalatta was lost ...
by brianlummis
02 Jan 2019 15:28
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Electoral registers
Replies: 5
Views: 5876

Re: Electoral registers

Paula

Have a look at fhugdownloads:contents:ancestral_sources_template_electoral_register_uk|> Ancestral Sources Template ~ Electoral Register UK to see if that will help.

Brian
by brianlummis
16 Nov 2018 18:53
Forum: Web Site Usage
Topic: posts show as unread even after viewing them
Replies: 11
Views: 8841

Re: posts show as unread even after viewing them

Your attachment shows a topic that has been read. If you have any unread posts you can go to Quick Links at the top right of this page and the drop down menu includes "Unread Posts". If you click that item it then gives a summary page of all unread posts and you should see that there is an...
by brianlummis
16 Nov 2018 16:53
Forum: Web Site Usage
Topic: posts show as unread even after viewing them
Replies: 11
Views: 8841

Re: posts show as unread even after viewing them

I suspect what happened is that Bill read a posting, but by his next visit somebody had added a Reply that needed reading. If Bill had not scrolled through all the postings, then on 2nd visit he won't know for sure whether one had been added or not. If you click the small square next to the subject...
by brianlummis
07 Nov 2018 21:45
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Deleting Role Witnesses
Replies: 28
Views: 12991

Re: Deleting Role Witnesses

@Senelstune

Have you tried the Delete Witnesses for Role Plugin provided earlier in this thread? It worked for me so unless you had a different setup in TMG it should work for you. Please make a backup before running the Plugin just in case there are some unexpected results.

Brian
by brianlummis
13 Oct 2018 15:55
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Male child with just a surname on a Birth Certificate
Replies: 7
Views: 5509

Re: Male child with just a surname on a Birth Certificate

As it is a copy from the GRO I think that I would phone the Registrars Office where the original registers are held to see if they would have a look at the register to check for any possible annotations. You may be lucky and get hold of a helpful person who would like to assist in establishing why a...
by brianlummis
12 Oct 2018 20:44
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Male child with just a surname on a Birth Certificate
Replies: 7
Views: 5509

Re: Male child with just a surname on a Birth Certificate

Like Mike, I am always curious when the unusual turns up. Just a couple of thoughts that you may have already covered but maybe worth saying. 1) Was there a subsequent registration of the name? 2) Is the birth certificate an original or a certified copy and if the latter did it come from the Registr...
by brianlummis
09 Oct 2018 10:52
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Census, 1939 Register, Electoral Roll
Replies: 30
Views: 17106

Re: Census, 1939 Register, Electoral Roll

I do know what happened to my parents. Before the war they lived above a shop where my father was manager. He signed up for service and wanted to pass the manager's job to my mother so they could continue to live above the shop. This was rejected so the whole family had to move out. They found a ho...
by brianlummis
03 Oct 2018 15:32
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: Is there a plugin for FH Website update requests?
Replies: 6
Views: 4703

Re: Is there a plugin for FH Website update requests?

Just to add that if you use Gedsite fhugdownloads:contents:utility_gedsite|> Utility ~ GedSite the embedded contact system details the page that was open at the time the email link was clicked which if it happens to be a page containing details of a person will include the person's name and ID. Brian