Thank you for being a part of the Family Historian User Group (FHUG)
Community. We are a user operated and supported site providing help and
advice for using the Family Historian software package. To ensure the best
possible experience for all members, we have established some basic
guidelines for participation, to ensure that this remains a friendly place to
solicit advice of other FH users, benefit from their experience, and participate
in an ongoing conversation.
Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with these important guidelines
and rules. If you have questions, Contact Us.
To preserve an environment that encourages civil, fruitful and on-topic
dialogue, FHUG reserves the right to suspend or terminate membership in this
community for anyone who violates these rules and/or to remove, edit, move
or close any topic at any time should we see fit.
COMMUNITY RULES AND ETIQUETTE GUIDELINES
The Rules
These rules apply whether you're asking a question or generously sharing what
you know.
Be nice. Focus on the content of posts and not on the people making them.
Please extend the benefit of the doubt to newer members.
Respect the purpose of the community. Use the community to share
successes, challenges, constructive feedback, questions, and goals for using
Family Historian [FH]. If you've found a complementary product or service
helpful, or you provide such a product or service please share your experience
with the group in a respectful way.
Only open topics that are about:
- using FH or complementary products (including plugins)
- exchanging data between FH and other products and services
- understanding how FH can be used to achieve functionality you're
familiar with in other products
- using the FHUG forums or the Knowledgebase
- general research challenges
The community is not a place for solicitation or sales activity of any kind, nor is
it a place to promote competing products or discuss the commercial practices
of any company.
Posts that are off-topic will be removed.
Use caution when posting. Information posted on FHUG is available for all to
see. All defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, or illegal
materials are strictly prohibited. Do not post anything that you would not want
the world to see or that you would not want anyone to know came from you.
Respect intellectual property. Post content that you have personally created
or have permission to use and have properly attributed to the content creator.
Do not advocate software or content piracy.
When posting items in our collaborative environment, please indicate if the
item is not available for reuse. It is also advisable to contact the owner of any
material if you would like to reuse it.
Forum Etiquette
State concisely and clearly the topic of your comments in the subject line.
This allows members to respond more appropriately to your posting and
makes it easier for members to search the forums by subject.
Ensure your forum profile includes the Family Historian version that you're
using. If not, then click User Control Panel centre top, and the Profile tab,
select your Family Historian version at the bottom, and click Submit.
Include all the information needed to answer a query in the initial post. If
you're here to get help, make it as easy as possible for others to help you.
Consult the 'Please Read before Posting' topic in a forum if one exists and
follow the advice there.
Respond when other users try to help you, with any extra information they
have requested, or with confirmation that what they have suggested worked,
or with follow up questions or information. This will ensure that people
searching for the same advice as you can benefit from the topic you raised.
The Legal Bit
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