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Historical timelines
Posted: 10 Jul 2023 20:38
by birdos66@gmail.com
I hope someone can help, I would like to be able to link and display events in my family history with more general historical events such as wars, who is on the throne, disasters etc.
Is there a way to do this.
Re: Historical timelines
Posted: 10 Jul 2023 21:07
by tatewise
Welcome to the FHUG.
There are some techniques in the FHUG
Knowledge Base >
Downloads > Fact Queries >
Timeline Facts – Overview.
They produce a Query Result Set with Individual Facts merged with more general historical events.
Re: Historical timelines
Posted: 10 Jul 2023 21:10
by birdos66@gmail.com
Thanks Mike, I will have a look
Re: Historical timelines
Posted: 10 Jul 2023 21:22
by birdos66@gmail.com
Thanks once again Mike,
That seems to do the trick
Re: Historical timelines
Posted: 11 Jul 2023 15:08
by fhtess65
Feeling a bit thick, but I got as far as the bit about creating a Timeline Named List and this stumped me. How do I go about creating the following:
"The Query also relies on a Named List of Individual records that are unrelated to the Key Individual. They may be just acquaintances, or significant historical figures such as monarchs, or a collection of historical facts, which could have special names such as Colonial Wars /! Historical Facts/."
I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, but really can't conceive of the next step.
Re: Historical timelines
Posted: 11 Jul 2023 16:23
by tatewise
Teresa, I'm not sure which aspect has got you stumped.
Creating Individual records is the normal process of adding Facts to Individuals and perhaps close relatives.
It is just that the Individuals are significant people from history such as Kings, Queens, Presidents, etc.
Or they are dummy Individuals with a Name like Colonial Wars /! Historical Facts/ that hold historical Facts.
Those monarchs' and presidents' Individual records are selected in the Records Windows and added to a Named List.
Some of the Queries prompt for the name of the Named List.
Some of the Queries automatically include Individual records whose Surname starts with ‘! Historical ‘
Re: Historical timelines
Posted: 12 Jul 2023 03:18
by fhtess65
Ah, ok, I get it now...I somehow had the impression the info was included somewhere already and just needed to be triggered. RootsMagic has a spin-off program that does this, so that's probably how I interpreted what I was reading.
Now I get when you mean...not sure there are enough hours in my day to customize to this extent, at least while I'm still working F/T.
As always - thanks for the clarification!
tatewise wrote: ↑11 Jul 2023 16:23
Teresa, I'm not sure which aspect has got you stumped.
Creating Individual records is the normal process of adding Facts to Individuals and perhaps close relatives.
It is just that the Individuals are significant people from history such as Kings, Queens, Presidents, etc.
Or they are dummy Individuals with a Name like Colonial Wars /! Historical Facts/ that hold historical Facts.
Those monarchs' and presidents' Individual records are selected in the Records Windows and added to a Named List.
Some of the Queries prompt for the name of the Named List.
Some of the Queries automatically include Individual records whose Surname starts with ‘! Historical ‘