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Media not showing up in the property box
Posted: 12 Jan 2016 19:13
by anderson1958
I am new to using family historian 6, being a previous user of family tree maker. I successfully exported a gedcom file from ftm to fh6, and all seemed well until viewing the property box media tab, I noticed that the census media from ftm did not show up in there, but showed up when the view all media to the linked person was pressed on the media tab on the top toolbar. Is there a way to fix this so that all census media is shown in the property box
Re: Media not showing up in the property box
Posted: 12 Jan 2016 20:32
by tatewise
Welcome to the
FHUG.
I have moved this to the
Importing and Exporting Forum where you will find like minded discussions.
Unfortunately,
FTM and
FH, like many genealogy products, use slightly differing dialects of
GEDCOM.
See how_to:import_from_family_tree_maker|> Import from Family Tree Maker (FTM) for further advice.
You will probably find lots of apparently missing data that
FH interprets as
UDF, but they can be fixed with
Plugins.
Also see the threads
What is wrong with the FH import from FTM (13158) and
Plugin to sort problems with FTM Imports (13157).
Ancestry announced the demise of
FTM with very little notice, and we are working on solutions, so maybe hold fire before finally migrating to
FH until we have all the solutions in place.
In the mean time, since you have found all your
Media records, if you use the
Where Used Record Links Plugin on them it will shown where they appear in the
Property Box, but many
Citation Media are 'hidden' on the
All tab, but appear OK in
Reports.
Checkout how_to:key_features_for_newcomers|> Key Features for Newcomers to gain familiarity with
FH.
Re: Media not showing up in the property box
Posted: 13 Jan 2016 09:23
by anderson1958
Thanks for your reply
I will wait a bit longer before I commit to fh6 as you suggested
Thanks Susan