Family Historian User Group

PLEASE HELP I AM AT MY WITS END i HATE THIS PROGRAMME ALTHOUGH i HAVE NOTLONG PURCHASED IT. i AM FINDINGI VERY DIFFICULY AND FEEL THAT IT IS TAKING OVER MY HOBBY, WHAT DOES ANYONE SUGGEST?

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It's difficult to know how to help you from such a generic comment.

Have you tried watching the introduction how to's in the knowledge base, and reviewing the other knowledge base contents.

Cassie

I received this programme for Christmas as an alternative to Family Tree Maker and I am so glad I did.

Just take your time and work through the tutorial, I felt like that at first, couldnt decide whether I liked it or not but I am finding new and more helpful things every day. I am still finding my way around it, it has took me quite a few days to learn how to create a query, but after lots of reading and watching explanatory videos, plus of course the help of Jane I have managed to get it to list exactly what I want.

Jane is especially helpful on here, as are the other people who will advise on the forums if you get stuck.

Dont lose heart with it, it is a really worth while programme which you will find will do a lot more, as you go on. The diagrams (trees) themselves are worth sticking with it for.

Good luck

Marilyn[smile]

Remember what you're trying to achieve rather than letting the program bully you into doing things you're not interested in. It's there to help you. You can use as much or as little of the features as you want. You could start by adding yourself and immediate family, open a diagram (I usually use Ancestors & Descendants), and then add more details and more people gradually, using the Properties box. The advantage of working from the diagram is that you can see that you have the relationships right, and the record list will gradually build up of it's own accord. Ignore reports, queries, multimedia, sources, etc until you've got the hang of recording individuals (people) and events (births, marriages, deaths).