If the file is in ANSEL format when it is loaded into early versions of Family HistorianFamily Historian (FH) is a comprehensive genealogy software product published by Calico Pie Limited. the accent characters are discarded.

One way to fix the GEDCOMGEDCOM, an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunication, is a specification for exchanging genealogical data between different genealogy software. It is a file format that most genealogical programs and online trees recognise. file prior to using the FamilyFamily records store information about families, and links to all the Individual Records for those individuals who make up a family. You can view and edit Family records in the Property Box Dialogue. Historian is to use PSPAD as below.

Open the file and edit the header line from

1 CHAR ANSEL
to
1 CHAR ANSI

Then use PSPAD (or other plain text editor) as follows:

1. Select All the text (either press CTRL-A or use the Edit/Select All menu option).
2. From the menu select Edit/Special Conversion/Add Accent Marks.
3. Save the file.