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Census Csv To Gedcom - created

Jane Taubman (admin) — 2010-03-13T03:30:07-06:00

Introduction Census CSV to Gedcom conversion You may have England and Wales census information transcribed into a spreadsheet such as Excel. The rows usually represent individuals and the columns data items about them. With most database and spreadsheet programmes it should be possible to export this data into a CSV file. This is a text based file format where the data is arranged with each item of text information (from a spreadsheet row) separated from the next by a comma, and the end of each…

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Jane Taubman (admin) — 2010-03-13T03:26:42-06:00

* Main Site * Knowledge Base Home * Glossary * How To's * FAQs * Gedcom Census * Census Csv To Gedcom * About * Main Wiki Index * Research Hints * Editing Guide * PlayGround

Find and Mark Twins (How To)

Jane Taubman (admin) — 2010-03-05T07:58:30-06:00

Introduction Identifying multiple births can be very helpful. Family Historian can help you find and mark them. Details The following expression can be used in a query to spot multiple births (note it will only find matching dates so if you have 2 children with just a year) it will mark them as twins.

How To Index

Jane Taubman (admin) — 2010-03-05T07:49:56-06:00

For an Alphabetic Index of the How To's Click Here Family Historian Help File There are lots of excellent hints and tips in the Family historian Help file. * Family Historian Help Index Main How To's Beginners * Getting Started Animated Tutorial V3 * Introduction What's New in V4 * Building a new project from scratch V4 * Understanding Projects V4

Baptism or Christening

Jane Taubman (admin) — 2010-02-22T14:36:49-06:00

The GEDCOM Standard supports both Baptism and Christening and so does Family Historian, additionally it also shows both the Baptism and Christening fields on the detail tab of the Property Dialogue, this can lead to some confusion as to which to use.

Export

alice — 2010-01-28T09:38:18-06:00

GEDCOM In theory exporting your paper writing GEDCOM file from Family Historian can be done as simply as sending the .GED file, however in many cases it’s much easier to decide exactly what you want to sent to the contact and removal of excess information before you start. Both of these processes can be done using the Split Tree Helper.

Genes Reunited

Jane Taubman (admin) — 2010-01-28T02:32:33-06:00

Introduction Genes Reunited's GEDCOM import is limited. It's therefore a good idea to strip down your file to the minimum before uploading. This is also the case for Ancestry so the following should work for both. Exporting for Genes Reunited With Version 3 You can use the Split Tree Helper to strip out, the extra information, such as media etc.

Installing on Vista

Jane Taubman (admin) — 2010-01-17T14:36:59-06:00

Compatible Versions All versions of Family Historian 3 can be run under Vista. All versions of Family Historian 2 can also be run under Vista, except that some early editions of version 2 CDs have a 16 bit installer which will not work on 64-bit versions of Vista. However, even in these cases there is a workaround that solves the problem - see below.

Move Settings (How To)

Nick Walker — 2009-12-20T14:24:26-06:00

Introduction Sooner to later everyone gets a new computer or a second computer and needs to migrate Family Historian on to it. Most of the information for your Family history will be stored in your Gedcom file and attached files or Project Folder in V4, but some items such as Text schemes, queries, Fact Sets etc are not.

Backup and Recovery

Jane Taubman (admin) — 2009-11-24T09:57:05-06:00

Introduction Think about what the implications would be if your hard disk suddenly failed now. If you could live with losing a week’s work, you can presumably afford to backup onto another medium only once a week. If you couldn’t face losing even a day’s work (perhaps because the data came from an interview which you won’t be able to repeat) backup onto another medium at the end of each day. If your genealogy research is your life’s work and really precious, think about giving a copy to a trust…

SOG Lecture Links

Jane Taubman (admin) — 2009-11-24T05:43:44-06:00

Introduction Details TitleURLDescriptionFamily Historian User Group Sample Queries, text schemes etc, and an active forum.FHU Mailing List Details for Joining the FHU mailing list or searching the archive.Gedcom Census 6 The simplest way to enter Census DataPsPad Excellent Text EditorPsPad Extensions PSPad Extensions for GEDCOM and Functio…