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The problem is that most genealogy programs are not fully compliant with GEDCOM 5.5 or 5.5.1 . That is why the Plugin has dedicated options for many genealogy programs to cater for each dialect of GEDCOM . I suggest you use export modes (ANC) Ancestry Family Tree and (MYH) MyHeritage Family Tree res...

The restriction is that you cannot have two {codes} within one <angle bracket> . The first (or maybe the last) {code} determines whether to include the <angle bracket> contents or not, and other {codes} are treated as plain text prefix or suffix. So if one {code} is any of the {individual...} codes ...

Another advantage of a Named List is the order of the Source records determines their order in the Report.

Once they are in the desired order, right-click the list name and invoke Keep Current List Order to fix the order (or use Lists > Keep Current List Order).

Yes, I think we are done.
Thank you for adding your insight on this topic. That is how the KB grows and improves.
If you discover anything else that needs improvement, then you now know how to tackle it.

That looks very good, but I have made a few minor adjustments and corrections, mostly in the folowing: ancestralsources:family_historian_birth_death_informant_witness_role#define_informant_witness_role|> Define Informant Witness Role adds Sentence Template option ancestralsources:family_historian_bi...

Yes, you can put them in a Named List and that will work well. Use Publish > Miscellaneous Reports > Source Summary Report . Then in Select Records open the Named Lists tab and select your Named List of Source records Click >> Add All and OK . With this method you don't even have to visit the Source...

Hello Owain. Could you please perform a little housekeeping so that your version of FH is shown in your Profile on the right. Click your username owainjones top right of this web page, and choose User Control Panel . Then on its Profile tab, select your Family Historian Version and scroll down to Su...

Do you mean something like the way that the Family Historian Sample Project uses the Repository with the name Collection of Nigel Munro ? Alternatively, those Sources could all be given the same unique Custom Id or a unique keyword in the Note . Then in the Sources tab of the Records Window you can ...

Yes, you can enter Lat/Longitude into Place records.

I am happy with most of your updates and explanations. But the headings I had in mind are: Introduction Based on first two paragraphs but also mention Associated Individuals and Further Info tab Birth & Death Informant Remainder of current Introduction Define Informant Witness Role Facts Tab Format ...

For backup you should use one of the FH backup options. Use File > Backup/Restore and choose one of the three options: Small Backup for the GEDCOM file only without Media files Medium Backup for the Project data folder including the GEDCOM file and your linked Media image files Full Backup for the e...

That is an impressive update for a first attempt. Don't worry about the change details, they often get overlooked. Anyway, there is a Tools > Old revisions > Show differences between selected revisions feature. That you included a screenshot is excellent, although there are some details that need 'i...

So presumably your grandfather was in the 4th Infantry Division of the 1st Army. The key question is do you want his wartime story intertwined with the deployment of the 1st Army, or do you want a separate story line dedicated to the 1st Army. If the former, then you need to add Facts to your grandf...

I have updated that Tip with some more explanation.

I have moved this to the FH General Usage Forum that is more appropriate. You need to tick Show Hidden because any replicated facts will be <eclipsed> by any higher ranked Fact Set as listed in the Fact Sets dialogue. If you move the new cloned Fact Set above the original Standard Fact Set, then the...

It would help us if you can please explain in more detail what you want to do with the exported GEDCOM file. Then we can give you the best advice. Is it just for backup? Is for importing into another genealogy program other than FH? Is it for starting a new Project within FH? If for a new Project in...

I'm not quite sure what you are asking. By " added to the normal Plugins " do you mean published in the Plugin Store on the Family Historian website? The Plugin Store is exclusively for Plugins and not Queries that are a very different animal. Likewise, the Tools > Plugins window is dedicated to Plu...

Firstly, using Glenwood Cemetery works fine, i.e. leave out City Alternatively, since you have the full address of 282-298 Memorial Drive, Glenwood, MN, 56334, USA then enclose the "Glenwood City Cemetery" part in string quotes to tell the geocoder to ignore that name. With Glenwood City Cemetery, 2...

Please, please, don't get confused between C:\ProgramDat and anything called Program Data . Firstly, to reveal C:\ProgramData\ see glossary:family_historian_program_data_folder|> Family Historian Program Data Folder under the Notes for Windows 8, 8.1, 10 that explains how to View any Hidden Items . ...

I advise that you report your problem/proposal to Calico Pie using the Knowledge Base > Problem Reporting support ticket method and suggest it could be incorporated into FH V7.

Deriving the perfect verb for every scenario to everyone's satisfaction is virtually impossible but something like one of the following may be a globally acceptable compromise. She and John Smith are recorded with the following children: or The children of her and John Smith are: or Her and John Smi...

That concern has been raised before, but that sentence currently cannot be customised in FH V6 . It may improve with FH V7 that is reputed to have better report writer features. However, I have no idea whether it will have the conditional processing necessary to cater for all your options. As an int...

The C:\Program Files (x86)\Family Historian\Text Schemes\ folder does NOT have any subfolders. The C:\Program Files (x86)\Family Historian\ folder is the installation folder and must never be altered in any way! I hope you have not been trying to copy anything into there. You may have got it confuse...

Welcome to the FHUG . There are a couple of observations to supplement Colin's excellent answer. Firstly, there are costs associated with most of those alternative solutions on top of the FH licence cost. Although Oracle VirtualBox is free, the Windows licence is not, unless you happen to have an un...