Family Historian User Group

The same thing happened to me. Sophos AV showed a virus - I didn't proceed.

I use Family Historian to record my family tree research. I confess that I am not willing or able to spend time learning to program so that I can write plugins to carry out functions that should be in Family Historian. Although I have downloaded a couple of plugins (eg the timeline one and the map p...

Thanks all - I guess I'll just have to accept it, thanks for your input.

Since upgrading to V5 I get a message 'Internet Explorer restricted this Webpage from running scripts or ActiveX controls' when I play back the CD. This happens on any PC with XP, Vista and Win7 with several versions of IE. Older copies of the CD from V4 have no problem. Is there a cure please? ID:6...

From double clicking FH icon to program appearing on screen. Will try anti v when i get home - thanks Jane

Just loading FH v5 now takes 3 minutes on my Windows7 core i3 laptop - it used to be a few seconds.

Thanks Jane, but modifying the plugin would be beyond me I'm afraid. Thanks Tatewise I'll try PrtScn.

After spending a good half hour trying to generate a Timeline and just producing a blank picture I discovered that I had to have a live Internet connection for this to work. Could you please explain in fairly simple terms why this is. Also how do I save the timeline picture for later use in document...

You could try changing the screen resolution on the laptop to fill the TV screen. It worked for me!!

Too right! I don't use queries as I don't understand them or how to write them.

Is there anything to prevent us scanning the form into FH and allowing our descendants to beat the 100 year rule?

Have a look at the query downloads on this site. 'Census-The Missing Years-1911' should do the trick.

Your current thinking looks good to me and would cover all that I need - Thanks[smile]

Just a caution - use a copy of your FH gedcom. I once made the mistake of using my live file and corrupted it whilst loading into another program. Thank heavens for backups][oops]

As another option you could download one of the free genealogy programs (such as Legacy), import your gedcom into that and print off a fan chart.

I would prefer
1. Baptism
2. Marriage
3. Burials and death certificates

Thanks for a great program

I have just come across the surname BRUCEANGE-DIGBY and I'm at a loss as to the pronunciation of BRUCEANGE. So far I have been offered 'BRUCE ANGE' and 'BREW CHAIN'. Could anyone please offer enlightenment or info regarding its origin? Thanks

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I have got into the habit of copying my .ged file to a usb memory stick after any session on either desktop or laptop. My first task when starting another session on either is to copy the .ged back to whichever. That way I have a current file on at least one computer and the memory stick as well. It...

I have the same problem with ancestor narrative reports - I believe that its definately a memory problem. If I reduce the size of the original pictures the problem seems to fix itself. Mind you I am using an old P2 laptop with only 128Mb - roll on Christmas!!

For information I've found similar problems. On investigation the offending pictures have a double extention i.e. picture.jpg.jpg

I am running on Version 4.02 and Vista SP2 32 bit with absolutely no problems at all. I also use IE8 and Kaspersky AntiVirus.

That's very good - almost exactly what I am looking for. The trouble is I havn't got the foggiest idea how you did it. I wouldn't even know where to start. Tinkering with the program is beyond me. I'll just keep on using my paper To Do list and FH for recording the tree. That's all I need the progra...

I quite agree with Alan, the points that he has raised are valid ones. I have started using projects as I have one main tree with 2500 individuals, but I also have several smaller trees that I am researching that may or may not prove to be relations (such as others living in the same area with the s...

I found this really annoying too. I also wanted to keep both versions so that I could roll back to V3 if necessary.

Well, I installed V4 to the old laptop last night - it is useable. I do get a lot of disk activity for about 10 mins once the program has started which realy slows things down, but after that its not so bad. I haven't tried to generate a CD yet - thats for the weekend. I , like many others I suspect...