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by davidm_uk
16 Nov 2021 09:25
Forum: General Usage
Topic: How to create a custom fact for Electoral roll from Residence
Replies: 18
Views: 5811

Re: How to create a custom fact for Electoral roll from Residence

Thank you Adrian, that probably explains why Ancestry says that there are no images available for that data set. However by that reasoning the date range I showed for the individual, "Residence Date 2003-2004", implies that the person was at that address from 2003 to 2004, but I didn't thi...
by davidm_uk
15 Nov 2021 14:17
Forum: General Usage
Topic: How to create a custom fact for Electoral roll from Residence
Replies: 18
Views: 5811

Re: How to create a custom fact for Electoral roll from Residence

Ah! I just happened to have "UK, Electoral Registers, 2003-2010" as the source from Ancestry that I was wanting to enter. The only choice in the Year field is 1945-, and then a Residence Date 2003-2004, which the Date field doesn't allow. I note that Census entries set the Title to Census ...
by davidm_uk
15 Nov 2021 12:48
Forum: General Usage
Topic: How to create a custom fact for Electoral roll from Residence
Replies: 18
Views: 5811

Re: How to create a custom fact for Electoral roll from Residence

Had a look at AS, while there's an Electoral Register option in Census mode the rest of the template is still only relevant to census information: eg. census dates, 1939 Register date, Ref Id populated with RG references, etc. Maybe I'm missing something.
by davidm_uk
13 Nov 2021 17:29
Forum: General Usage
Topic: How to create a custom fact for Electoral roll from Residence
Replies: 18
Views: 5811

Re: How to create a custom fact for Electoral roll from Residence

So when using the residence fact, what template would you use for the source citation? I've just downloaded a small tree from Ancestry, just as a test, and it's plastered lots of source citations into the FH Project, with references to Ancestry.com all over the place (I understand why, but I don't w...
by davidm_uk
06 Jul 2019 10:38
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Military service records
Replies: 1
Views: 3513

Re: Military service records

If I have reasonable quality images of a war record (ie. one image per page/form), I quite often put them into a Word document, one per page, plus a title page describing the record (and source details, date etc ** ). Then I save that Word document as a PDF file, and then add that PDF file to the so...
by davidm_uk
02 Jul 2019 12:28
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Media folder
Replies: 26
Views: 15101

Re: Media folder

On the other hand too many nested folders can exceed the Windows path length limit of 260 characters. With the Anniversary Update (version 1607) of Windows 10 you can abandon the 260 character path length, with two considerations: 1. A Windows registry entry needs to be edited*** 2. Older 32 bit ap...
by davidm_uk
21 Jun 2019 10:02
Forum: General Usage
Topic: rotating pictures
Replies: 34
Views: 24673

Re: rotating pictures

I've never quite got to the bottom of this, but if you are a Windows user, and use Windows Explorer to show thumbnails of images, beware that if you rotate an image (in whatever way) then that thumbnail may not automatically get refreshed immediately (or not at all), so you end up thinking that the ...
by davidm_uk
21 Jun 2019 08:40
Forum: General Usage
Topic: rotating pictures
Replies: 34
Views: 24673

Re: rotating pictures

Have a look at this website for Autorotate. It packages up those utilities that fugu68 mentions into something very easy and quick to use. I've been using it for years. https://savolai.net/software/jpeg-autorotate/
by davidm_uk
02 Apr 2019 09:23
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Organisation of media folders
Replies: 6
Views: 5575

Re: Organisation of media folders

But be aware the Windows has a maximum path length of 260 characters eg: C:\Users\Paula\Documents\Family Historian Projects\John R. Piper Family Project\John R. Piper Family Project.fh_data\Media\ is a path length of 123 characters, and this is without a file name. If you end up with path lengths of...
by davidm_uk
02 Mar 2019 16:27
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: Map Life Facts and Google Cloud Invoice
Replies: 1
Views: 2129

Re: Map Life Facts and Google Cloud Invoice

Maybe because they are paving the way towards no free allowance (me...a cynic...never) :roll:
by davidm_uk
15 Feb 2019 11:59
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Question on registration info in Help > About
Replies: 9
Views: 6776

Re: Question on registration info in Help > About

I've just registered to get the email bulletins, but there was no check that I have a licensed product, unless it was implicit in the email address for the sending of the bulletins, but if so I would have expected to see a warning about using the same email address.
by davidm_uk
08 Feb 2019 09:56
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Picture Captions For Group Photos
Replies: 12
Views: 8134

Re: Picture Captions For Group Photos

Or use a photo editing program and add a caption to the image itself. At least then if you use that image anywhere else (outside of FH) you have caption explaining what it's about.
by davidm_uk
30 Nov 2018 14:55
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: The virtues of FH
Replies: 7
Views: 5974

Re: The virtues of FH

Other than that, I agree with Mike (Tate) that the eye-catching things are the ones to concentrate on. My favourite would be diagrams, showing how easy it is to change the diagram root and hide or expand branches. Most people will be familiar with the idea of a family tree in diagram form so they w...
by davidm_uk
16 Nov 2018 09:05
Forum: Web Site Usage
Topic: posts show as unread even after viewing them
Replies: 11
Views: 8837

Re: posts show as unread even after viewing them

Wonder if we could have a "Mark topic read" function at the top of individual topics (similar to the Topics list screens). Usually one can decide if you want to read all of a topics posts after having read the top one (or few).
by davidm_uk
14 Nov 2018 11:29
Forum: General Usage
Topic: PDF files in Media
Replies: 4
Views: 4098

Re: PDF files in Media

If I double click on that pdf icon, FH opens the file (outside of FH) with my default pdf program, in my case Adobe Acrobat Reader. Alternatively you could use a graphics editor to convert that pdf file to an image (eg .jpg) that will open within FH. Not so easy if it's a multi page document of cour...
by davidm_uk
06 Nov 2018 09:48
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Size Limitation on FH PDF Files?
Replies: 9
Views: 6450

Re: Size Limitation on FH PDF Files?

I am trying to print an ALL RELATIVES diagram to an FH pdf file. The diagram is set up for a custom paper size of 128.5" x 128.5". When I configure the Print Setup to a resolution of 360 dpi, the diagram will print to an FH pdf file. The only problem that I have with the resulting file is...
by davidm_uk
30 Oct 2018 14:49
Forum: Research
Topic: London - districts, parishes,wards etc
Replies: 13
Views: 10178

Re: London - districts, parishes,wards etc

Cary's map of London (1804) from McMaster University Library is brilliant. So clear when zoomed, with no watermarks. Can snip the bit you want quite easily. I use it a lot for exploring around Hackney area. http://digitalarchive.mcmaster.ca/islandora/object/macrepo%3A80901 Nickie Great find, excell...
by davidm_uk
26 Oct 2018 10:17
Forum: General Usage
Topic: migration from v3 to v6: folder structure in projects
Replies: 6
Views: 5198

Re: migration from v3 to v6: folder structure in projects

This is the folder structure I have on my D: drive (programs are on C:, data is all on D:) - Folder Structure.JPG Miller-Burslem is my main project, so the folder with that name is where all my files are. The folder " 0 Research " (and sub folders) is where I keep all my research notes, po...
by davidm_uk
22 Oct 2018 09:27
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Running on two PCs
Replies: 12
Views: 8538

Re: Running on two PCs

I just googled dropbox packrat and it looks like DropBox discontinued it in August 2014, and replaced it with Extended Version History, which keeps files for a year, although I can't work out from the DropBox website if this is available to new customers.
by davidm_uk
19 Oct 2018 16:02
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Running on two PCs
Replies: 12
Views: 8538

Re: Running on two PCs

I'm not sure that you can configure a memory stick to have the same drive letter on two PCs. The allocation of the drive letter is done by the PC and will depend on what else is plugged in to the usb ports and what the PC remembers about what has been plugged in in the past. I've fallen foul of this...
by davidm_uk
08 Oct 2018 17:57
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Best way to move between desktop and laptop
Replies: 6
Views: 5523

Re: Best way to move between desktop and laptop

I would NEVER trust having my master FH project in any cloud, fine as a copy for syncing or backup, but that's all. My master copy is on my main PC and I have 5 other copies in different places (including in the cloud) which are updated daily from the master one. I even keep 3 months worth of archiv...
by davidm_uk
08 Oct 2018 17:49
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Census, 1939 Register, Electoral Roll
Replies: 30
Views: 17089

Re: Census, 1939 Register, Electoral Roll

Quote from Ancestry web page: " Redactions Images have been redacted to protect the privacy of those still alive and we will be annually adding records for those with birth dates older than 100 years or if a record of the death has been reported to The National Archives. Images will also be upd...
by davidm_uk
05 Oct 2018 08:16
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: New Windows 10 Clipboard History
Replies: 4
Views: 4689

Re: New Windows 10 Clipboard History

Do you mean the 1809 version that has started being rolled out this month, (also being called the October 2018 update)?
by davidm_uk
15 Sep 2018 16:41
Forum: Research
Topic: Electoral Roll - Dates Taken
Replies: 2
Views: 3513

Re: Electoral Roll - Dates Taken

Excellent! Thank you Arthur.