Family Historian User Group

Yep, I've just upgraded to v7 and also disappointed to see that this functionality was not included , but hopeful that by listing it here we can get it added in the not too distant future as it does seem to be a bit of a no brainer.

Sorry for the delayed response...been caught up on some other things.
Following your pointers I did further digging and eventually found the issue....the 'Diagram Options' > 'Box Type' > 'Spouse' colour was set to red!!
Thanks heaps.

I forgot to say....I did check the 'Format', 'Override Box Features' and no specific colour had been selected there i.e. everything was blank. I also can use this route and select the same blue colour for my specific name and this does work...but if I then change the overall colour selection for 'ma...

Hi All, I am just readying a tree for formal printing and have spotted an oddity. I have set the name font colour via 'Diagram Options' > 'Boxes' to blue for male and red for female. Whilst this has worked, I do have one name (actually mine) that is coming out a completely different colour (I think ...

Perfect thanks....I had thought there might have been a 'magic button' method, as opposed to having to edit the All Relatives diag, but the method you suggested certainly worked

Finally got around to trying that and it worked perfectly and so thanks heaps for all the help. One last question....having now produced and formatted my ancestors and descendants Chart, I need to add in one outlier. It's my Dads second wife and obviously as she isn't part of the direct line she doe...

Thanks for the response and instructions, which I have followed without success. I have attached a screenshot so that you can see I have it set up correctly (I think). I OK'd the selections and hit 'Apply' but as you can see the spouse font has not changed colour - I'm only using bright pink as a cl...

Hi Mike / anyone, Cool, got it thanks. OK, so my last stupid question is...how on earth do I amend the colour of a spouse in a diag' - currently all my spouses are coming out in a bright red font and I'd like to amend this to something more subtle? I've reread my 'Getting the most from FH' book and ...

Perfect...thanks Mike.....I knew it would be oh so simple :-) While I'm on a roll....I'd also like to change the font/font size of the dates shown in my diag (I'm using the basic 'Name/Dates' Scheme from the diag options). I've changed the font of the names OK, but I'm struggling to find how I can d...

Hi All, I'm having a bit of a brain drain as I know (hope) there must be a simple answer to this question, but having searched the forum and tried various things I'm still no further forward. I am trying to get a tree chart ready for printing and mounting and am using myself as the Root of an Ancest...

Adrian wrote: So if you had a map, 3 churches and a market attached to the Place record for Chorlton, then those same 5 images would be shown against any and every fact for Chorlton, regardless of whether the person went to one of those churches or not. If the images are to be general background ima...

So, I am starting with simple old street maps, but was hoping to extend this to include old street scene photos and images of churches etc as i wanted to add depth and context to the individuals details in my tree. The simple aim is to be able to do this activity as a one time entry against any indi...

Hi Adrian, Don't worry, I'm not infuriated - well not yet anyway :D I do most of my viewing of ancestors and their details via their Properties and so there are 2 things that I would see being significant improvements in FH: 1) A simple one stop method of attaching media to Places after the event i....

Spot on Lorna

oh blow.....unfortunately this is the first time I have found FH wanting in all my years of use. What's really disappointing is that I have been collecting all the media ready for this to be the next big project to complete on my tree and never for one minute did I think it would be a problem doing ...

Just as a matter of interest....if an idea gets accepted to the Wish List is there any rule of thumb as to how long it might take to get deployed into FH...are we talking months, years etc (I know it depends on complexity, but thinking this might be a simpler one)?

Mike has it spot on......"If he could attach Media to Place records (which are shared by many facts) and make those Media visible in the Facts tab then he would need far fewer changes, i.e. the same number as the Source records needed for the alternative technique".

Thanks...I will definitely look at this for all the new places I create, but at the moment, the thought of even starting to tackle some 4,000+ existing entries just fills me with dread. I think my next step is to start looking at other Genealogy programmes to see if they provide better functionality...

When attaching media to a Place via the Records List, FH to create a visible link (icon) by the side of the Place item on any Individuals Property Fact tab where that same identical Place is entered (background discussion details are on the General Usage Board under the 18069|Media and addresses / P...

Aha....you are a
Thanks heaps.

Thanks for that, and whilst that would work, I guess it still leaves me faced with attaching this new source individually to 4,000+ records (I'd like to have street maps attached to every person that I can in my tree)......that's why I was hoping to do it via the Places in the Records List. So i thi...

Hi All, When I use AS (5.2.0) to update my FH (6.2.7) via the 1939 census entry, if I have an individual in FH that already has an estimated DOB (say from a previous census entry) which I can then manually update in AS from the 1939 census info, when I then save the change in AS, all the new data ge...

I actually do both :o So in one Project file I use Places for everything (addresses and places) and in another I use them separately. At present it looks there really is no feature that allows media to be attached to either and then have it readily visible within an individuals Property Facts. There...

Through the ages I've had various ancestors who have lived either at the same place and in some cases the same address and so being able to have a visible link from the individuals properties box to a media file would seem to be a good thing to me.

hi Mike, Thanks for that. The only issue with both of these solutions is of course that there is no indicator within an individuals Properties box that there media is attached and so it means a speculative dive using the method you mention in each individual case. In my mind this is far from ideal a...