Family Historian User Group

Helen Thank you so much. Its becoming a little clearer. May I ask another please? Ancestral Sources has the day/month date of each census automatically added to it. There is a white text panel to the right of the Source Template. Is there any easy method of populating the top of this template for a ...

Could someone help please I'm using a template for the first time in V7 and have some questions that I can't find answered in the copious pages of FH V7 "Help" on this subject. I'm entering a Death, I have the Certificate. It' a married woman who died in 1883. Principal 2 - is this used fo...

My upgrade from V6.2.2 to V7 hit problems which I hadn't resolved. I was using a download from last October 7.0.0.10.7 The solution for me was this, its version 7.0.1.1.e. Here was CP's email: "Please could you try going to https://www.family-historian.co.uk/install7 and downloading and install...

Mike

Thanks for your advice. I have referred it to CP.

Peter

May I add my problem which appears similar in nature or should I raise it as new issue? It concerns moving from 6.2 to 7.0 with a Gedcom that started life in DOS with Brothers Keeper, was transferred to TMG, then transferred to RootsMagic before moving to FH 5 I have 1,768 Individual Records but aft...

Thank you everyone very much. I think Mike is probably right. Documents and settings contained several very old Projects that had been 'restored' when the PC was rebuilt (but not wiped) I had forgotten about them and I recall that the project window that I was presented with after upgrade contained ...

My upgrade to FH7 didn't work and I hastily reverted to 6.2. Because my C: drive is an SSD and 6 years ago I experienced a failure that was comprehensive and irrecoverable I don't trust them for data despite having a daily backup regime. Could someone tell me please if on the upgrade, the project Wi...

Thank you both, and the tip about the Registry was very timely, I would have missed that.

Peter Williams

I need to remove FH7 and spend some time resolving problems with my FH6 Gedcom. If I do that, when I do reinstall am I going to hit problems re-licensing? All my Genealogical data is on a separate HDD (i.e. not the defaults that the program expects). I have about 1,500 entries in the FH6 Gedcom but ...

Mark I found your message quite moving. If the guy concerned was prepared to sign up to being the father I would wager that his interest in the child did not end there. I can understand why you would be very keen to follow that through. He obviously, if nothing more had respect for the mother. An in...

Thank you all, Adrian, gwilym'smum,Tim and Ann for your advice. My grandmother was the Headteacher of St Paul's Infant School Hammersmith, she had three children of her own. Pat was the only child they adopted but they fostered seven other children, two when their mother died of meningitus, one with...

My Godmother, an Aunt was born on 23 March 1923. She died about 15 years ago. I always knew she was adopted and I am now trying to find out a bit more about her. The family lived in Hammersmith and I have been going through all the "Patricia's" (she only had one Christian Name) Registered ...

Personally, I would always treat my local Family Historian file as the base, or main version. Whilst all of the data that you need is on the Ancestry website your current system works. As your tree develops I am sure that you will not be able to supply all the information you collect from Ancestry. ...

Thanks Russell. I have just excluded the .exe file completely. It seemed the simplest and effective solution but I have noted your solution and may play with it.

Peter

Thank you Mike, Valkrider and Jane this is by way of an apology, I was tired last night when I encountered the problem and obviously didn't fully investigate it. I posted the query this morning before departing to elsewhere with my wife. Now I'm back I think the problem likely lies with my computer,...

Broadening my family tree to try and make DNA links I have discovered a whole group of people to whom I cannot add Facts to and where the tabs in property box don't work. If I browse through these people in FH, visually there is nothing to distinguish them from fully working people and since the cha...

Mike

Thanks for the explanation and details in your final para, and for clearing up my misunderstanding.

Peter

Mike Thank you for pointing out the error of my interpretation. I have to say I am a bit puzzled as to why the information is required because I'm attaching a copy of the downloaded image (in well over half cases - it's cost me a fortune at GRO) Parish Registers, Military Records, Census etc. as evi...

I have restored the .fh_proj backup file and it seems to work. If I run into problems this evening when I have time to interrogate it a bit more I will come back.

Thank you

Peter Williams

I have been checking and tidying up multiple minor media links in my family history (just a precaution for grandchildren if I peg out) . This evening, noticed that i no longer have Internet matches, following this up I found that for the last week or 10 days I have no Project file. I have been worki...

For a non touch-typist. The ability as in Excel to press (Ctrl and insert today's date would be convenient for Citations. I thought this must be available, but if so it has eluded me.

Peter Williams

Thank you Dave, Jane and Mike. My preferred solution will be to run two copies because I am slowly going through FT Analyzer's Errors /Fixes and I need to have FindMyPast ;TheGenealogist plus occasionally Ancestry running alongside plus the Family Search map of Parishes to add notes in FH for when I...

This request will be answered if I can be assured that there is no problem in running multiple copies of FH when entering data. I use two screens for work and CAD software allows multiple active windows that can be dragged across two or three screens. The same facility would be useful in FH but you ...

Mike and David Thanks, I have tried your suggestions. I built the computer and bought the Enterprise Version Licence in order to save myself from Cortana (although recent updates have removed that option). I have full Administrator rights and although I usually turn off using the Alt-F4 route I trie...

I just want to post a 'thank you' to Alexander Bissett the developer of FT Analyzer. It is the most remarkably useful "add-on" to FH and it's free. It aids in checking omissions in Census data and disciplines the need for auditing and correction. It's now available in the Microsoft Store h...