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by russellf97
24 Dec 2022 12:22
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Findmypast hints - 500 Error message
Replies: 4
Views: 822

Re: Findmypast hints - 500 Error message

Thank you Mike, that seems to have done the trick.

The bit about changing the position of the citation pane was a bit tongue in cheek. But during my previous life fixing motor vehicles it was surprising how doing one thing could make something else throw a wobbly...
by russellf97
24 Dec 2022 10:37
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Findmypast hints - 500 Error message
Replies: 4
Views: 822

Findmypast hints - 500 Error message

Has anyone else found that trying to access a Findmypast hint brings up a 500 error message? It's been doing it for a couple of days now. I have a Fmp account and can access the site normally through that. The only change I've made is to move the citation list pane to the bottom of the property box....
by russellf97
16 May 2021 13:53
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: Problem with Show Project Statistics
Replies: 8
Views: 2664

Re: Problem with Show Project Statistics

Ah-ha! Well done Mike, that's pummelled it into submission. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to sort it out.
by russellf97
16 May 2021 06:00
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: Problem with Show Project Statistics
Replies: 8
Views: 2664

Re: Problem with Show Project Statistics

In Ease of Access > Display, the text size slider was set to small, and 1366 x 768 is the largest display size it will allow. I've had a trawl through the Display options but there's not a lot I can alter. I wonder if it's because this is a fairly ancient laptop (in computing terms) being about six ...
by russellf97
15 May 2021 17:31
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: Problem with Show Project Statistics
Replies: 8
Views: 2664

Re: Problem with Show Project Statistics

My display resolution is the same as yours. I've tried others but everything goes a tad fuzzy if I change, and I only have two choices for text size; 100% or 125%.
I guess it's just one of those things.
by russellf97
15 May 2021 15:39
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: Problem with Show Project Statistics
Replies: 8
Views: 2664

Re: Problem with Show Project Statistics

Hello Mike, My display is at 100% but resizing it doesn't make any difference. I can only resize the window widthwise, if I try to alter the height nothing happens. I'm running Windows 10 with the latest update. My laptop only has a 15.6 inch screen so I'll try attaching to my 40" tv. I might g...
by russellf97
15 May 2021 14:50
Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
Topic: Problem with Show Project Statistics
Replies: 8
Views: 2664

Problem with Show Project Statistics

Getting the Show Project Statistics plugin seemed like a good idea, so downloaded and ran, but not a lot happened, in fact nothing. I don't know how long it should take to come up with any results, but I don't have a phenomenal number of folks in my tree (5006), or families (1567), so after staring ...
by russellf97
03 Apr 2021 15:12
Forum: Ancestral Sources
Topic: Two entries in citations...
Replies: 2
Views: 1527

Re: Two entries in citations...

Thank you very much, Lorna. That'll teach me to fiddle about with stuff when I don't know what I'm doing. :oops:
by russellf97
03 Apr 2021 14:55
Forum: Ancestral Sources
Topic: Two entries in citations...
Replies: 2
Views: 1527

Two entries in citations...

I'm not sure what's happening here, but after I've saved Gladys's baptism, there are two 'Text from Source' entries in the Citation pane, but only one appears in the Text from Source pane. I've tried removing all links to her baptism, including from the Facts tab in the Property Box, and Media, and ...
by russellf97
15 Mar 2021 07:30
Forum: Ancestral Sources
Topic: add new images
Replies: 3
Views: 2164

Re: add new images

Open the Facts tab in the Property Box. Click on the media symbol (the two overlapping blue boxes) of the fact you want to add media to, then click on the box at top right 'Add Media for Fact'.
by russellf97
12 Mar 2021 09:14
Forum: Ancestral Sources
Topic: Entering un-related people in census?
Replies: 8
Views: 3875

Re: Entering un-related people in census?

If they are shown in the census as being related in some way, even if I haven't yet come across the family, then I enter them all, it gives me another line to look at. But if they are shown as a servant, then just that person and I make a note about the head of the household in the Notes section. Th...
by russellf97
18 Feb 2021 09:26
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Cemetery Abstracts - what are they..?
Replies: 15
Views: 4480

Re: Cemetery Abstracts - what are they..?

I’ve read the discussions with some interest, and after a bit of thought would amend my original post to “...for his own interest…”, although family members do profess interest in any little nuggets I’ve found about long-gone relatives (including a murderer!). I looked at getting ESM’s book, but tha...
by russellf97
17 Feb 2021 15:03
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Cemetery Abstracts - what are they..?
Replies: 15
Views: 4480

Re: Cemetery Abstracts - what are they..?

Thank you very much for answering the question. Although I do have several cemetery indexes, I rather suspected that Abstracts were something I didn't really need.
by russellf97
17 Feb 2021 14:35
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Cemetery Abstracts - what are they..?
Replies: 15
Views: 4480

Cemetery Abstracts - what are they..?

Hi All, Looking at the list of Source Templates, there are two varieties of Cemetery Abstracts. Google hasn't been of any real help in explaining what they are, so my question is, can anyone explain what they are in words of one syllable, and, as someone who is just researching his family tree for h...
by russellf97
23 Dec 2020 15:01
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Random other people in citations
Replies: 4
Views: 1844

Re: Random other people in citations

Thank you Lorna, all sorted now.
by russellf97
23 Dec 2020 11:48
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Random other people in citations
Replies: 4
Views: 1844

Re: Random other people in citations

Thanks for your reply: Source Record Only brings up Mary Legg; Citation-specific brings up Roger...
by russellf97
23 Dec 2020 11:11
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Random other people in citations
Replies: 4
Views: 1844

Random other people in citations

As in the attached screenshots, other people appear randomly in entries originally created in v6, and, so far, I've no idea why. Has this happened to anyone else?
by russellf97
12 Dec 2020 16:58
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Copy & paste as (unwanted) table...
Replies: 17
Views: 5520

Re: Copy & paste as (unwanted) table...

Yes, it works a treat, thank you...
by russellf97
12 Dec 2020 16:29
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Copy & paste as (unwanted) table...
Replies: 17
Views: 5520

Re: Copy & paste as (unwanted) table...

tatewise: Thank you! I believe the saying is D'oh! 8-)
by russellf97
12 Dec 2020 16:25
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Copy & paste as (unwanted) table...
Replies: 17
Views: 5520

Re: Copy & paste as (unwanted) table...

paultt: when I copied and pasted from wherever, it would paste into v6 as plain text. From the GRO, CWGC website, whatever. Although in the GRO index a couple of words are in italics, they still paste as plain text as in this random example I've just copied: DAVIS, JOHN 1935 GRO Reference: DOR Q1/19...
by russellf97
12 Dec 2020 15:51
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Copy & paste as (unwanted) table...
Replies: 17
Views: 5520

Re: Copy & paste as (unwanted) table...

Lorna: thanks for the reply. It's unformatted text. The example for William Davis above is copied (Ctrl+C) straight from the GRO online index and pasted using Ctrl+V into FHUG, then into FHv7, and that's how they come out.

Brian: thanks, but didn't work in v7...
by russellf97
12 Dec 2020 14:22
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Copy & paste as (unwanted) table...
Replies: 17
Views: 5520

Copy & paste as (unwanted) table...

When I used to copy some text or a GRO reference such as: DAVIS, FREDERICK WILLIAM ROWLEY GRO Reference: 1893 J Quarter in STOKE DAMEREL Volume 05B Page 342 in v6 it would be just be plain text as it is here. However, now it pastes as if it's a table (see image). Is there any way of getting back the...
by russellf97
22 Jan 2019 09:42
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: Apostrophes
Replies: 11
Views: 8849

Re: Apostrophes

If it's from an official record or census occupation, etc, I use the rule 'write what you see'.
by russellf97
18 Oct 2017 07:26
Forum: Research
Topic: Find my Past... or Ancestry ?
Replies: 49
Views: 35369

Re: Find my Past... or Ancestry ?

Mervyn & Mike; many thanks for the info. I'll give it a whirl...
by russellf97
15 Oct 2017 08:26
Forum: Research
Topic: Find my Past... or Ancestry ?
Replies: 49
Views: 35369

Re: Find my Past... or Ancestry ?

Even later to the party... I only have a sub to Fmp where unfortunately you can't enter a person's place of birth when searching censuses, but you can in Ancestry. If someone isn't immediately obvious in Fmp, I do a quick pob search on Ancestry which has proved quite useful in showing me where the p...