Family Historian User Group

My father also started the family research and I became hooked when he passed it over to me, though not until I had retired. So far none of my relatives are interested but then they haven't retired yet. At the moment - I have printed off the various branches of the family tree (brief details) and pu...

I agree that it looks like Xmas, though not sure I would have if Mike had not put the idea into my head.

Hi Bill
I joined the FindaGrave user group and asked the question there, they told me I need to make a separate entry for each person in the grave. Time will tell whether their user group is as good as this one.
Just waiting for the weather to improve to make a proper start.

Yes we could put them on a second site, or perhaps put them into a spreadsheet to keep in our Friends group data (the Friends group is a sub-section of the parish council so if the group folds we could put the data on there). Actually this would be quite easy since I could just copy and post the epi...

I am sorry I haven't replied to you before, I forgot all about it over Christmas/New Year and since then have been concentrating on tidying up some of my data on FH. However I have now got back to it by entering some test data onto Findagrave and Billiongraves. Findagrave is definitely easier, it al...

Thanks for your comments. I knew that FindaGrave was purchased some years ago by Ancestry who swore at that time to keep it free for use, in accordance with the wishes of its creator, but of course that might not last for ever. I hadn't realised that FindaGrave is accessible via Family Search. I mig...

Thanks to both of you for your comments. I have had a look at site Gravestonephotos but I think Find a Grave looks more suited to our purpose as I would like to record the actual inscription rather than just the details of the names dates etc. I will have a play around more but I think you have conf...

Hi I belong to a group of Friends of the local (redundant) church and (closed) graveyard and we would like to put the memorial inscriptions online, so that they are free to view. There are about 350 graves so not too onerous a task. We are trying to decide whether it would be better to put them on a...

OK, thanks.

When FMP opens after I have selected someone and the pre-filled fields have included name and date to search from, the default location always shows as World, which I then have to change to England. Is it possible for the default to be set to, say, England? (If I go into FMP directly from the intern...

I went on a course about reading old documents and, as well as the tip before about the scribble at the end of rows to make them all the same length, he recommended the following: Number each row on the text to be interpreted. Number each row on your interpretation, and keep them the same, so if you...

Thanks Lorna for the tip re the diagram - have been saving them but never noticed I could tweak them like that - what a wally I am!

Thanks to Mike for Quick Family Facts final version.

Hi Mike Yes, I think it would be useful, thanks. :D Lorna - Yes I use diagrams all the time too, they can be selected/ changed in multiple ways re size, shape, content etc. However all that takes time, and this QFF report allows a speedy and clear presentation of the main facts. See the 2 attachment...

Looks excellent Mike, as always. ...... I don't suppose there is any way to be able to click on the data in the property box without first closing the Quick Facts window? Having run one as a test I am now wondering exactly what my source was for some of the data and it would be good to be able to fi...

Thanks Mike.
Would it be possible to make the Ref Id's optional , so that they could be left off if I was doing a screen shot for display or to send to someone?

That's brilliant, already found the answer to a question about the varying size of my parish (its right up to the county boundary on one side so no doubt). Don't suppose there is anything similar out there for parishes?

Thanks for reminding me, I usually donate to you and FHUG in about March, totally forgot this year. Never quite sure if they are appropriate amounts, I certainly get my moneys worth.
Have a good weekend,
Chris

Thanks Mike, I was looking on the FHUG website, not the AS application. Message to Nick - I just made a donation but managed to put an incorrect email address on for the receipt - if there is any problem contact me, FHUG has my email address, I will see it on my credit card statement so no problem. ...

Nick,
I think I have had this problem before - I can't find the donate to AS button, or indeed the AS help menu as you describe

Many thanks Mike for all your hard work, this will be very useful.

Yes that's true PeterR, and easy to do, thanks for reminding me.

OK, thanks.

Hi
Is it possible to make the rows text wrap - Notes row in particular?
Cheers
Chris

Even better, thank you, I like the facility to click on a name and make that the root person and that font size can be altered within a pane as well as for the whole window. I don't have an opinion re the arrows since I only really use the mouse control. This is mainly to thank you for the info re t...

I would like to echo the thanks here, I have had so much help and information over the years from everyone.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all.
Chris