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by Wilfreda99
08 Apr 2021 15:17
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Media linked to sources
Replies: 2
Views: 1210

Re: Media linked to sources

Brilliant, many thanks for both suggestions. I'll probably use the query version as it gives me the link.
No excuse not to get cracking now! :D
by Wilfreda99
06 Apr 2021 15:11
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Media linked to sources
Replies: 2
Views: 1210

Media linked to sources

I've been sorting through files and have piles of paper source records. Before I chuck them I would like to check that I have the digital equivalent attached to the relevant source. I have added a column 'other' but cannot work out which is the relevant data expression there are so many to choose fr...
by Wilfreda99
26 Feb 2021 16:21
Forum: General Usage
Topic: New Reports
Replies: 2
Views: 1300

Re: New Reports

OK, thanks. I think I will buy version 7 and have a play to see what I could do. There's no great hurry, though I have a feeling that writing a plug in will be beyond me.
by Wilfreda99
24 Feb 2021 16:12
Forum: General Usage
Topic: New Reports
Replies: 2
Views: 1300

New Reports

I'm researching my grandfather's career as an opera singer and film star in the 1920 and 30s and have gathered reems of information. I was thinking of displaying it in a spreadsheet/table, listing date and then production info etc but I am wondering if some of the new reports, eg 'Calendar', 'scrapb...
by Wilfreda99
26 Jul 2020 16:18
Forum: Research
Topic: Deaths Data
Replies: 4
Views: 3899

Re: Deaths Data

Burial records give the date of burial rather than the death date, though they were usually only a few days apart before refrigeration. However people are not always buried where they died or lived. One family in our local churchyard proudly recorded on each headstone 'from xxxxxx', and some of them...
by Wilfreda99
19 Dec 2019 14:41
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Backup folder size
Replies: 3
Views: 3032

Re: Backup folder size

Hi, Yes it is the thumbcache that is excluded. Thanks for the explanation re zip files, my media files must be at least 95% .jpg or .png so that makes sense to me. I had another go at uploading to Google drive, at first the time was going to be correct according to the speed and at first the time re...
by Wilfreda99
16 Dec 2019 16:15
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Backup folder size
Replies: 3
Views: 3032

Backup folder size

Hi I have been having trouble saving my backup zip folders to my google cloud - it seems to just hang, and to my 32gb usb stick - it tells me there is no room even though there is lots when I check. Whilst investigating I have noticed that the backup zip files seem to be the same size as the data th...
by Wilfreda99
27 Nov 2019 15:29
Forum: Research
Topic: 1939 census query
Replies: 7
Views: 5594

Re: 1939 census query

Thank you very much all of you, I should have thought to look at the probate index, but I hadn't realised that London Gazette is available - another thing to add to my favourites list. Thinking back to my father's apparent lack of knowledge of the change of partner, in May 1945 he had just arrived h...
by Wilfreda99
26 Nov 2019 16:16
Forum: Research
Topic: 1939 census query
Replies: 7
Views: 5594

1939 census query

Can anyone tell me what letters and numbers on the attached snippet mean re Mary M Billyeald? I know she married A Waddington in 1941 and her name on her death certificate in 1949 was Mary Frampton, and she was described (in the column 'rank or profession' as 'formerly the wife of A, Waddingham from...
by Wilfreda99
07 Nov 2019 15:51
Forum: Research
Topic: Birth and death registrations.
Replies: 11
Views: 8104

Re: Birth and death registrations.

Many thanks for all your speedy responses. The family lived in the middle of Nottingham, on Angel Row, he was a jeweller and, according to Google, it is a 3 minute walk to Nottingham City Council, which I assume would be where he went. So perhaps it was something he could actually do whilst the doct...
by Wilfreda99
06 Nov 2019 16:58
Forum: Research
Topic: Birth and death registrations.
Replies: 11
Views: 8104

Birth and death registrations.

I have just come across a relative who was born and died on the same day, in February 1877. He only lived for 5 minutes, cause of death 'Exhaustion'. His birth and death were registered on that same day by his father and I just wondered if the father had had to make that terrible immediate trip to t...
by Wilfreda99
05 Nov 2019 15:18
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Census entry if away from home
Replies: 21
Views: 13249

Re: Census entry if away from home

Ann, ' Hi it can depend if the householder was literate. If not, the enumerator would be asking the question and it all depended on how he asked. He might not have asked if the servant was a relative or phrased it in that way. Even if the householder filled in the form it would be a matter of how he...
by Wilfreda99
04 Nov 2019 11:16
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Census entry if away from home
Replies: 21
Views: 13249

Re: Census entry if away from home

Another instance of this is people designated as 'servants'. I have found several cases where the servant has the same surname as the wife's maiden name and later turns out to be her sister. Her relationship to the head of the household (the husband) is really sister in law so it must be significant...
by Wilfreda99
30 Oct 2019 15:17
Forum: Ancestral Sources
Topic: Screen view after saving AS to FH
Replies: 2
Views: 4011

Re: Screen view after saving AS to FH

OK, thanks.
by Wilfreda99
26 Oct 2019 15:43
Forum: Ancestral Sources
Topic: Screen view after saving AS to FH
Replies: 2
Views: 4011

Screen view after saving AS to FH

I generally like to have a chart open in FH when entering data into AS, as it allows me to see the results, after I have saved, in the layout I prefer. However when I save AS data and it updates FH, my selected chart closes and the Focus window opens, so I have to go into Views/Saved Charts to resel...
by Wilfreda99
01 May 2019 15:52
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: What will we do with our research?
Replies: 6
Views: 6090

Re: What will we do with our research?

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...
by Wilfreda99
02 Apr 2019 14:38
Forum: Research
Topic: Another Deciphering request
Replies: 5
Views: 5460

Re: Another Deciphering request

I agree that it looks like Xmas, though not sure I would have if Mike had not put the idea into my head.
by Wilfreda99
21 Mar 2019 16:51
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: Grave and memorial inscriptions
Replies: 15
Views: 12248

Re: Grave and memorial inscriptions

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. :D
by Wilfreda99
27 Feb 2019 15:56
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: Grave and memorial inscriptions
Replies: 15
Views: 12248

Re: Grave and memorial inscriptions

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...
by Wilfreda99
26 Feb 2019 16:59
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: Grave and memorial inscriptions
Replies: 15
Views: 12248

Re: Grave and memorial inscriptions

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...
by Wilfreda99
07 Dec 2018 10:06
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: Grave and memorial inscriptions
Replies: 15
Views: 12248

Re: Grave and memorial inscriptions

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...
by Wilfreda99
04 Dec 2018 15:36
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: Grave and memorial inscriptions
Replies: 15
Views: 12248

Re: Grave and memorial inscriptions

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...
by Wilfreda99
30 Nov 2018 11:53
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: Grave and memorial inscriptions
Replies: 15
Views: 12248

Grave and memorial inscriptions

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...
by Wilfreda99
21 Oct 2018 15:42
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Internet searches on FH using Find My Past
Replies: 2
Views: 2819

Internet searches on FH using Find My Past

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...