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by Robert Jacobs
12 Feb 2024 16:58
Forum: Media
Topic: Adding Ship Pictures
Replies: 6
Views: 565

Re: Adding Ship Pictures

I agree with Adrian. One's desired output should weigh heavily on the decision. There are many immigrants and more than forty ship images in my data. My main output is a web site constructed with GedSite. I attach the ship images to the immigration fact in FH7. The site's viewers can then click on t...
by Robert Jacobs
12 Jan 2024 15:27
Forum: Reports, Books & Websites
Topic: Composite websites
Replies: 3
Views: 546

Re: Composite websites

Instead of starting with the FH7 website you might consider using GedSite. It integrates beautifully with FH7 via Mike Tate's Export GedCom plug-in. GedSite permits great organizational flexibility and has many design options. You can use CSS, but I suspect that most GedSite user don't need to. Deta...
by Robert Jacobs
14 Dec 2023 14:19
Forum: Research
Topic: DNA research question
Replies: 5
Views: 968

Re: DNA research question

Thank you, Mike. I assume the autosomal test is the one I need. Does it make a difference, given the little chart I provided in the OP, whether I get the sample from my son or his mother?
by Robert Jacobs
14 Dec 2023 00:24
Forum: Research
Topic: DNA research question
Replies: 5
Views: 968

Re: DNA research question

Thanks, John. They're on my list — and I'll check out that citation.

Robert
by Robert Jacobs
13 Dec 2023 23:41
Forum: Research
Topic: DNA research question
Replies: 5
Views: 968

DNA research question

My son’s maternal ancestry looks like this: My son (known) His mother (known) His grandfather (known but deceased) His great-grandfather (known but deceased) His great-grandfather (known but deceased) His 2g grandfather, 1827-1881 ((known but deceased) His 3g grandfather (unknown and driving me craz...
by Robert Jacobs
06 Dec 2023 23:39
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Data entry question
Replies: 10
Views: 589

Re: Data entry question

Thank you all for your thoughtful and sensitive suggestions. I've not been pinned to the Family History/Genealogy dichotomy before, so all of your comments have been very helpful. I have decided to follow Helen and Adrian's suggestion in the main. My FH data will contain a private note with fuller i...
by Robert Jacobs
06 Dec 2023 16:22
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Data entry question
Replies: 10
Views: 589

Data entry question

One of my nieces is married to another woman. The latter has just given birth to a boy. The couple plan to raise the boy as their own. The biological father is an anonymous donor.

What is the clearest way to enter the child's details?
by Robert Jacobs
23 Nov 2023 14:12
Forum: Reports, Books & Websites
Topic: Footnotes in RTF narrative reports
Replies: 10
Views: 745

Re: Footnotes in RTF narrative reports

Yes, Mike — I'd quite forgotten about that. Thanks for the reminder.

Do you think there's any chance that CP will implement it?

Robert
by Robert Jacobs
23 Nov 2023 06:40
Forum: Reports, Books & Websites
Topic: Footnotes in RTF narrative reports
Replies: 10
Views: 745

Re: Footnotes in RTF narrative reports

Essentially yes. I'm for it.
by Robert Jacobs
23 Nov 2023 01:48
Forum: Reports, Books & Websites
Topic: Footnotes in RTF narrative reports
Replies: 10
Views: 745

Re: Footnotes in RTF narrative reports

If there were (is?) a wish list item for exactly that — Word format output for reports — I'd vote for it in a flash.


Robert
by Robert Jacobs
21 Nov 2023 22:10
Forum: Exporting
Topic: Exporting to Gedsite - Naturalisation Tag
Replies: 5
Views: 911

Re: Exporting to Gedsite - Naturalisation Tag

Like Brent's, my naturalization facts come over into GedSite perfectly. In Gedsite (Data/Tags) you tick the tags you wish to display. Similarly, if you are using a Table set in GedSite you would find a tag filter there. Ensure that all event tags are allowed (except, of course, for the ones you deli...
by Robert Jacobs
20 Oct 2023 02:43
Forum: Research
Topic: Death certificate research question
Replies: 21
Views: 2692

Re: Death certificate research question

Exactly right, Teresa. the certificate arrived today, 23 days after the GRO said they sent it. The good news is that it's the right person: the birth dates match and the certificate informant was a son whose existence was unknown to me — a new third cousin in fact. Best wishes and thanks to all who ...
by Robert Jacobs
17 Oct 2023 17:02
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Living flag
Replies: 5
Views: 339

Re: Living flag

Thank you, Lorna and Mike. I wrote the query and found 12 instances of incorrect living flags, easily corrected manually.

Best wishes to you both.

Robert
by Robert Jacobs
17 Oct 2023 14:36
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Living flag
Replies: 5
Views: 339

Re: Living flag

>>>It could be argued that FH should warn users when the Living Flag is set and a Death, Burial, or Cremation Event is added, in much the same way FH warns about possibly erroneous Dates of facts.<<< Indeed it should. Would it make any sense to use "Names Lists and Record Flags" to clear a...
by Robert Jacobs
17 Oct 2023 14:09
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Living flag
Replies: 5
Views: 339

Living flag

There have been two recent deaths of distant cousins which I have entered as facts. Death dates have been entered. In looking at the All tab I see that their living flags are still set. FH7 has been opened and closed several times since the deaths were entered. Is this a program failure or a user er...
by Robert Jacobs
15 Oct 2023 17:07
Forum: Reports, Books & Websites
Topic: diacritics issue in How Related report...
Replies: 9
Views: 1048

Re: diacritics issue in How Related report...

It was all working perfectly up until perhaps 30 or 40 days ago. I'm certain you're correct — it's a Windows 11 problem which was produced by a recent update.
by Robert Jacobs
15 Oct 2023 15:41
Forum: Reports, Books & Websites
Topic: diacritics issue in How Related report...
Replies: 9
Views: 1048

Re: diacritics issue in How Related report...

My fH7 font is Tahoma, 12 pt. I experimented with other fonts (Garamond, Ariel, Calibri, Segoe) to no avail. As my earlier post indicated, other programs respond differently. Notepad & Word examples were shown. Wordpad just returns ód for Łódź. The return is flanked by space characters. As you s...
by Robert Jacobs
15 Oct 2023 06:04
Forum: Reports, Books & Websites
Topic: diacritics issue in How Related report...
Replies: 9
Views: 1048

Re: diacritics issue in How Related report...

A recent Windows Update has munged up some of the Polish characters such that Łódź comes out like this ód in Notepad and like this in Word: ódź. One can still copy and paste Łódź correctly in those programs, but cannot get them cleanly in from the keyboard. I searched for a remedy about two or thr...
by Robert Jacobs
12 Oct 2023 13:43
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Date range on property box facts tab
Replies: 60
Views: 3368

Re: Date range on property box facts tab

Why not enter circa 17 Oct 1856 or split the difference within the quarter: c. 9 Oct. 1856?
by Robert Jacobs
10 Oct 2023 12:49
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Program no longer opening
Replies: 6
Views: 799

Re: Program no longer opening

Try turning the machine off completely and restarting if you haven't already done so. If your method of restarting has been to turn off completely, try restarting without turning the machine off. If that doesn't help run a full system scan for malware. If you can't get the scan to run through comple...
by Robert Jacobs
07 Oct 2023 18:31
Forum: Research
Topic: Death certificate research question
Replies: 21
Views: 2692

Re: Death certificate research question

Thanks, Teresa. Knowing that helps suppress my jitters if the box remains empty day after day :)

Robert
by Robert Jacobs
06 Oct 2023 17:23
Forum: Research
Topic: Death certificate research question
Replies: 21
Views: 2692

Re: Death certificate research question

Thank you, Victor. The record apparently exists as the GRO site reports that they mailed it to me on September 26. It hasn't arrived yet. I await today's delivery impatiently. It was a good idea to check parish records. Here in the U.S., consistent state government record-keeping (except along the A...
by Robert Jacobs
05 Oct 2023 19:02
Forum: General Usage
Topic: {%CUR~WITN>NAME:TYPE%}
Replies: 2
Views: 427

Re: {%CUR~WITN>NAME:TYPE%}

Thank you, Mike. That's vy clear. The typographical error was in a draft help file for another program. It wasn't published and has now been fixed.

As in the past — indeed, from the very moment I switched to Family Historian — I appreciate your help.

Robert
by Robert Jacobs
05 Oct 2023 13:31
Forum: General Usage
Topic: {%CUR~WITN>NAME:TYPE%}
Replies: 2
Views: 427

{%CUR~WITN>NAME:TYPE%}

I do not understand the data reference {%CUR~WITN>NAME:TYPE%} and would like to see an example of how one would use it and what it would return.

Thanks!

Robert
by Robert Jacobs
20 Sep 2023 22:38
Forum: Research
Topic: Death certificate research question
Replies: 21
Views: 2692

Re: Death certificate research question

Thank you, gosforthian. I don't think it showed up on Ancestry when I looked early this morning. I have two other services to try, but won't be able to get to them until later in the week. I appreciate the help. :)