Family Historian User Group

On a family history society forum of which I am a member, the following problem has been highlighted by a member in the Ancestry data. Other subscription data sites also have similar problems. .... searching in Ancestry once again for the national marriage records of two people in my family tree, re...

Aye Brian, Looks like some wag has seen the opportunity to amend the original OCR by using the text amendment facility to the left of the document screen. ;) So far as I am aware, as long as you are logged in to the BNA, then you can make amendments to the original OCR scan, to 'assist', or otherwis...

Aye princessbarbski, I have exported individual's GEDCOM from Family Historian (FH) v6.4.2 and successfully imported them into Personal Historian (PH) v3 Essentials (Free version), without problem, so far! What can appear to be a cluttered series of entries is easily populated/expanded, with your pe...

Thank you, for starting the thread Ann and for all the time and effort expended by the "guiding lights" of this forum who enable those of us "less able" to take advantage of this software to our own advantage.

Good health, Bill

Oh you "poor" souls, what was your Xmas bill for a day of gluttony? CP didn't cosh you over the head and use a set of stilsons to extract the 50p pieces from your clenched fists. :evil: You don't "need" software to enjoy genealogy, it makes your self-imposed task more convenient, for you. ;) Smile, ...

Aye Nick, Thank you very much for your rapid and comforting reply. I might even give it a go for entering entries from the Scottish valuation rolls that are available from Scotland'sPeople. These entries are a single line entries and in some instances there are annual entries along with the 5 year i...

Good evening, I have been using AS v5.3 to populate FH v6.2.7 and have used the 'Generic information' (exact wording maybe different!) format when transferring the data entry into FH. I haven't entered data into my small database for approximately 6 months and now have a wee backlog. The froth of th...

Aye GeorgeJ, I would agree with "Wulliam", having worked over much of Scotland since 1973, these additional "names" often relate to the place from which the person comes or a particular trait, mannerism they have and I have always known them as "bynames". e.g. Willie 'Skye' and his son Lachie 'Skye'...

Aye Russell, Always happy to give others some chuckle vision! ;) Having bide up here for most of my days, these colloquialisms are part of my sarf east, Norfolk, Scots vocabulary. Queen's is possible, but rare! :D "Knickers in a twist!" "Bit o' a tizzy!" "Fankle!" "I am going round in circles!" Take...

Aye Mike, Made a full search of all directories and deleted anything relating to 'Personal Historian 3'. Re-started the computer and then downloaded the application from the RootsMagic, 'Personal Historian 3' website. Opened and installed the download and "Hey presto!" no glitches or 'Application Er...

Aye Mike,

Thank you very much for your prompt analysis and reply.

Your ending remark helps my confidence and I will give the download and installation another go.

My regards, Bill

Aye Mike and Colin, After downloading the trial version of Personal Historian 3 and installing it on my computer running Windows10, I have been shown the following 'Application Error' message: "Exception EAccessViolation in Module PersonalHistorian.exe at 006C1AF0. Access violation at address 00AC1A...

Thank you Lorna, that was another of my 'problems'! But Calicoe Pie were very helpful and supplied all the necessary information.

My regards, Bill

Aye Bob, As a technical numpty when it comes to this sort of thing, I too came to grief with this! :oops: However, after reading this Guide in the Knowledge Base on this site, I managed to load FH on my new Win10 computer. It all appears to work, but I am not confident that the 'whistles and bells' ...

May I add that circular glass paper weights work very well, are inert and smooth surfaced and will not damage documents, photos, maps or cloth articles. They are not cheap ~£10 for a set of four (4) + P&P & VAT. An alternative, which is also not cheap, is a large piece of plate glass that can be use...

Aye William,

Have a wee read of this link: Family_Archive_Preservation_advice

I suspect it all depends on what else is hidden in your relatives chest of drawers or leaky garden shed, wi' nesting swallows above!

Good health, Bill

Aye to All, My pennyworth! A 'blow by blow' entry guide can be very useful for initiates into using Family Historian (FH) and or Ancestral Sources (AS), but as with Global Information Systems (GIS) the breadth of the software capabilities means that you never 'Know it all' and even with an ability t...

Sat down with genealogical insomnia and then remembered all of my eight, without opening the database. However, my wifes were more troublesome and I only managed four. My eight are as follows: Paternal = Rayner, Mittell, Houle and Huxtable. Maternal = Baker, Bishop, Bridgland and Thirkell. I have im...

Aye Colin, May I suggest that you give Google Translate a shot? Google Translate The 'Mariages' document appears more legible to my eyes and I would type it in verbatum and see what appears. It may not be a 'perfect' translation, but I'm sure you will get the jist of the contents. My regards, Bill

Aye Richard, Like David, I too use SyncTool v2.1 for all my backing up of various internal drives to remote hard drives. Only amended/altered/additional files from the latest session of work are backed up, therebye reducing the potential volume of backing up required. It will also back-up to 'cloud'...

Aye Mike, I agree that the reference that I provided relates to SS Dalcross' log between 1939-1945. There are also further records in more detail of SS Dalcross on specific convoys during the period 1939-1945. However, I have found this link, again on the National Archives website, titled: BT 99 - R...

Aye Rick, Having read your message and then skimmed the consequent replies, I note that you haven't been following the thread and neither could I. :roll: I quote your closing comments: " At 73, I want to spend my time researching and writing, not figuring out the vagaries and shortfalls of new conte...

Aye Anne, Before making any "plans" have a face to face conversation with your children or immediate family as to whether they are interested! May seem daft, but can save a lot of grief early on. If someone or multiple family members are interested, keep the conversations going and realise that you ...

Aye Mike, If you use the link below it will take you to the UK National Archive website and the entry for the 'SS Dalcross'. You are offered the option to preview the document images, beneath the ship's catalogue description. Whether you wish to pay the £3-50 fee too enable you to download the 15 pa...

Aye IanTS, I too have encountered this 'double recording' of births in the Scottish Borders, with my wifes paternal family. Also, with my paternal mother's family in North Devon, in Parish records going back to the mid 1700's. It can be a bit disconcerting, but I attach both PR entry documents when ...