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I have to say a simple to-do list would be nice, but I have now looked at the Named Lists recommended to me on here and have to say that between them and a separate Family Tree- Outlook To-do list are more than enough for me. I can live with working this way if no Task/to-do list ever appeared.

This was one of the reasons for my re-do. When I transferred from FTM, about 1/3 of the addresses transferred into the Note field in FH and 2/3 transferred into the Address field even though the Place's transferred okay. I would imagine it's the reason Genealogy software manufacturers like to give y...

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20 Nov 2019 09:50

But there are significant costs both for VMWare Fusion (£70+) and Windows 10 (£100+) on top of the FH licence.

Wow, almost cheaper buying a Windows laptop just to run FH.

In reply to the OP, I found this on the my-History.co.uk web store in the buy now and get a free upgrade to FH7 section- "When version 7 is released (most likely in the first quarter of 2020), buyers will be supplied with a new licence code and will be required to download the version 7 upgrade from...

Thanks for that Mike, I was hoping someone was going to say that. I had quite a few things that appeared in the wrong place when I imported my Gedcom, maybe just a difference in where/how FTM and FH stored things. I presumed in this case that it was me who made the mistake when choosing the wrong So...

Hi all Is it easy to merge 2 projects? I have been re doing my tree as many of you know. I haven't added any of my wife's family as yet, so the tree so far stops at her. Now I know that it is better to make one tree which is my intention, but here's my dilemma, my wife and my family although not rel...

FMP access free from 1200 tomorrow Fri 8 Nov.

I understand where you are coming from, I was more thinking about the whole discussion I started when I asked about the date to put in the Entry Date after reading the Where To Put It booklet :lol: :lol: . I was thinking that the templates may solve some of the where to put it issues I had. As I sai...

Thanks for that folks, What you mentioned Adrian was what was in my mind. I was thinking along the lines of what I enter in notes may end up being added via a template that puts it somewhere else and I would have to go back through my whole tree reinserting/moving data to get it in the correct place...

After the announcement of FH7 I was thinking of putting my tree re do on hold as I am not to far in and wouldn't mind making some changes to what I have already done. I was thinking about tidying up the tree I imported from FTM and restarting my redo once I had a look at FH7. What are other peeps vi...

With you all the way Colin, with what you say about FH. As I said, if I used Mac I would never have looked at FH, I would have been using either FTM, Heredis etc. and looking at Rootsmagic when it came out with its native version. For the same reason that I have not look at a MacFamilyTree as I am W...

... but there are not a lot of programs that cross all platforms that are not compromised in some way and I mean all over not just genealogy. Office: Libre Office, Open Office Browsers: Firefox, Opera, Chrome/Chromium Email: Thunderbird (which has met my needs for years so not explored others) Musi...

Sorry guys but I hope FH don't start to spread themselves too thin trying to please everyone, CP are not a huge company with lots of developers. I would rather have the best Windows genealogy software, than a middle of the road program covering all bases. If they can do it without affecting what the...

I see, Mike. I presumed that if I refreshed the hints it would clear the cache and replace with the updated hints only from FindMyPast. I was thinking that MH was working again as I wasn't getting those hints last week, my mistake.

I know that Mike, but they weren't there for a little while and have started to show up again. When I restarted FH this morning the ones that had disappeared are back again, I only started to notice this again because my mother only has one hint from anywhere and when I look at it is the same one th...

I just started getting hints from MyHeritage again, when I click on the link it shows me the hints and then when I go back to look at FindMyPast hints the counter has removed the MyHeritage hints and they are no longer available. Has anyone else noticed this?

Rootsmagic 8- already announced, released soon
FTM 2019- just released
FH7- Kind of announced.

How does 7 look? Any news of release dates?

I am just wondering as a spill has rendered some of "Getting the most of" book useable but not great and no point in getting a new copy if FH7 is coming out and a new "Getting the most of".

Jane If you just want to show (rather than pass on to someone) then if you just use the diagram window to view it select your husband and then view All Relatives Diagram it will show you but none of your family and vice versa. The same goes if you use the focus window and make your husband the focus...

So what we are really saying is make sure you pick the right software for you and stick with it, because changing is not going to be too easy .

I was just wondering when Mike mentioned that Type was a Non Standard Gedcom extension, what others weren't standard to Gedcom in case I could dodge a bullet just now by making sure my information could be input slightly differently. Just like I said earlier Source title from Birth: to Birth Certifi...

Thanks for that Mervyn. I was more interested in what doesn't transfer directly. When I moved over from FTM all of my information moved over, just not to the right places eg place names correct but addresses (Street names) into notes. That is why I decided to redo my tree rather than go through the ...

In any death certificates I have, if the deceased is no longer working it has always said- Factory Worker (Retired) or similar. So my view would be that the person was still working, an example I can give is my Grandpa who worked in my dads factory until his late 70's even though he had retired as a...

Thanks for that Jane, but as I said I am not far enough into my redo that I can't just change the Title's. Remember this comment if it ever happens ,because you will be my go to person for- Simply writing a plugin script :lol:. Back to my original question, "what other fields don't export to other g...

Beware that the Type field is a non-standard- GEDCOM extension unique to FH , so doesn't export to other genealogy products. If that information is important to be retained in all future incarnations, then it should be in a standard field such as the Note . Can I ask what other fields don't export ...