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That's why I installed on just one device, though I realise some issues might be device specific.

I just updated one of my computers to the latest update - billed as 2004. FH seems to run OK, tried a few plugins also. It take several hours to install this update:(

Any ideas of what to test?

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David2416 wrote: ↑

12 May 2020 08:06

Hopefuly the attached screenshots elaborate.

@David ~ Can you go into a bit more detail. You are talking about the File > Validate error mesage? JP Ford says the Validate command automatically 'fixes' the problem, but just viewing the Media Record does not. Exactly what do you do to resolve the problem? I start with a refreshed Sample Project...

@David ~ Can you go into a bit more detail. You are talking about the File > Validate error mesage? JP Ford says the Validate command automatically 'fixes' the problem, but just viewing the Media Record does not. Exactly what do you do to resolve the problem? I'll endeavour to recreate the problem ...

I frequently get this error after adding media. Am running Windows 10, FH6.2.7 on standard PC.

To resolve I view all the media links via the media record.

First problem you would have is Autosave running in background. Each instance would overwrite the other.

Have you tried expanding the workspace across two monitors.

Would copying CD to cloud storage save waiting for the post?

tatewise wrote: ↑

08 May 2020 14:40

The attached Plugin is a way of listing the few broken links hidden amongst many valid links.

That is a really useful plugin, it's a pain having to search for the broken links amongst the rest. Although I usually find it amongst recently updated records!

I also use FT Analyser but it's currently having an issue with how I record census references; I'm following that up on the appropriate forum.

I'm currently using the excellent Show Project Statistics Plugin. Working through the missing marriages

Windows has an S mode which inhibits downloading apps not from the Microsoft Store - though it might not be relevant here.

The Restart option referred to by Mike is well worth knowing about. It is to a good alternative to the Shut down and reboot standard fix.

BillH wrote: ↑

01 May 2020 22:09

Do you know what the symbol after his name is that looks like a "y" with an "o" over it?

Thanks,
Bill

It's actually how they wrote 'the'.

Written as ye (with a reversed e) which was the old English thorn - the source of YE as in ye olde shoppe.

In my head I was thinking of adults who'd left school decades ago, so were unlikely to be going back into education... Still even so, yes, as always, it's the info at that point in time. In my role as an Interviewer working for Office for National Statistics I regularly come across people who have ...

I don't dispute that enumerators and respondents may not report exactly what is true on the ground! It's worth checking through an enumerators records to see how he tends to work. I prefer to record what's there and then note what I think might have actually been the case citing my reasoning in notes.

I prefer to keep both Scholar and other occupations as recorded on each source. They act as anchors to record school admissions or promotions and pay rises (railway ancestors or career soldiers). Also changes of occupations as economic situations dictate. It also alerts me if a particular source sho...

No I have not been notified, thanks for alerting us.

Perhaps add a "test" suffix to the names, or add "test" image as the first preference instead of faces

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johnmorrisoniom wrote: ↑

14 Feb 2020 07:12

I Use [] for missing first name and for unknown maiden name I use married name in square brackets ie [Smith]

John

I also do this. For example [] /[]/ for someone redacted in the 39 register. Context is given by the source citation

Births upto 1918 though

It is even better than that, the drop down goes up to 2019, additional information needs to be supplied for events in last 50 year to order. At least the index entries are visible.

Some further news via Eastman's Genealogy Newsletter

https://blog.eogn.com/2019/11/06/help-w ... historian/

Ordered several wills on Sunday 6th October first arrived by email today

I run FH on my desktop and on my laptop. I have mapped the c drives on each. I use Microsoft SyncToy 2.1 to keep a number of folders in step. I run it whenever I finished working on one computer. Then I matching sets of files.