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by Ruth_W
13 Feb 2024 17:31
Forum: Research Planning
Topic: External documents as Notes
Replies: 6
Views: 593

Re: External documents as Notes

Thank-you Mike and Helen. Mike's answer looks like the sort of thing I was hoping to do, but I will play around with both suggestions and see how they work for me. (I also have spreadsheets that would be very useful to link!)
by Ruth_W
13 Feb 2024 12:25
Forum: Research Planning
Topic: External documents as Notes
Replies: 6
Views: 593

External documents as Notes

I have seen a few posts about linking to Word documents as Media and also as sources, but is there any way to link them to Notes, such as Research notes? I have begun to use a Research log in the hope of becoming more efficient in my work (!) but I've also got lots of Word documents with, say, lists...
by Ruth_W
07 Feb 2024 08:36
Forum: Web Site Usage
Topic: Changes to notification defaults
Replies: 47
Views: 2626

Re: Changes to notification defaults

As a relatively new and quiet user, I would quite like an email notification when there’s a response to my (initiated) post (but not on the odd occasions where I just reply, like here). I tend to use the forum only on Wednesdays, when I scroll down the digest, or when searching for an answer to some...
by Ruth_W
19 Sep 2023 20:41
Forum: Places, Addresses, Maps & Geocoding
Topic: "Non-geographic" place
Replies: 8
Views: 1103

Re: "Non-geographic" place

Thanks for the helpful replies. Yes, if I use "at sea", then that is all that is known! And thanks Adrian - I have stopped geocoding of some places, but I hoped there was a way to show that in the text. I hadn't thought of Custom Attributes though - I'll have to have a play around. I very ...
by Ruth_W
18 Sep 2023 14:30
Forum: Places, Addresses, Maps & Geocoding
Topic: "Non-geographic" place
Replies: 8
Views: 1103

"Non-geographic" place

That probably sounds nonsensical, but let me explain ... I want to enter some "Places" that are not physical locations, so for instance, Military place = "Royal Navy", death might be "At sea" (not specified more than that), and for dna matches, tested at "Ancestry&...
by Ruth_W
27 Jul 2023 11:15
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Blank or general event
Replies: 3
Views: 550

Re: Blank or general event

Thanks, Mike. I assumed that must be the case. I might just create 'Other' or 'Note' as you suggest. I'm not too concerned with the sentences (I don't tend to do reports etc) and it would only be a few entries, I think, so no great bother to adapt as I go.
by Ruth_W
26 Jul 2023 15:22
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Blank or general event
Replies: 3
Views: 550

Blank or general event

Is there a way to create an event without it having a title? I have a few events that would be good to note for evidence of a person being alive in a certain place and time, but they are perhaps a bit too specific to create a whole new custom event for - I suppose I could create 'Other' if need be ....
by Ruth_W
14 Jul 2023 10:23
Forum: Media
Topic: Media attached to sources showing as unlinked
Replies: 4
Views: 977

Re: Media attached to sources showing as unlinked

Thank-you for both these helpful replies. It does seem that some of them are duplicates, but Mike's suggestions of sorting by filename and by record ID have helped me sort them out! I know it doesn't make a great deal of difference to my actual records, but if I don't sort it out now, I'll be back w...
by Ruth_W
13 Jul 2023 18:21
Forum: Media
Topic: Media attached to sources showing as unlinked
Replies: 4
Views: 977

Media attached to sources showing as unlinked

I've been happily and successfully attaching media to my sources and citations, either manually, or using AS. But I've just learned a bit more about media and I'm going through my media, checking broken links, adding links to people where this is missing etc. I have opened the Media Records window a...
by Ruth_W
27 Dec 2022 20:18
Forum: Ancestral Sources
Topic: not given option to save image to media folder
Replies: 9
Views: 1267

Re: not given option to save image to media folder

Thank you. I felt like I was trying every variation and it was simpler to ask!
by Ruth_W
27 Dec 2022 17:52
Forum: Ancestral Sources
Topic: not given option to save image to media folder
Replies: 9
Views: 1267

Re: not given option to save image to media folder

I have had the same problem and I managed, after some fiddling around, to reset it for one project. Now I've moved to my main project and I'm blessed if I can a) remember what I did, or b) replicate it. Please save my sanity and give me a clear instruction on how to reset it so AS prompts me for whe...
by Ruth_W
21 Nov 2022 17:35
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Residence fact not showing
Replies: 7
Views: 957

Re: Residence fact not showing

Thank-you. I have been trying to read up on it, but that is the clearest explanation I've had!
by Ruth_W
21 Nov 2022 17:11
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Residence fact not showing
Replies: 7
Views: 957

Re: Residence fact not showing

Within Tools / Fact Sets have you "ticked" the "Show Hidden" option - it is possible it's status may have been accidently changed to "hidden"! Yes, that's exactly what I had done! (and I thought I had checked this sort of thing). I knew it would be something silly :oop...
by Ruth_W
21 Nov 2022 16:37
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Residence fact not showing
Replies: 7
Views: 957

Residence fact not showing

I have a horrible feeling that the answer will be something obvious, but here goes ...! Residence is not showing in the drop-down 'Add fact' list, nor is it under 'More facts'. Residence does show for people, but I think this is where I have entered it via AS for BMD/Census etc. If I try to add it a...
by Ruth_W
24 Oct 2022 13:58
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Delete old project after backup
Replies: 4
Views: 610

Re: Delete old project after backup

That worked! Thank-you so much, I would not have thought of doing that.
by Ruth_W
24 Oct 2022 11:48
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Delete old project after backup
Replies: 4
Views: 610

Delete old project after backup

I really just want some reassurance on this before I do anything! My PC shut itself down unexpectedly a couple of days ago while I was working on FH. On restarting there was nothing showing in my project. Thankfully, I back up regularly and was able to restore from the backup (once I'd realised it g...
by Ruth_W
08 Oct 2022 12:10
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Stories, narratives, newspaper reports
Replies: 3
Views: 549

Re: Stories, narratives, newspaper reports

Thanks, I had looked but not found anything (biography is a good search term in hindsight!). The Biography attribute (? not fully au fait with all the terminology ... ) seems to be ideal.
by Ruth_W
08 Oct 2022 11:44
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Stories, narratives, newspaper reports
Replies: 3
Views: 549

Stories, narratives, newspaper reports

I am interested to know how people use FH in relation to narratives, such as newspaper reports, or, say, a biographical account, or a letter - but something that doesn't really fit into an event as such, or that you don't wish to use in that way. For example, my grandad won 2nd prize for his dahlias...
by Ruth_W
12 Aug 2022 21:31
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Changing sources to citations - tidying up!
Replies: 3
Views: 826

Re: Changing sources to citations - tidying up!

Thanks for the input - it’s always worth asking!
by Ruth_W
12 Aug 2022 17:01
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Changing sources to citations - tidying up!
Replies: 3
Views: 826

Changing sources to citations - tidying up!

Is there any simple way to change a source to a citation? I've pretty much got the hang of them now, but I do occasionally find something I've entered earlier as a source that really should have been a citation. For instance, My source, 'Find a Grave' also has the burial entry for John Sunderland as...
by Ruth_W
03 Aug 2022 10:21
Forum: Closed Wish List Requests
Topic: [Wish List entries 604 - 613]Possible Research Note enhancements
Replies: 10
Views: 3314

Re: Possible Research Note enhancements

I'm not sure if this is quite the sort of response you want, but here goes. Relatively new to FH coming from Brothers Keeper. It took me a while to work out how to make a To-Do list in FH which I now do using named lists - I tend to have one for a specific CRO or online resource (e.g. I have one for...
by Ruth_W
22 Jul 2022 17:47
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Order of 'existing sources'
Replies: 6
Views: 894

Re: Order of 'existing sources'

Ruth, could you explain why you need the most recently used at the top? (There may be a better method) What exactly do you mean by 'recently used'? Do you mean most recently cited? If you have just added a Citation and want the same Citation added to other items then use Copy and Paste Citation. If...
by Ruth_W
22 Jul 2022 17:42
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Order of 'existing sources'
Replies: 6
Views: 894

Re: Order of "existing sources"

Whatever the last sort order is used for sources in the Records Window, is the order they will be presented to the user when adding an existing source. Thanks, I hadn't realised that - that is well worth knowing. I had tried to sort in the 'Cite existing source' list/window, to no avail. I adjust t...
by Ruth_W
22 Jul 2022 16:27
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Order of 'existing sources'
Replies: 6
Views: 894

Order of 'existing sources'

Is there a way to get the list of sources when I click "Cite existing source" to put the most recently used at the top? Currently my list seems to be ordered by the number of citations - greatest first. I have found that the 'Show recent' button is not terribly useful - it often shows noth...
by Ruth_W
09 Mar 2022 08:57
Forum: Research
Topic: birth in India
Replies: 15
Views: 11776

Re: birth in India

Mike, Well done. I didn't have time to trawl through the FindMyPast records but have followed through your leads and can add a little more from Ancestry: John Grimshaw in the "Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900": Indexed: Name: John Grimshaw snipped Just be aware t...