Family Historian User Group

Gary, I do understand because I too had many images with embedded notes which FH could not read... I have thousands of Media Records but rarely use the Media Window. I select Media Records from the Records Window or via a Source Record. I should remind you that I make all entries 'manually' so your ...

Gary, If I understand correctly, your images are not yet included in your FH project. I appreciate that you are going to drop the name from the start of your filenames, and perhaps rewrite the filenames. In the first instance would it help to copy the original filename to the Media Record Note? I di...

Some time back I got caught in this trap, it is easily done.

No help with the process, but... I store media by 'type': Births, Deaths, Marriages, Baptisms, and Burials in one folder/directory, Census returns in another, plus a variety of other folders as required. I don't have many overseas (non-UK) records, if I did I would create a structure starting with c...

Jean, have you considered using AS to streamline that process? I have indeed, and more than just considered. The first time in my early days of using FH, and then again in 2021. I have no complaints about AS, it's a brilliant program. However, I found that by using AS the details of sources did not...

[Off-topic, but following on from later posts.] I'm am happy to download multiple copies of census images. All my filenames start with the name of the Head of Household, or person of interest. However, if I were conducting a one-place-study I would save one image per page. My rationale is that in th...

Rather off topic, but... When I used TMG I spent many a happy hour using its 'Source Elements' to create customised footnote/endnote and bibliography formats. When I started with FH it had only Generic Sources so I had to work with that. Consistency comes naturally to me so after some experimentatio...

tatewise wrote: ↑14 Mar 2024 17:12 Those of us who persevere with Generic Sources don't have those problems

Hear hear!

Over time I have found the plugin 'Change Any Fact Tag' to be very useful (after migration from TMG in the days before the direct import and when creating my own customised Facts). Something similar in relation to Witness Roles would be most welcome. There are times when having created and used a Wi...

For any piece of information that I wish to enter in FH I first create a Source Record. In this instance I would record the information, a note about the person who gave me the information, and who I am (who knows who may inherit my project in the future), the date when I was given that information,...

Mike,

Although I rarely use standard reports I do have some highly customised ones and this Plugin is a crucial part of the process. Thank you again for creating it.

I am trying to get a list of all sources associated with a list of individuals I may be misunderstanding what is wanted, but back in 2022 I had a similar need. Mike Tate kindly created the Plugin 'Sources List for Selected Individuals' which lists the Sources for one or more Individuals. Not a Quer...

OlivierM wrote: ↑11 Feb 2024 09:39 PS: And I love looking at TMG from time to time: that software is still a model for all genealogical softwares.

You are not alone. TMG refugee here. I still miss my customised layout.

I would add the picture as a Media Record. If I gather some information about a ship I would create a Source Record, link the Media Record to that, and link the Source Record to the Fact. If I don't gather information on the ship, I would link the Media Record to all those Source Records that mentio...

JimDavis79 wrote: ↑31 Jan 2024 19:20 I could create a custom fact, sort it to the top of the Facts list and show the other persons as witnesses.

I do this. I call the fact 'Identity'. A linked Source Record contains my comments, and final decision if one is ever reached.

Over the years of my using FH i have have used the Individual Record and Family Record Custom IDs in various ways but as I learned more about creating Queries to extract information the need for the 'complicated' IDs that I used to have was no more. Currently: Individual Record Custom ID: I like to ...

I am interested in how the offspring, and others, describe a deceased person's occupation. For such information I use a Date Phrase 'post-death record', 'interpreted as' the date when the information was supplied (e.g. Date of Registration/Marriage). (I rarely generate Reports so I encounter no prob...

Another method, especially if you want to compare facts or dates, is to use a Query, from which you can click to quickly reach the Individual's record, or particular fact, as required. The Ancestors Query, an Individual Query, is a good starting point. If you would like to list all facts of a set of...

So the full expression is: =ItemIf(AhnentafelNumber(FileRoot(),%INDI.~SPOU[1]>%,1) > 0, %INDI.FAMS[1]>MARR%, ItemIf(AhnentafelNumber(FileRoot(),%INDI.~SPOU[2]>%,1) > 0, %INDI.FAMS[2]>MARR%, ItemIf(AhnentafelNumber(FileRoot(),%INDI.~SPOU[3]>%,1) > 0, %INDI.FAMS[3]>MARR%, %INDI.FAMS[4]>MARR% ) ) ) Ho...

Look at the function 'Section'.

I think you may have to change the separator, but I haven't checked.

I have 'sections' in my Publication Information field.

Thank you again, Mike. This was my first time of using ContainsText. I knew what I wanted to do but not how to achieve it. So I looked at the FH Help and searched here on the Forum and found what I thought was the correct Function. It totally bypassed me that the Name field was being examined, rathe...

Thank you Mike.

I did read the Description but I didn't properly grasp it!

Is there any way of taking the Name Parts and producing the type of output I want (as above).

I seem to be getting unexpected results from a couple of expressions in a Query. Does anyone else get the same results?, or am I misunderstanding something? =TextIf(ContainsText(%INDI.NAME:GIVEN%,"???",STD),"???",%INDI.NAME:GIVEN%) =TextIf(ContainsText(%INDI.NAME:SURNAME%,"?...

I regularly use an older version of Rename Selected Media Files that I have adapted to my requirements (just some particular text gets added to all the file names). I have tried the version given here. It has the addition of a box offering Record Id and Substitute symbol items. All is working correc...

Thank you again Lorna.

Yes, I can understand the differences in the usage, and I now see the possibility to which KFN was referring.

There seems not to be a quick solution for Chris.