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Mike; If I understood John correctly, it is very important to him that the GEDCOM resulting from using his plugin associates the entered data elements with the correct GEDCOM tag. Because of the way templates work, is this really possible when using a user template? I know that in RootsMagic, using ...

John;
I have sent you an email containing the example. Feel free to post it or just try it out, as you wish.
I felt that it would be best to let you see if it was what you needed, first, rather than clutter the thread.

John;

I have some split BMD Index templates that I should be able to rework to lumped ones in short order.
Would that help?

Thanks, Helen. I like the concept. I'll look at your website to see how they look.

Mike;

I was just trying to get an idea of what it does as the description in the plugin store is obviously lacking.
Guess I'll have to wait until it's upgraded for FH7 and I can actually see it in action.

There may be some slight confusion in using the word template in the context of generic Source Citations. Generic Source Citations have a structure, just like all other FH/GEDCOM data, but no template is involved. Mike; I was referring to the "template" defined in the file loaded by the p...

Helen; Thank you for the suggestion. I'm using v7 of FH, so I'll have to wait until you do the upgrade to fully assess the situation and see how to proceed. I had a quick look at the features of the plugin, as well as the code. The code somehow looks familiar to me. I've programmed in many languages...

Thank you, Mike.
Playing with John's GRO Index plugin peaked my interest and I thought I'd try to learn a bit more about Generic Sources before getting too far into my data-entry.

Just a background/side-question question to build up my knowledge of how Generic Sources work and help me decide when to use them... Do all the fields on a Generic Sources map to standard GEDCOM fields that the majority of Genealogy programs should interpret correctly? Are there any good Knowledge-B...

Thanks, Mike. That may solve one potential issue. If I understand correctly, one would have to customize the generic template to incorporate that switch logic. However; the customization would then still be global to all generic templates; wouldn't it? It would definite work to replace setting the c...

Here is a bit more polished version that seems to have the key info needed to relocate a record; even if one wishes to use an alternate source for the index. John; Does this make sense to you? Footnote England & Wales Birth Index [GRO Website] . 1872 Q4 Oct-Nov-Dec Bath Vol: 05C Page: 677. Cit. ...

John; If one turns on "Text from Source" for the Footnotes in the Generic Citation Configuration Menu, then the Mother's Maiden Name or Age at death will appear in the citations. This makes it immediately visible; something we chatted about earlier. I'm not well-enough versed in Generic So...

With Respect to where to include the mother's maiden name... How about appending it to the "Citation-specific Details" > "Where Within" data that now holds something like "1872 Q4 Oct-Nov-Dec Bath Vol: 05C Page: 677"? It could look like "1872 Q4 Oct-Nov-Dec Bath V...

I've spent all morning trying to find a way to automatically open the drop downs in a way that wouldn't bemuse the user. All get sticky when a new district name is being entered so I'm giving up on that for now. If you use the dropdown arrow on the list to open it the mouse pointer remains visible ...

John; With Respect to where to include the mother's maiden name... How about appending it to the "Citation-specific Details" > "Where Within" data that now holds something like "1872 Q4 Oct-Nov-Dec Bath Vol: 05C Page: 677"? It could look like "1872 Q4 Oct-Nov-Dec B...

jelv wrote: ↑09 May 2024 23:31 Experimenting I've just found that Alt down arrow opens the list at the point matching the characters keyed so far.

That's handy to know. Thank you, John.

John; When in the Main data-entry screen, one would think that typing the name of the registration district in the "District" field would automatically open a pull-down with the existing places that are a potential match. That would avoid one continuing to type, when the place has already...

John;

That annoyed me, but I think it's because the escape key has a function within list controls.

Oddly it works when something in the list is highlighted, but not when one has placed the cursor in one of the filter-related fields.

2) May want to consider allowing the user to optionally include the added info from the GRO Index as a part of a Citation Specific Note, instead of only as a citation note in the notes tab. BMD index Entries have so little to record that I doubt anyone will look at the notes tab that often, but the...

John; When in the Main data-entry screen, one would think that typing the name of the registration district in the "District" field would automatically open a pull-down with the existing places that are a potential match. That would avoid one continuing to type, when the place has already ...

Is remembering the main dialog screen position working correctly for you? I have two screens and it seems to work correctly if I've moved it to the secondary screen. Had you spotted that all the dialogs with a Cancel button the Esc key works? John; I have two physical screens and it does seem to re...

John; 1) In the "Name" panel, it says "(Ctrl + ' to copy existing name)". Trying to see the single quote is pretty difficult and it may be missed. That could cause some unnecessary requests for help, since the function works.May want to include a shortcut chart in the Help docume...

John; I had a look at one of Teresa's blog-posts and randomly picked the following GRO Index citation: England and Wales Death Registration Index entry, Thomas Cox, Q4; 1858; Age: 74; Abingdon; citing: General Register Office of England and Wales; Southport, Lancashire, England. Collection: Search t...

Tatewise; Perhaps Teresa was just referring to the plugin's current use of Generic templates, when she said "those who don't use formal citations". From what I understood, Generic templates were never intended to be for what many regard as "formal" citations. John has said he is ...

Ah, ok... For my blog posts, I prefer something more complete... Great option for those who don't use formal citations and just want the information recorded in their FH project :) Teresa; John stated earlier that he is considering supporting templates. Perhaps that upgrade will address your need f...