Family Historian User Group

Two suggestions if you haven't done these already:

1. Download the free User Manual from https://progenygenealogy.com/Downloads/ ... User-Guide
2. https://progenygenealogy.com/Customer-S ... pe/threads (Particularly see the FAQ Link)

Mervyn

From the Plug-in Store: Updated Last 7, 14, or 30 days All Record types None of the options, including that provided in the Legacy software, which is similar to the screens you can view in FH by simply sorting Record List columns, tell you precisely what's been edited, only which records. I don't re...

For built in Windows procedures try this: https://www.howtogeek.com/219157/how-to ... n-windows/

The section on using Windows Searches gives some useful examples which can be saved for easy future use.

No third party software needed.

Mervyn

Just in case it becomes of interest, the death Mike found for Charles Iverson is recorded in The GRO "Deaths Registered at Sea" index for 1911. Entry (provides much less detail than the record on FMP): Iverson, Charles; Age: 20, Vessel; Calburga, Page: 139 Various entries on the internet describe th...

Bill,

You could try: https://newspapers.library.wales

Mervyn

As a counter argument: Why are people so focussed on recording "Age at Burial" when the information recorded in Parish/Burial Registers actually records the age the person was believed to be when they died? It's irrelevant whether the deceased was buried on the day they died or at some time (days, w...

@ KarenMG, Looking at your previous posts, it seems likely that you are using Family Historian (FH) and Ancestral Sources (AS) on a Mac, via Crossover/WINE. If that is correct and you have created separate FH and AS apps in Crossover then using AS on a datafile that is already open in FH will inevit...

And then there's also the need to straighten many images that have been poorly scanned by data providers which I would consider to be a necessary usability enhancement; as opposed to directly editing an image, which suggests making some alteration to the actual image content.

I agree with Colin, but it's certainly confusing that CodeWeavers chose Wine 3.14 (Development) when the 3.0.3 (Stable) was released shortly after and well before the final release of Crossover 18..0. My guess; and it is purely a guess, is that the reasoning behind settling on one specific version t...

According to information received from CodeWeavers, the version of Wine embedded in Crossover 18 is 3.14 (i.e. from the Wine Development Branch).

Also in Crossover Support Forum: https://www.codeweavers.com/support/for ... msg=211091

Mervyn

Found this at last after some further searching: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/650994/Background-information-on-nationality-v1.0EXT.pdf Much more readable, though it doesn't give explicit answers for every scenario. Lorna's presumptio...

German Legislation: http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_rustag/englisch_rustag.html#p0016 which is still based on the legislation put in place in 1913 UK Naturalisation Info: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/naturalisation-british-citizenship/#8-natur...

No, British (not English) Nationality is not acquired directly through marriage. There's a reasonable, though lengthy, summary here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nationality_law and, of course the issues associated with nationality; and whether or not an individual's nationality "matters'' ...

Back to the OP's original question. The simple answer is "Yes" the proposed method of working with data files stored on an external Drive can and will work. However, there are issues that need to be taken into account: - A reliable and frequent backup system for external drives, as already advised, ...

Mark1834, If you want the UK Version of RootsMagic, it can be downloaded via this link: https://rootsmagic.co.uk/demo/ - The the RootsMagic Essentials (Free) Version is identical to the full version, but If you already have a full licence purchased direct from the RootsMagic Site, simply enter the L...

Victor, You weren't caught out by the Windows 10 1809 Update bug were you? That was randomly deleting user files on some systems when the update was performed and Microsoft quickly withdrew the update when they confirmed the problem to prevent further issues. Some people have reported that HP Comput...

I suspect that the debate on what to substitute for a non-existent surname will have you and everyone else 'arguing' round and round in ever decreasing circles until we all disappear up our own trouser legs! And the final answer will have to be "Choose whatever works for you". i.e. Immediate difficu...

All 'Hints' systems use some form of 'fuzzy logic' which tend to give a broad range of 'matches' depending on the fuzziness of the logic! They are generally designed to just provide Hints on possibilities to check; and not definitive answers. FMP would have to provide details of how their system has...

Colin,

Also testing the 18 Beta 2 Version and everything seems as before. Doesn't seem to be much info. on what's actually changed in Crossover, but presumably it's using a more recent version of WINE plus some necessary tweaks for MacOS Mojave.

Mervyn

@OcalaDick,

if you have questions about the use of FTAnalyzer you need to direct them to the author - see links provided in the opening message on this thread.

I believe the key to getting any 'advisory guidelines' appropriate and accurate is that they have to clearly reflect the level of authority and responsibility the 'advisory body' carries. It is difficult for FHUG guidelines to be prescriptive about information requirements except where a User's ques...

Not at all surprised that some format problems were experienced when viewing a complex RTF file in Word, i.e. a document with many footnotes, or graphics etc. The thing that needs to be appreciated is that although RTF is a proprietary standard developed by Microsoft for the interchange of rich text...

Simonides, Try this for some introductory guidance on UK Census Forms etc. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/census-records/#6-places-in-the-census Interpreting Census Places can sometimes be problematic, but less so in the example you quote, i.e I would inte...

This is a fairly standard Windows Error Message, so the first question is the obvious one. Have you thoroughly checked the details of the 'path' that the error message says does not exist?

If personal website space with PHP and MySQL is available, another option could be webtrees - https://www.webtrees.net/index.php/en/

Mervyn