Family Historian User Group

Hi Jane, Not being technical I can only speculate on the time and effort involved in the new format - I'm sure it's more than substantial. My age will likely be showing if I say I find the new format a bit overwhelming and a bit too bright. I'm sure with some use it will become easier to navigate. B...

Yes, Tatewise's suggestion that a 'find duplicates button' that would cover all record types would be a big help. Always appreciate his input as it is on the mark.

Hope Simon is paying SOME attention to the wish list and the conversations here.

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Explaining 'verify before entry'.  Actually what Family Tree Maker USED to do was: I enter John Smith I enter b. 1838 - FTM sees I have a John Smith b. 1838 and asks 'is the John Smith b. 1838 in New York State'.  So now I realize that this COULD be a duplicate and go to my index and realize that it...

Sort of - but not really.  My wish is to verify before entry.  Yes, one can have many John Smiths to pick from - or not - but just asking 'is this the John Smith b. 1838' should be easy to put in the program.  I don't use diagrams to connect people - not with almost 40,000 in the database.  As the d...

Yes, I know - we've been through this before - several times. And I know there is a plug in to find duplicate names. HOWEVER - WHY do we have to get the duplicate names in the first place?  I just went through another one of those - same two people - names and dates close enough that it could have b...

Since my early known ancestor was b. in 1586 d. 1655 and had 14 children between two wives, I now have almost 40,000 in my database. They mostly tended to have VERY large families for several generations. Early on they also frequently married into the same families so that did some expansion also. W...

Have been getting messages from Norton re high usage with FH running.

Any idea why this would be? I have a large database - would that be the reason?

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Where is FH 5.09?

I have FH 5.07 - checked for updates and get the message that I have the latest version.

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I am soon to get a new computer that will have Windows 8 which already will be quite a change from my current operating system.  Now I'm concerned that I may have problems with FH 5 and Windows 8. Hopefully there will be solutions to any that come up????[confused] Is there another update from FH 5.0...

Forgot to mention that I have V 5.0.6!

Confused again re pool numbers. I have just added a number of individuals, mainly Dawsons, who are NOT related to my file root, Elijah Washington Sherwood, directly. 'No direct relationship found between Mary Harriet DAWSON and Elijah Washington SHERWOOD. Mary Harriet DAWSON is cousin of Adelbert Wi...

Thanks Bill.

I ran the 'Search for Orphans' Query and was then able to go to Configure Columns which gave me the option of 'Load From Query'.

Have a large database and ended up with 108 pools; only 213 not in Pool 1!

Appreciate the input!

Have just read these notes on pool numbers.  Have looked in the help section and did not find a way to activate this.  What am I missing here?

There always seems to be another item that has escaped me!

Thanks Jane for the suggestions.  Don't think either would work very easily as I have some 35,000 folks in the database.  Used the line of ascent query and filled in the rest of what I needed on a spread sheet.

Would be SO much easier to have a FH report with the format as mentioned.  

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I'm trying to prepare a simple ancestor listing for a number of individual relatives who have the same end ancestor but different parents. What I want to have included would look something like the following - only with ancestors not descendants: Descendants of John Drew       John DREW (1724-1819) ...

Jane mentioned V5.0.1 upgrade - I've just did the 'check for updates' and got the message 5.0 is the latest.

Am I missing something here as I don't see anything on this website re any current upgrades other than Jane's remark.

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Have just gone through all the report types again, chose - format - installation settings and, as Tatewise indicated, all turned up as mostly Times New Roman????? So, no longer see weird spacing as before - good deal. Can only chalk this up to early dementia on my part - or, perhaps, gremlins in the...

I rarely have reason to put my data into any report format.  Occasionally I send a descendant outline or similar report to a relative or someone doing research in my line . So it is that I have just experimented with the various report formats to 'give them a look'. I have also compared what I see w...

Not sure how your situation occurred but it sort of says AGAIN, that it would be nice, REALLY NICE, if FH 5 had the capability of asking 'is this the same John Jones that you already have in the file'.  It could save SO much unnessary duplication. I've heard the reasons why some folks don't think th...

Perhaps should be in the Wish List BUT has been two times. I was really hoping that the following would be in FH 5 as it seems to me to be a fundamentally useful thing; Duplicate Name Warning  Posted on: 11/29/10 at 03:10:08 GMT   ---------------------------------------------------------------------...

I'm about to install FH v.5 but get a message saying: Standard diagrams, standard text schemes and standard reports will be updated.  If you have made any modifications to standard items such as these, and if you wish to preseve them, you should cancel now and save the standard items as custom items...

I have yet to receive my V5 - hoping TWR will be sending it ASAP. Previously didn't think to ask if my full V5 will install separately or will it overwrite my 4.1.3?  Seems all previous updated versions were overwrites?? And why is that? Should be able to use two fully paid for versions if that suit...

PULEEZE Simon, Those of us stateside are already in suspense waiting the release of the 1940 U.S. Census - UNINDEXED!!! Add to that the prospect of adapting to new features in FH 5 - we are all heading for a nervous breakdown. Spare us additional 'freak out' time and let us know the release date at ...

A bit late - or right on time - to wish all those who contribute so much to this forum a very happy holiday season.  Don't know what us novices would do without Jane and Tatewise to keep us from REALLY goofing up. Looking forward to V.5 - and hope it doesn't totally confuse us now that we 'sort of' ...

Thanks again to Jane and Tatewise my sanity, AND my media, have been restored! Hopefully I will never get my file structure messed up again.



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