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by TimM
30 Mar 2006 17:28
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Override Text
Replies: 4
Views: 2938

Override Text

In V2 we had a very easy way to override text in a diagram whereby you could overtype most, if not all, text with some temporary alternative, (re page 70 of the old manual). With V3, the manual (still page 70) talks about using a Record Flag and setting a condition in the text scheme. Could this be ...
by TimM
04 Mar 2006 10:21
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Google Earth placemarks.
Replies: 16
Views: 6970

Google Earth placemarks.

Hi, This might help, but I'm afraid it's not quite Google Earth. If you can extract your birth places with a query, then you should be able to populate a map (uk and most of Europe) with your birth places if you have Autoroute. Have a look at my article in: Articles>Editorials>Populate a map with al...
by TimM
24 Feb 2006 17:02
Forum: News and Announcements
Topic: Update on Version 3
Replies: 17
Views: 9243

Update on Version 3

I'm hoping Calico Pie will be updating their website soon with some screen shots to show off their new unique features and whet everyone's appetite.
Hopefully that would then herald the availability of V3!
by TimM
03 Feb 2006 16:01
Forum: Gedcom Census (closed)
Topic: Possible Trojan horse re
Replies: 12
Views: 7815

Possible Trojan horse re

I also had my McAfee virus programme report a trojan, and it deleted Gedcomcensus.exe yesterday, quite out of the blue. It must be the first time I have had McAfee report a virus. (I'm not in the habit of acquiring viruses!) So, like Autobyke, I was somewhat surprised by this. I thought it was unlik...
by TimM
13 Jan 2006 19:30
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Unable to load object.
Replies: 2
Views: 1727

Unable to load object.

I have just had some large (A0) charts scanned as tiff files by a bureau. On inserting one of the files, I get the message “Unable to load object” in the windows pane where the picture should show. The other files were fine, but this one won’t load the picture, although it does create a multimedia r...
by TimM
26 Oct 2005 09:59
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Source/citations and additional data.
Replies: 2
Views: 1304

Source/citations and additional data.

Suppose you come across the year of birth of an ancestor, old Joe Bloggs, from say, a family chart or a gravestone. You add the year to your F.H. data, create a source for where the year came from and cite it in the birth event. Some time later you find Joe Bloggs’s birth date and place, from a birt...
by TimM
23 Oct 2005 11:45
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Records with no sources
Replies: 11
Views: 6298

Records with no sources

If the differences between ‘birth source’ and ‘record source’ are a little confusing, I find the individual’s ‘record source’ vs. ‘name source’ very confusing.
Neither of them seems to be life events, so when/how and for what are they usually used for (or can be used for)?
by TimM
22 Oct 2005 10:30
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Where do I go to find these?
Replies: 7
Views: 3842

Where do I go to find these?

Many thanks for your help guys. The London Gazzette supplements proved very useful, they have given me virtually the whole army career of at least one relation. However, I had hoped that the question might have been answered with the identity of the record repository for OBEs, DSOs, Knighthoods, etc...
by TimM
19 Oct 2005 10:00
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Where do I go to find these?
Replies: 7
Views: 3842

Where do I go to find these?

Can anybody help in pointing me in the right direction to find out more about the following? - 1. A distant ancestor who was reputedly knighted by Queen Elizabeth I. 2. A relation who was awarded an O.B.E. in about 1918-1920. 3. A relation who died in Burma in 1921, we think he might have been a mis...
by TimM
26 Mar 2005 09:17
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Extract residence at a given time
Replies: 2
Views: 1590

Extract residence at a given time

Is it possible to create a query that will extract the residence of all those alive at a given time? Bearing in mind that there may be more than one residence listed for each person and the dates will probably be in the form of a period. This could be quite useful if plotting the locations of where ...
by TimM
25 Mar 2005 21:50
Forum: News and Announcements
Topic: Populate a map with all your ';places';.
Replies: 4
Views: 3949

Populate a map with all your ';places';.

I’ve just made a dramatic discovery!!!! If you have Microsoft AutoRoute (mine is 2002), then you can import all or some of your places and addresses, and provided you have used suitable place descriptions, AutoRoute will add a push pin in the appropriate place on the map. Here’s the procedure for ma...
by TimM
27 Feb 2005 10:12
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Relating items to residence
Replies: 2
Views: 1534

Relating items to residence

I was adding a note to my Gt Grandfather’s residence attribute to say that we have photos of the place when I realized that this note probably applies to the place rather than the person, particularly as it would also relate to other family members living there. I have paintings and photos of places...
by TimM
22 Dec 2004 23:01
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Adding marriage citations manually.
Replies: 3
Views: 2052

Adding marriage citations manually.

I’m a little confused about adding marriage citations manually. From a chart I’ve been given of my family tree, I’ve added all the data into Family Historian. Now I would like to record which data came from this (and other) charts by adding source citations as appropriate. I’ve noticed that a source...
by TimM
14 Dec 2004 17:25
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Auto-citation creates 2 citations.
Replies: 3
Views: 2320

Auto-citation creates 2 citations.

I’ve noticed that when you have Auto-citation enabled and you create a new record as a child or parent, at least two citations are created.
One is linked to: Individual/Name/Source,
The other is linke to: Individual/Source.
Why two?


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by TimM
25 Nov 2004 21:01
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Stitching photos
Replies: 3
Views: 2080

Stitching photos

I’ve got a number of large family trees drawn on A0 sheets which I have photographed in A3 chunks. I’d like to stitch these all together. I’ve got a couple of graphics /photo programmes with stitching tools, but they don’t make any provision for slight differences in scale or orientation. Can anyone...
by TimM
25 Nov 2004 20:58
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Issues with Narrative reports of Custom Events
Replies: 4
Views: 2760

Issues with Narrative reports of Custom Events

I have a number of custom events, one of which is called “Events” which I use to record things like: someone changed their name; someone got knighted; someone became mayor, etc. This wasn’t a problem until Narrative reports came along. The problem is the grammar you get in the sentence. Custom Attri...
by TimM
18 Nov 2004 18:11
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Query to find custom attribute usage
Replies: 2
Views: 1753

Query to find custom attribute usage

Hi, I've got a number of custom attributes and events and want to find where they are being used. I've set up columns in the query window to get the attributes and the associated notes I want. I then tried to set up filters to pick out those fields with text using the operator 'contains text', which...
by TimM
18 Nov 2004 17:54
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: FH2.3 - editing narrative sentences
Replies: 7
Views: 3888

FH2.3 - editing narrative sentences

Hi, There's been talk of being able to edit the text used in the new narrative sentences. I would like to change the wording for specific Events/Attributes. I've looked in the preferences and found the templates, but they are not specific to each event/attribute. I thought I might be on to a winner ...
by TimM
14 Nov 2004 19:18
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Add marked individuals to list
Replies: 2
Views: 1710

Add marked individuals to list

Hi, I was studying one of my diagrams and wanted to make a note of a number of people on it for future reference. Now, you can go around and mark those of interest, but what I would like to have done was to add those marked people to a list. I don't think it can be done at the moment, correct me if ...
by TimM
19 Sep 2004 15:55
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Sub-menu with ‘Add Associated/Alias’ usage.
Replies: 2
Views: 1802

Sub-menu with ‘Add Associated/Alias’ usage.

If you right click on a name in the records window (or in the 'All' tab of the Property Dialog), you get a menu:- if the option ‘Add Miscellaneous’ is then selected, a further sub-menu is presented which starts with ‘Add Submitter’ and finishes with ‘LDS’. There doesn’t seem to be anything telling y...
by TimM
23 Apr 2004 23:03
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Where to deposit all our family research?
Replies: 3
Views: 2199

Where to deposit all our family research?

It goes through my mind occasionally, what to do with all this hard won family data I, and everyone else here has accumulated? What does one do to ensure that future generations, setting out on the quest for family history, won’t have to start all over again, but will be able to locate the work alre...
by TimM
23 Mar 2004 18:13
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Marks amp; colours
Replies: 6
Views: 3856

Marks amp; colours

I'm interested in this 'probable' spouse thing. How do you record probable people, be they spouses, parents or offspring? I've been reluctant to add questionable relations to my database incase I forget that the link is not sound or that if I print a diagram or report for someone, it might be taken ...
by TimM
12 Feb 2004 21:33
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: All instances in text schemes
Replies: 1
Views: 1144

All instances in text schemes

When defining text schemes for diagrams, or fields for queries, would like to be able to specify the listing of all instances of an attribute/event without the necessity of specific instance identifiers. Curently we have to be specific, ie. [1], [2], [3],….. [n].

ID:301
by TimM
12 Feb 2004 21:25
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Diagram box size
Replies: 1
Views: 1146

Diagram box size

There always seems a lot of empty and wasted space in diagram boxes, particularly when more fields are added to the text scheme.
I would like the height of boxes in each generation row to adjust to no more than the height of the box which displays the most lines.


ID:300
by TimM
01 Feb 2004 10:18
Forum: The Lost Posts Archive
Topic: Displaying multiple instances of events in diagram
Replies: 7
Views: 3785

Displaying multiple instances of events in diagram

In the above, the dot in the middle is not what I typed! It was ment to be an asterisk in square brackets.