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by victor
07 May 2020 10:55
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Linking a fact to an html file
Replies: 7
Views: 5670

Re: Linking a fact to an html file

You can try doing a right click and see what the menu shows. If the list includes taking a screen shot use the curor to cover the area of the shot you want then prompt copy and open it on a photo software. I do this all the time including FreeBMD details on ancestry and post the image as a media fil...
by victor
30 Apr 2020 21:42
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Function to split text strings in to parts (not commas)
Replies: 10
Views: 4706

Re: Function to split text strings in to parts (not commas)

An example of what I use
1891 RG12-0931_Fo-027_Page-05

Fo is the Folio number
I do it this way for all the census years

Victor
by victor
03 Mar 2020 21:10
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Connect two people
Replies: 9
Views: 5880

Re: Connect two people

The reason I put (Baker) is simply because she married a Smith and this would separate the two children assuming they both have different fathers. When more details are available then changes can be made
by victor
03 Mar 2020 17:51
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Connect two people
Replies: 9
Views: 5880

Re: Connect two people

Leaving the surname blank won't help much as there could be many other blank surnames. Whether Sue had been married or not but the surname with brackets (Baker) that way you will find her if you find she had been married and know her maiden name or if Mary was found to be illegimate just remove the ...
by victor
03 Mar 2020 17:06
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Connect two people
Replies: 9
Views: 5880

Re: Connect two people

I would describe the children as half siblings. Mary Baker could be the illegimate child of Sue. If that be the case then Sue's maiden name will be Baker. A birth certificate for Mary or her baprism details will see is Sue had been married before or if she is illegitimate
by victor
24 Jan 2020 11:15
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Importing media from a PC
Replies: 4
Views: 3537

Re: Importing media from a PC

I prefer the displays to be shown vertically because when I do a narrative report and print it the images will cover a page and will be readable. If these are printed horizontally they are squeezed to fit the width of the page. If I want to view the image on my computer I just open them on my softwa...
by victor
09 Jan 2020 17:35
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: RootsWeb [FHU] Mailing List to end
Replies: 8
Views: 7330

Re: RootsWeb [FHU] Mailing List to end

I too am an admin on rootsweb and recived the message about it ending. To be honest I had completely forgotten about my rootsweb group. That was simply because no messages were posted to it for years. I don't think anyone who was on it wouldn't miss it
by victor
08 Dec 2019 22:46
Forum: Research
Topic: GRO Death Index now upto 2017
Replies: 10
Views: 8051

Re: GRO Death Index now upto 2017

In Ancestry Births go up to 2007 and marriages to 2005

Victor
by victor
11 Oct 2019 21:41
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Splitting my husband's side of the family away from mine
Replies: 20
Views: 10446

Re: Splitting my husband's side of the family away from mine

Any children you have will be directly related toyour husbands ancestors. Do you want to deny them from knowing who they are?
by victor
27 Sep 2019 13:16
Forum: General Usage
Topic: All addresses in an area
Replies: 5
Views: 4388

Re: All addresses in an area

If you thypr an address on the search browser youmay find t will come up at the address you are looking for. Just bear in mind many old addresses have disappeared over the years
by victor
04 Jul 2019 10:40
Forum: Web Site Usage
Topic: Problem with notifications
Replies: 10
Views: 8619

Re: Problem with notifications

I get notifications by email like everyone else but I never press the link. I goto my browser where I have a FHUG tab and open that tab. it lists all the notifications I have to read. I then start reading them

Victor
by victor
04 Jun 2019 20:03
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Backing Up
Replies: 5
Views: 4056

Re: Backing Up

Once you have done a Project back up and if you had some previous back ups do delete the old ones you don't need as they take up space on your hard drive.

Victor
by victor
15 May 2019 22:31
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: Living "over the brush!"
Replies: 4
Views: 4196

Re: Living "over the brush!"

My great grandmother had an illegitimate child (my grandfather) he was baptised with his mother's maiden name. On my tree I left his father's name out. That is is mother is the only name listed and the normal spuses name is blank. His mother later married Charles Markham and they had children. This ...
by victor
05 Apr 2019 10:13
Forum: Importing
Topic: Technical Question on Generations 5.2
Replies: 16
Views: 10857

Re: Technical Question on Generations 5.2

If you ever back up FH Projects on your PC do delete the old versions otherwise your hard drive will soon be full.
Backing up does not automatically replace the previous back ups

Victor
by victor
03 Apr 2019 14:56
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: File organisation in Windows
Replies: 22
Views: 12346

Re: File organisation in Windows

Forget what I said about FH files. I only mention that under that as particular subject. FH is just one folder. I have a whole list of other bolders under different subjects and these are divided into sub folders, similar to what i have done in my FH folder. By doing this I know where things are and...
by victor
03 Apr 2019 11:33
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: File organisation in Windows
Replies: 22
Views: 12346

Re: File organisation in Windows

Maybe I misunderstood the topic. One asked how they organise files and I was simply stating how I organie files and made special pointes when it came to FH Project. When it comes to surnames I have one file for each surname so I know where the details are. Thatis details of the person I have added t...
by victor
03 Apr 2019 09:39
Forum: Genealogy News
Topic: File organisation in Windows
Replies: 22
Views: 12346

Re: File organisation in Windows

This is what I have done for my family files. Under Family Historian Projects folder I have a sub folder called Family Information Under this sub folder I have separate folders with the surnames of those on my family tree, not only their surnames but also certificates with sub folders for Births, Ba...
by victor
13 Mar 2019 23:31
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Mapping Issue
Replies: 7
Views: 5123

Re: Mapping Issue

As far as the UK is concerned always add the county. There are similar named places in different counties. Any places in Yorkshire one needs to add whether it is East, West of North Yorkshire, As an example there is Scalby in North Yorkshire (it is north of Scarborough) there is also Scalby in East ...
by victor
03 Mar 2019 22:16
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Delete unnamed person
Replies: 12
Views: 7481

Re: Delete unnamed person

I note the name in the box linked to the yellow box is Poulsen. You can put the name //(Poulsen) as the wife That will appear in the yellow box until you find the name. I do this all the time

Victor
by victor
25 Feb 2019 23:12
Forum: General Usage
Topic: PDF report with blank page 1
Replies: 9
Views: 5587

Re: PDF report with blank page 1

If you save the file in RTF format you can open the file and save it in any format you choose. A drop down list appears for you to pick in Word.
Once you have done that you can edit it, which you can't do in PDF (depends on where you get this from).
by victor
01 Nov 2018 00:07
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Naturalisation
Replies: 13
Views: 9170

Re: Naturalisation

Thanks for your replies on this. It has enlightened me on the past and I hope others too so we all have to bear in mind what to put on their FH details

I will ask the great grandson of the woman in question. He was the one who sent me details of her naturalisation application.

Victor
by victor
30 Oct 2018 23:21
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Naturalisation
Replies: 13
Views: 9170

Re: Naturalisation

I am talking about an English woman who married a German in King's Lynn in 1885. Once she married him she became a German even though she never lived in Germany. They ran a business in Hull and are listed in all the appropriate census's When her husband died she applied for naturalisation in 1923. J...
by victor
28 Oct 2018 20:24
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Naturalisation
Replies: 13
Views: 9170

Re: Nationalisation

Sorry my error I originally wrote naturalisation but then changed it. Just thought I would mention this to make others aware of such a marriage making the 'home' person the nationality of the immigrant. Come to think of it, if the wife was German she then have become English after marrying her Engli...
by victor
28 Oct 2018 17:50
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Naturalisation
Replies: 13
Views: 9170

Naturalisation

We all, well most of us do, know about nationalisation I learned something new a few days ago. In 1875 an English wife, born in King's Lynn, married a German, born in Hamburg, in England. They lived here and brought up a family. They are all listed in the census years. They never lived in Germany. W...
by victor
28 Oct 2018 17:33
Forum: General Usage
Topic: Structuring your project
Replies: 5
Views: 6356

Re: Structuring your project

I agree with what has been said here. I have 77,000 on my tree!
Obviously not all directly related to me but it just takes One who is not marrying one who is then the rerlationship of that part changes.

Victor