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Understanding Lua Patterns: A pattern is a formula for matching text strings that conform to some definable criteria (experienced coders need to remember Lua patterns are similar but not identical to regular expressions)
Understanding the Scope of Features: Knowing where Family Historian stores its data and settings on your PC greatly aids routine processes such as backup or future migration/upgrade to a new or additional PC
Unsourced Facts: This query will show all Facts that do not have a Source citation
Upgrading to Family Historian 8: This page describes how to upgrade to Family Historian Version 8 from an earlier version
Used Names: Identifies all individuals where the Name Used field is completed – for use when the first given name cannot be recalled
Using a Text Editor with GEDCOM Files: It may be that you have an item, or multiple entries, that you want removed
Using Ancestral Sources with Family Historian 7: Important Ancestral Sources v7 has been designed to work Family Historian 7 with extensive support for its new features
Using Family Historian to Report Missing Burial Photos: A basic introduction to the power of the Family Historian Query Builder, and also the Search facilities.
Using Icons: An Icon is a small image file that will sit against a box on a diagram
Using Mark and Hide in Diagrams: How to mark and hide individuals in a diagram
Using Named Lists to Mark a Diagram: An animated tutorial on using Named Lists to Mark a Diagram
Using Named Lists to Track Your Research: Named Lists are a valuable tool for planning and tracking research
Using Notes To Track Your Research: There are a number of things to be aware of when using Notes (Note Records) to track your research
Using Plugins in Version 8: This article covers what changes for plugin users in Version 8
Using the Julian and Gregorian Calendars: Use of the Julian and Gregorian calendars is a very complex topic and this article deliberately tries to simplify the topic by missing out a lot of the details
View Both Spouses’ Ancestors in Diagrams: If you select only one Individual Record before viewing an Ancestors Diagram, or Ancestors & Descendants Diagram, or All Relatives Diagram then the Ancestors of only that person are displayed in the Diagram
Visual Tracking of DNA Connections: Track your blood relatives easily through Family Historian diagrams.
Vyger’s Icons: A collection of icons featured in the video: Charting, Dynamic Icon Highlights and Color Coding
WebClean: This query selects people to be excluded from a Family Tree CD or Website by using the option:- SELECT > REMOVE USING QUERY It attempts to list all living people, except descendants of up to 4 individuals, who have granted permission to go public
Wedding Anniversaries: This lists married couple details where there is a wedding date and both partners have no death information
What’s New in Family Historian 8: This is a short tour of the main changes in 8, with links to the Knowledge Base articles that cover each one
What’s New in the Knowledge Base for Version 8: This page records changes made to the Knowledge Base for Family Historian 8
Wills: This download adds a Custom Tab for Wills and Inheritance details, to the Individual Property Box
Wish List: The Family Historian Wish List allows registered Forum members to vote on various wishes for enhancements to
Witness Facts: Family Historian V6 introduced Fact Witnesses, in recognition that there were often more people than just the Principal(s) involved in a Fact
Work with Data: The Work with Data Dialog is used to display and manipulate lists of Places, Addresses, Occupations, Religions, Groups/Castes, National or Tribal Origins, and Source Types
Working with Facts for New Users: Facts are one of the key concepts at the heart of Family Historian; they are how you record the things that happened to, or described, each ancestor (Individual)
Working with Places and Addresses in Version 8: Places and Addresses identify where a Fact happened
Writing and Maintaining Plugins Compatible with Versions 7 and 8: This article is a work in progress
Writing Plugins Compatible With Apple Mac and Linux: There are some key differences in how plugins behave in emulator software for Mac and Linux systems that authors need to be aware of to avoid unexpected effects or application crashes
Wulliam’s Icons: This is my offering of icons in
WW1 Possibles: This is a query to select those Males who were under 50 in 1914 or over 16 by 1918 and may, therefore, have enlisted for Service during World War 1
X Married to Y: Find married couples, where the Name of one Spouse contains the “1st Name” provided, and the Name of the other Spouse contains the “2nd Name” provided
Zim: This application helps manage various genealogical projects that researchers can find themselves jumping between
Zotero: Zotero was developed primarily to assist in writing academic papers – where the quality of the references is one of the major contributors to “Indications of Esteem”