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    Ancestral Sources
    Ancestral Sources (AS) is an application, designed by Nick Walker, to be used in conjunction with Family Historian () to allow faster and more convenient creation of source records with census events, BMD events, occupation attributes, and other facts linked to the sources, and the ability to easily link multimedia images
    Ancestral Sources Acknowledgements and Disclaimers
    Copyright Notice Ancestral Sources is copyright © Nick Walker and is currently only made available through the Family Historian User Group
    Ancestral Sources auto-text Templates for Marriages and Banns
    These are some alternate Ancestral Sources auto-text templates that make use of the Rich Text tables to format the output more like the forms found in the pre-printed Parish Records
    Ancestral Sources Census Source Conversion
    How to use the Census Source Conversion facilities introduced in Ancestral Sources 7
    Ancestral Sources Migration Guide
    It is becoming likely that someday you will update Windows or buy a new PC and need to re-install Ancestral Sources (AS)
    Ancestral Sources Template ~ Baptism Auto-Text
    Ancestral Sources offers Auto-Text Templates that allow transcripts to be customised
    Ancestral Sources Template ~ Census Canada 1906, 1916 & 1921
    Because of the rapidly increasing populations in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta the Canadian government conducted interim censuses in 1906 and 1916
    Ancestral Sources Template ~ Census Canada 1926 (Prairies)
    This is an Ancestral Sources Template for the Canadian Census 1926 (Prairies), produced by Gary_G
    Ancestral Sources Template ~ Census Isle of Man and Wales 1901-1911
    These templates add the Manx Language and Welsh Language columns to the standard UK Census grid for 1901 and 1911
    Ancestral Sources Template ~ Census Norway 1801-1910
    These templates are for the Norwegian Census years 1801, 1865, 1875, 1891, 1900 and 1910
    Ancestral Sources Template ~ Census Scotland 1841-1911
    Scottish census templates for 1841-1911
    Ancestral Sources Template ~ Census USA 1790-1950
    These templates are variants of the USA Census for almost every decade from 1790 to 1950
    Ancestral Sources Template ~ Census USA Arizona 1882
    This template is a variant of the USA Census for the State of Arizona for 1882
    Ancestral Sources Template ~ Census USA Iowa 1846-1925
    These templates are variants of the USA Census for the State of Iowa for 1846, 1847, 1849, 1852, 1854, 1856, and each decade from 1885 to 1925, including a short format variant for 1905
    Ancestral Sources Template ~ Census USA Kansas 1875-1925
    These templates are variants of the USA Census for the State of Kansas for each decade from 1875 to 1925
    Ancestral Sources Template ~ Census USA Minnesota 1865-1905
    These templates are variants of the USA Census for the State of Minnesota for each decade from 1865 to 1905
    Ancestral Sources Template ~ Census USA New York 1915
    This template is a variant of the USA Census for the State of New York for 1915
    Ancestral Sources Template ~ Census USA Washington 1883-1889
    These templates are variants of the USA Census for the State of Washington for 1883, 1885, 1887 & 1889
    Ancestral Sources Template ~ Census USA Wisconsin 1895 & 1905
    These templates are variants of the USA Census for the State of Wisconsin for 1895 & 1905
    Ancestral Sources Template ~ Electoral Register UK
    These templates allow UK Electoral Register records to be captured using the Census data entry mode of Ancestral Sources
    Ancestral Sources Template ~ Marriage Auto-Text
    Ancestral Sources offers Auto-Text Templates that allow transcripts to be customised
    Ancestral Sources Tutorial ~ Configure Initial Settings
    The Ancestral Sources tutorials require the following settings to be established in order to operate correctly
    Ancestral Sources Tutorial ~ Enter Baptism Facts
    This tutorial illustrates the fundamental features of capturing a Baptism Record and adding its details to your Family Historian database
    Ancestral Sources Tutorial ~ Enter Census Facts
    This tutorial illustrates the fundamental features of capturing a Census Record and adding its details to your Family Historian database
    Ancestral Sources Tutorial ~ Enter Marriage Facts
    This tutorial illustrates the fundamental features of capturing a Marriage Record using Ancestral Sources and adding its details to your Family Historian database
    Ancestral Sources Tutorial ~ Restore Original Settings
    Follow these instructions to restore Ancestral Sources and Family Historian to their original state
    Ancestral Sources Tutorial ~ Working With Options
    The tutorials for entering facts all focus on the default installation settings of Ancestral Sources, which for many users will be fine, but there are numerous options that allow you to customise how things work
    Ancestral Sources Tutorial ~ Working With Templates
    The tutorials for entering facts all focus on the default installation templates of Ancestral Sources, which for many users will be fine, but the templates offer ways to customise how certain features work
    Ancestral Sources Tutorial ~ Working With Tools
    In addition to entering facts, there are a variety of other tools for manipulating your GEDCOM database
    Ancestral Sources Version History
    The most recent version of Ancestral Sources is v7
    Ancestral Sources Videos
    These videos have been produced by the author of Ancestral Sources, Nick Walker
    Ancestry to FH7
    This video details the process of downloading a family tree from Ancestry and importing into Family Historian
    Associated Persons
    This adds a custom Assoc tab for Associated Persons to the Individual Property Box
    Automatic Source Citation
    Automatic Source Citation is a very powerful tool to ensure you remember to cite Sources for all your conclusions
    Automatic Source Citation
    Using the auto source citation function
    Backup and Recovery
    Every computer user needs a strategy for making backup copies of their precious data
    Baptism or Birth
    This fact set includes three attributes allowing you to save the occupation of the father at a child’s baptism, the family’s address at the baptism and the address of the informant at a child’s birth as recorded on the birth certificate (useful when a family member other than mother or father)
    Baptism or Christening
    The GEDCOM Standard supports both Baptism and Christening and so does Family Historian, additionally it also may show both the Baptism and Christening fields on the detail tab of the Property Box Dialogue, and this can lead to some confusion as to which to use
    Basic Male and Female Icons
    Very basic icons for male and female
    Bilko Icons
    This is a set of Icons to represent some of the main occupations found on the England & Wales Census, plus the Army, Navy & RAF
    Bilko Icons 2
    This is another set of Icons partnering bilko icons
    Birth Details
    This query has use in tidying up gaps in the data file
    Birth Marr Death Age at Death
    Based on the standard Birth, Marriage, Death Text Scheme with the addition of the Age at Death (if defined in the Age field within the Death event) and also with a Flag Condition to not display if the person has a Living record flag set
    Blank Death Finder
    Lists all people who have a Death Event which does not contain a Date or Place
    BMD – Census Check
    Lists all individuals in a project (plus a few other details) and any BMD entries, indicating whether an entry exists and if there is some missing information (e
    BMD – Checklist
    Lists the Date & Place for the Birth, Baptism, Marriage, Death & Burial of every individual
    BMD – Estimated Dates
    It extracts everyone where any of the BMD dates contains one of the following: (estimated) or (approx
    BMD – Events without Sources
    This query lists Individuals who have at least one BMD Event with no supporting Source
    BMD Certificate and Parish Record Enhanced MetaFile (EMF) Icons
    These are a few EMF icons I have created using InkScape, to replace some old BMP ones I used pre-7
    Born After Date and Still Living
    This query seeks to identify all those individuals who were, or may have been, born after an entered Cut Off Date, and who are, are estimated to be, or who might be, still alive