V8 – Page 5 – Family Historian User Group

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Family Historian Copy and Migration Guide: This page describes the process for copying or migrating (version 5 upwards) from one PC to another
Family Historian Documentation: Family Historian comes with a variety of helpful documentation, for people who are already users and for people considering buying the software
Family Historian Installation Advice: The installation and upgrade information on the Family Historian website is the place to go for definitive information on installing and upgrading as the program authors have a complete guide that answers the majority of the questions
Family Historian Installation and Start-up Problems: This article covers problems installing , and problems that stop it starting or running properly once it’s installed
Family Historian Licence Problems: This article covers licence and activation problems
Family Historian Mobile: Family Historian Mobile is a free companion app for 8 that puts your project on your phone, to browse rather than edit
Family Historian Plugins: Plugins allow new features to be added without upgrading Family Historian itself
Family Historian Program Data Folder: Family Historian () stores its customisations and settings in sub-folders within a system data folder that was created when was installed
Family Historian Records Window custom settings comparing Rootsmagic 10: The ability to view your genealogy data in a spreadsheet format is invaluable in any family history program
Family Historian User Group: FHUG is an user operated and supported site providing help and advice for the Family Historian () software package
Family Historian Zoom Group: The Family Historian Zoom Group aims: To help members understand how to use the many features of Family Historian To help members learn how to research and validate their Family History To look at ways to assist in the recording of information by using additional programmes, e
Family List by Record ID: Lists all Families on file by the Family Record ID, showing Husband, Wife, Marriage Date & Place, number of Children attached to the family, and Automated and Custom ID’s
Family Photograph and Source Media Management: An in depth look at media management in Family Historian V7.
Family Records: This is what Family Historian has to say about Family records: Family records store information about families, and store links to all the Individuals who make up the family
Family Tree Tips ~ Alter CSS Default Styles: The default font for every page is defined in the fhstyle
Family Tree Tips ~ Diagram Hyperlinks PDF: An alternative way of navigating the website is to create a Family Historian Diagram PDF file, where each Individual Box has a Hyperlink to the person’s Web Page
Family Tree Tips ~ Set Page Background: The default background for every page is defined in the fhstyle
Family Tree Tips ~ Text Field URL Hyperlinks: It is possible to include any Internet URL in any text field within your Family Historian data
Fancy Fan Chart (About.com): Family Historian V5 only Fan Chart built on a tree design from About
Female Lines with Generation Numbers: Gives all descendants of a selected woman who has an exclusively maternal line, for example for DNA testing preparation
FH Mailing List: If you prefer to use a mailing list to seek help, Calico Pie provide one at Family Historian at Groups
Find Distant Relations: Asks for two people and gives a list of anyone who has a relationship with both of them (including via spouses)
Find Individuals with Notes: Find all People with Notes: May be used to create a Named List from the Query, then you can delete People from this List as you action the Notes
Find Individuals with Similar Names: This simple query produces a list of all people whose first and last names begin the same way
Finding Lost Projects, Backups and GEDCOM Files: 8 can search your PC for projects, backup files and standalone GEDCOM files
Finding Records Linked to a Source: It can be very useful to see the records linked to a single source
Finding Where Records are Used: There are many ways that the various can be linked together as illustrated in the Formal Database Structure
Fixing Dates and Date Phrases: Many other programs allow arbitrary formats for dates, that Family Historian will often interpret as Date Phrases, which can easily be recognised as they are shown in quotation marks
Flag Living: This query attempts to flag all persons living in a file
Focus Window Colours: Customising the Focus Window using the Colours option
Formal Database Structure: Family Historian () uses the GEDCOM data structure for its records, which is similar to many other genealogy products
Forum Usage: The FHUG Forums allow you to ask questions about Family Historian, Ancestral Sources, Genealogy Research, and many other subjects, but a little knowledge about how to use them will help you get the most from them
Free Form Sources: 8 adds a third kind of source, alongside generic and templated
Freeform Citation Source Templates: If you cite your evidence outside Family Historian, for example to record your citation in a research log, then you may be looking for a simple way to paste it into FH but still have it appear as a footnote in reports
French Autotext for Ancestral Sources: EN: French version of autotext for ancestral sources
Gedcom: What is GEDCOM? GEDCOM is a “standard” format devised by the Church of the Latter Day Saints to support GEnealogical Data COMmunication of family history records
GEDCOM Source Fields: If you’re creating a source in Family Historian V6 and below, or a Generic Source in Version 7 or 8, you have a small number of fields with which to identify the source: Title This uniquely identifies the source within your project, for example: Birth Certificate of James Smith born 15th Aug 1873, Clerkenwell, […]
Generations/Living Icons: Two sets of icons: – Generation description (Root Individual, Root Couple, Child, Grandchild, Great x 1 – 7 Grandchild)
Geocoding and the Map Window: Geocoding is the process of associating geographical co-ordinates (latitude and longitude) with place and/or address information
Getting Ready to Print Diagrams: When you open any Diagram, Family Historian will be getting ready to print it, but it’s not always the best at optimising the amount of paper required
Getting Started: If you are coming to Family Historian from another genealogy computer program you may want to start by reviewing Key Features for Newcomers and then the specific advice for migrating from your old program
Getting Started with Ancestral Sources: Most of the information that is added to a file originates from one of just a few types of documents, namely birth, marriage and death certificates, church baptisms, marriages and burials, and census records
Grab the Web (Save Media & Text direct from Web to FH via Drag & Drop or Copy & Paste): Subscription sites like Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast, etc
Handling Renumbered Record IDs after Import: Sometimes when importing GEDCOM from other programs the Record IDs get renumbered sequentially from 1, but you may wish that they are retained unchanged
Handling Uncategorised Data Fields: does not recognise as its own GEDCOM , but have been retained for review, typically following the load of a GEDCOM file created by another application
Historical Date Formats: At various periods of time and in different places, dates have been expressed in a format other than the day-month-year or month-day-year format we’re all accustomed to; nor has the calendar always flowed smoothly and steadily — there are instances where a number of days were ‘skipped’ when a country adjusted its calendar
How Related – Between 2 Individuals: “How Related” is a query that gives the relationship(s) between two selected individuals (“Starting Person” and “Ending Person”)
How to Customise or Print Records Window or Named List Columns: The columns in the Records Window (and Named Lists) can be customised to suit the user’s preferences
How to Display How Two People are Related: The simplest way to display how two people on your tree are related is to use
How to Enter a Cremation: On the Details/Main tab of the Property Box Dialogue Burials are shown, but Cremations are not