Some Plugins perform intensive repetitive operations, which on a large database in excess of 10,000 Individuals, may take a long time or need large amounts of memory
This is based on the standard Search For Orphans Query, but only lists records that have no Family as Child and no Family as Spouse information recorded
This article describes the features that allow custom URL bookmarks to be added and edited to provide shortcuts for opening and searching Internet websites
There are times when a Query is overkill — you simply want, for example, to locate a single individual in your data, or to find all occurrences of a particular phrase, or to replace instances of a word
Silence Deletion Sound To mute the sound associated with many deletions, follow these steps: Open the Sound control panel using one of these methods: Use Windows 11 > Start > Settings > System > Sound > More Sound Settings Use Windows 10 > Start > Settings > System > Sound > Sound control panel In […]
Creating a single page PDF can be a great way to send large diagrams to a Print Company to obtain A2 or larger charts without reverting to sticky tape or glue
As you work with Family Historian, you will come to realise exactly how customisable it is, and Facts are no exception; here are four very simple ways to make it easier to work with Facts
The Help File introduces Sort Dates as “Family Historian now supports sort dates, which are an optional mechanism for specifying how different dates should be sorted, relative to one another, where this is not determined by the date on its own or by other methods
When you enter children of a marriage, Family Historian will retain the order of entry unless you tell it different; it does not automatically adjust the order, if each child Birth or Marriage is entered with a Date
Sources are an essential part of recording the results of your Genealogy research; they help you, and others, understand how you reached a particular conclusion — and where you might be mistaken
Special Records are the three record types provided as part of the GEDCOM Specification, which are usually only of significance to members of the LDS church
This is covered in the manual Getting the Most From Family Historian in either Chapter 14 – Merging, Comparing and Splitting Tree Files or in later editions Chapter 15 – Compare, Merge, Split, Copy and Export GEDCOM Files
Most reports are organised as tabulated, indented, or simple lists, but Narrative Reports employ Narrative Report Fact Sentence Templates to produce natural language sentences
A Family Historian source-template collection that implements (as far as possible) the citation framework set out in the Stripped Bare Guide: Citing and Using History Sources by Elizabeth Shown Mills
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This custom query finds all Individuals that match a particular “Surname” parameter, and lists Spouse, Father, Mother, Birth Date, and Birth Place (where known) for each person
Many people will install Family Historian on 2 PCs, which is allowed by the terms of the licence: The Software must not be installed on more than one computer terminal at any one time, except that you may install it onto 2 computers (and no more than 2) if both computers are owned and […]
Creating directory junctions within Windows provides a mechanism whereby selected features, including plugins, queries, and fact sets, can be synchronised automatically between multiple PCs
Many users upload copies of their family tree to web-based genealogy platforms, both for public visibility and convenient searching of the platform’s records
The Fact Set creates a Custom Attribute in which the Note field holds labelled details of Work In Progress or Research To Do for the associated Individual
This technique creates a Custom Attribute in which the Note field holds labelled details of Work In Progress or Research To Do for the associated Individual; and a dedicated custom Property Box Tab provides a convenient shortcut to create, access, and update these details
Data References refer to items of data held within Records, and are used within Expressions that occur most commonly in: Queries to specify Columns, Filters (Rows in 7 and earlier), and Titles Diagram Text Schemes to define the content of Diagram Boxes Diagram > Options > Boxes > Conditions to define box style Reports […]
These are an advanced feature of Family Historian, and occur in a variety of contexts where it is needed to extract and/or act on and/or compare data values
These are an advanced feature of Family Historian, and are used within Expressions that occur most commonly in: Queries to specify Columns, Filters (Rows in 7 and earlier), and Titles Diagram Text Schemes to define the content of Diagram Boxes Diagram > Options > Boxes > Conditions to define box style since V4 Reports […]