Introduction
Follow these instructions to restore Ancestral Sources and Family Historian to their original state.
They are based on very old versions of Ancestral SourcesSource: "where information was found". This could be anything from an archive in a county records office, a book, or even a relative's recorded recollection. Citing your Sources helps to show how you reached a particular conclusion about an Individual. and Family Historian, so do not include some of the features that are now available such as templated sourcesFamily Historian Version 7 introduced the ability to define sources using 'Source Templates' to aid precision and consistency in entering source-identifying information. and rich-text. Videos that refer to those new features are available on the Ancestral Sources Videos page.
Restore Ancestral Sources
To restore Ancestral Sources, use Tools > Restore A.S. Options… and then locate and Open the AS Options Backup.xml file backed up originally.
Ancestral Sources will then close, and when next run will use the restored settings.
Restore Family Historian
To restore Family Historian Version 4.1 (or later) perform the following steps:
- Delete the entire Family Historian Sample ProjectA Project is a Windows folder, created by Family Historian, which contains all your Family Tree information recorded in Family Historian. Normally located in the Documents\Family Historian Projects folder. folder from within the Family Historian Projects master folder, or use File > Project Window…, folowed by the More Tasks… button and Delete Project… option.
- Delete any downloaded image file(s) from your usual family history working folder, such as:
1901_RG13_0603_052_10.jpg
1897-06-07 CHILDS Marriage.jpg - Use File > Project Window… followed by the More Tasks… button , then Samples then Reset Sample Project and accept the prompts to recreate the sample project. This project can be used for any experimental use of either Family Historian or Ancestral Sources without risk to your main project, and can easily be reset.