Working with the Internet – Family Historian User Group

Sub Categories

Creating a website (6)
Internet Hints (2)
Internet Searches (1)
Online trees (2)
Synchronising data with the Internet (2)

Build a Website: At some point when researching their family history, many people consider how to put their information online
Create Family Tree CD/DVD or Website Content: The processes for creating either a website or a Family Tree CD/DVD within Family Historian are essentially the same, and are well documented in the Help file
Delete Data for Living People: It is usually necessary to delete the data for living people from your database, before publishing it to a wider audience such as on a website
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 Individual’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
Internet Data Matches: For details see the V6 book “Getting the Most From Family Historian” Chapter 13 Web Search, Web Hints & Web Clipping and also Automatic Internet Data Matching plus What is Automatic Internet Data Matching and FH V6
Search the Internet Bookmarks: This article describes the features that allow custom URL bookmarks to be added and edited to provide shortcuts for opening and searching Internet websites
Synchronising Family Historian between 2 PCs: 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 […]
Synchronizing Family Historian Settings Using Directory Junctions: Creating directory junctions within Windows provides a mechanism whereby selected features, including plugins, queries, and fact sets, can be synchronized automatically between multiple PCs
Synchronizing Your Tree With Ancestry to Exploit Hints: 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