{"id":11409,"date":"2020-09-11T10:59:13","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T10:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/?post_type=kb_article&#038;p=11409"},"modified":"2024-02-28T13:11:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T13:11:45","slug":"ancestral-sources-tutorial-restore-original-settings","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/kb-article\/ancestral-sources-tutorial-restore-original-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancestral Sources Tutorial ~ Restore Original Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>Follow these instructions to restore Ancestral Sources\u00a0and\u00a0Family Historian\u00a0to their original state.<\/p>\n<p>They are based on very old versions of Ancestral Sources and Family Historian, so do not include some of the features that are now available such as templated sources and rich-text. Videos that refer to those new features are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/kb-article\/ancestral-sources-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ancestral Sources Videos<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<h2>Restore Ancestral Sources<\/h2>\n<p>To restore\u00a0Ancestral Sources, use\u00a0Tools\u00a0&gt;\u00a0Restore A.S. Options\u2026\u00a0and then locate and\u00a0Open\u00a0the\u00a0AS Options Backup.xml\u00a0file backed up originally.<\/p>\n<p>Ancestral Sources\u00a0will then close, and when next run will use the restored settings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11410 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restoreas.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"544\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restoreas.png 800w, https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restoreas-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restoreas-150x102.png 150w, https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restoreas-768x522.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/544;\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Restore Family Historian<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11411 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restorefh4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"189\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restorefh4.png 350w, https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restorefh4-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/restorefh4-150x81.png 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 350px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 350\/189;\" \/>To restore\u00a0Family Historian Version 4.1\u00a0(or later) perform the following steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Delete the entire Family Historian Sample Project folder from within the Family Historian Projects master folder, or use <a href=\"#!\" class=\"cs_tooltip\" fhugtt=\"This is the menu across the top of the main Family Historian windows. The &gt; denotes a submenu\">File&nbsp&gt;&nbspProject&nbspWindow\u2026<\/a>, folowed by the <em>More Tasks\u2026<\/em> button and <em>Delete Project\u2026<\/em> option.<\/li>\n<li>Delete any downloaded image file(s) from your usual family history working folder, such as:<br \/>\n<code>1901_RG13_0603_052_10.jpg<\/code><br \/>\n<code>1897-06-07 CHILDS Marriage.jpg<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Use <a href=\"#!\" class=\"cs_tooltip\" fhugtt=\"This is the menu across the top of the main Family Historian windows. The &gt; denotes a submenu\">File&nbsp&gt;&nbspProject&nbspWindow\u2026<\/a> followed by the <em>More Tasks\u2026 button<\/em> , then <em>Samples<\/em>\u00a0 then <em>Reset Sample Project<\/em> 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.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"template":"","fh_version":[13,14,15,739],"skill_level":[17,16],"topic":[736],"class_list":["post-11409","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","fh_version-v4","fh_version-v5","fh_version-v6","fh_version-v7","skill_level-intermediate","skill_level-newcomer","topic-using-ancestral-sources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/11409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fh_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fh_version?post=11409"},{"taxonomy":"skill_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skill_level?post=11409"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=11409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}