Fact<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n\nPrincipals<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n\nPossible Witnesses<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n\n\nBirth<\/td>\n Individual who was born<\/td>\n Parents<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nMarriage<\/td>\n Individuals who married<\/td>\n Bridesmaid, Best man, Witnesses who signed the register, Minister who carried out the ceremony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nGrant of Probate<\/td>\n Individual who made the will<\/td>\n Executors, Beneficiaries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nIf Witnesses have been added to a Fact, you will see the Witness icon ![\"\"](\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\")
against the Fact in the Facts<\/em> tab of the Individual’s Property Box<\/em>, in the More <\/em>column.<\/p>\nTo add or edit Witnesses for any Fact, right-click anywhere in the Fact row and you will be offered a menu that includes Witnesses… <\/em>as an option, to open the\u00a0Witnesses<\/em> Dialog<\/em>.<\/p>\nWitnesses Dialog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nFollow the instructions in the Help File at\u00a0 Witnesses Dialog<\/a> to add, edit or delete Witnesses for the selected Fact.<\/p>\nYou can also add new Role Types for a Fact Type during this process. However, it is better to do this (especially if you use Narrative Sentences) using Tools\u00a0>\u00a0Fact\u00a0Types<\/a>, selecting the Fact Type in question and clicking the Edit…<\/em> button, because this enables you to modify the Witness Sentence Template<\/em> for the Fact.\u00a0 Once again, see Witnesses Dialog<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\nImportant note:<\/strong> Witness Roles may be created by Ancestral Sources, or imported from other genealogy products. If this happens, you should check that the relevant Fact Type includes provision for the new Witness Roles in the Sentence Template for the Fact, and the Sentence Template for each of the Witness Roles. If you do not, you will get unexpected content in the Facts Tab and in reports.<\/p>\nVersion 8: Relationships Beyond the Family<\/h2>\n<\/a>Add People with Roles dialog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u0192h<\/span><\/span> 8 builds on witnesses to record relationships that are not family ones. There is built-in support for friend lists (all of one person’s friends), friendship groups (a set of people who were all friends of one another) and enslavement facts (people who were enslaved, and optionally by whom), and you can define your own relationship types: one-to-one (like a marriage), one-to-many (a teacher and pupils) or many-to-many, with the same or different roles for the parties. Under the bonnet these are shared facts with witness roles, so everything above about roles and sentence templates applies. See Recording Non-Family Relationships<\/a> and How to Record Non-Family Relationships<\/a>.<\/p>\nVersion 8 also adds a Witness query type, one row per person per role, which is the easiest way to list every bridesmaid, godparent or beneficiary in a project; see An Overview of Queries in Version 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","fh_version":[15,739,826],"skill_level":[18,17],"topic":[201],"class_list":["post-9860","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","fh_version-v6","fh_version-v7","fh_version-v8","skill_level-advanced","skill_level-intermediate","topic-facts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/9860","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=9860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fh_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fh_version?post=9860"},{"taxonomy":"skill_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skill_level?post=9860"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=9860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Principals<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n\nPossible Witnesses<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n\n\nBirth<\/td>\n Individual who was born<\/td>\n Parents<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nMarriage<\/td>\n Individuals who married<\/td>\n Bridesmaid, Best man, Witnesses who signed the register, Minister who carried out the ceremony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nGrant of Probate<\/td>\n Individual who made the will<\/td>\n Executors, Beneficiaries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nIf Witnesses have been added to a Fact, you will see the Witness icon against the Fact in the Facts<\/em> tab of the Individual’s Property Box<\/em>, in the More <\/em>column.<\/p>\nTo add or edit Witnesses for any Fact, right-click anywhere in the Fact row and you will be offered a menu that includes Witnesses… <\/em>as an option, to open the\u00a0Witnesses<\/em> Dialog<\/em>.<\/p>\nWitnesses Dialog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nFollow the instructions in the Help File at\u00a0 Witnesses Dialog<\/a> to add, edit or delete Witnesses for the selected Fact.<\/p>\nYou can also add new Role Types for a Fact Type during this process. However, it is better to do this (especially if you use Narrative Sentences) using Tools\u00a0>\u00a0Fact\u00a0Types<\/a>, selecting the Fact Type in question and clicking the Edit…<\/em> button, because this enables you to modify the Witness Sentence Template<\/em> for the Fact.\u00a0 Once again, see Witnesses Dialog<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\nImportant note:<\/strong> Witness Roles may be created by Ancestral Sources, or imported from other genealogy products. If this happens, you should check that the relevant Fact Type includes provision for the new Witness Roles in the Sentence Template for the Fact, and the Sentence Template for each of the Witness Roles. If you do not, you will get unexpected content in the Facts Tab and in reports.<\/p>\nVersion 8: Relationships Beyond the Family<\/h2>\n<\/a>Add People with Roles dialog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u0192h<\/span><\/span> 8 builds on witnesses to record relationships that are not family ones. There is built-in support for friend lists (all of one person’s friends), friendship groups (a set of people who were all friends of one another) and enslavement facts (people who were enslaved, and optionally by whom), and you can define your own relationship types: one-to-one (like a marriage), one-to-many (a teacher and pupils) or many-to-many, with the same or different roles for the parties. Under the bonnet these are shared facts with witness roles, so everything above about roles and sentence templates applies. See Recording Non-Family Relationships<\/a> and How to Record Non-Family Relationships<\/a>.<\/p>\nVersion 8 also adds a Witness query type, one row per person per role, which is the easiest way to list every bridesmaid, godparent or beneficiary in a project; see An Overview of Queries in Version 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","fh_version":[15,739,826],"skill_level":[18,17],"topic":[201],"class_list":["post-9860","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","fh_version-v6","fh_version-v7","fh_version-v8","skill_level-advanced","skill_level-intermediate","topic-facts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/9860","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=9860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fh_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fh_version?post=9860"},{"taxonomy":"skill_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skill_level?post=9860"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=9860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Possible Witnesses<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n\n\nBirth<\/td>\n Individual who was born<\/td>\n Parents<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nMarriage<\/td>\n Individuals who married<\/td>\n Bridesmaid, Best man, Witnesses who signed the register, Minister who carried out the ceremony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nGrant of Probate<\/td>\n Individual who made the will<\/td>\n Executors, Beneficiaries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nIf Witnesses have been added to a Fact, you will see the Witness icon against the Fact in the Facts<\/em> tab of the Individual’s Property Box<\/em>, in the More <\/em>column.<\/p>\nTo add or edit Witnesses for any Fact, right-click anywhere in the Fact row and you will be offered a menu that includes Witnesses… <\/em>as an option, to open the\u00a0Witnesses<\/em> Dialog<\/em>.<\/p>\nWitnesses Dialog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nFollow the instructions in the Help File at\u00a0 Witnesses Dialog<\/a> to add, edit or delete Witnesses for the selected Fact.<\/p>\nYou can also add new Role Types for a Fact Type during this process. However, it is better to do this (especially if you use Narrative Sentences) using Tools\u00a0>\u00a0Fact\u00a0Types<\/a>, selecting the Fact Type in question and clicking the Edit…<\/em> button, because this enables you to modify the Witness Sentence Template<\/em> for the Fact.\u00a0 Once again, see Witnesses Dialog<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\nImportant note:<\/strong> Witness Roles may be created by Ancestral Sources, or imported from other genealogy products. If this happens, you should check that the relevant Fact Type includes provision for the new Witness Roles in the Sentence Template for the Fact, and the Sentence Template for each of the Witness Roles. If you do not, you will get unexpected content in the Facts Tab and in reports.<\/p>\nVersion 8: Relationships Beyond the Family<\/h2>\n<\/a>Add People with Roles dialog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u0192h<\/span><\/span> 8 builds on witnesses to record relationships that are not family ones. There is built-in support for friend lists (all of one person’s friends), friendship groups (a set of people who were all friends of one another) and enslavement facts (people who were enslaved, and optionally by whom), and you can define your own relationship types: one-to-one (like a marriage), one-to-many (a teacher and pupils) or many-to-many, with the same or different roles for the parties. Under the bonnet these are shared facts with witness roles, so everything above about roles and sentence templates applies. See Recording Non-Family Relationships<\/a> and How to Record Non-Family Relationships<\/a>.<\/p>\nVersion 8 also adds a Witness query type, one row per person per role, which is the easiest way to list every bridesmaid, godparent or beneficiary in a project; see An Overview of Queries in Version 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","fh_version":[15,739,826],"skill_level":[18,17],"topic":[201],"class_list":["post-9860","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","fh_version-v6","fh_version-v7","fh_version-v8","skill_level-advanced","skill_level-intermediate","topic-facts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/9860","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=9860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fh_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fh_version?post=9860"},{"taxonomy":"skill_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skill_level?post=9860"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=9860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
If Witnesses have been added to a Fact, you will see the Witness icon To add or edit Witnesses for any Fact, right-click anywhere in the Fact row and you will be offered a menu that includes Witnesses… <\/em>as an option, to open the\u00a0Witnesses<\/em> Dialog<\/em>.<\/p>\n Follow the instructions in the Help File at\u00a0 Witnesses Dialog<\/a> to add, edit or delete Witnesses for the selected Fact.<\/p>\n You can also add new Role Types for a Fact Type during this process. However, it is better to do this (especially if you use Narrative Sentences) using Tools\u00a0>\u00a0Fact\u00a0Types<\/a>, selecting the Fact Type in question and clicking the Edit…<\/em> button, because this enables you to modify the Witness Sentence Template<\/em> for the Fact.\u00a0 Once again, see Witnesses Dialog<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n Important note:<\/strong> Witness Roles may be created by Ancestral Sources, or imported from other genealogy products. If this happens, you should check that the relevant Fact Type includes provision for the new Witness Roles in the Sentence Template for the Fact, and the Sentence Template for each of the Witness Roles. If you do not, you will get unexpected content in the Facts Tab and in reports.<\/p>\n Version 8 also adds a Witness query type, one row per person per role, which is the easiest way to list every bridesmaid, godparent or beneficiary in a project; see An Overview of Queries in Version 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","fh_version":[15,739,826],"skill_level":[18,17],"topic":[201],"class_list":["post-9860","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","fh_version-v6","fh_version-v7","fh_version-v8","skill_level-advanced","skill_level-intermediate","topic-facts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/9860","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=9860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fh_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fh_version?post=9860"},{"taxonomy":"skill_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/skill_level?post=9860"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=9860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/helpv6\/propertyboxfactstab_2.png\")
against the Fact in the Facts<\/em> tab of the Individual’s Property Box<\/em>, in the More <\/em>column.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-07-01-15.40.17.png\")
Version 8: Relationships Beyond the Family<\/h2>\n
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