{"id":9860,"date":"2020-06-16T11:35:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T11:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/?post_type=kb_article&#038;p=9860"},"modified":"2024-02-23T14:24:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T14:24:42","slug":"witness-facts","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/kb-article\/witness-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Witness Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>Family Historian V6 introduced Fact Witnesses, in recognition that there were often more people than just the Principal(s) involved in a Fact. Some examples:<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 38px; width: 80%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 40px;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 8%; height: 19px;\">\n<h4>Fact<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 26.3562%; height: 19px;\">\n<h4>Principals<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 26.3562%;\">\n<h4>Possible Witnesses<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<tr style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 8%; height: 19px;\">Birth<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 26.3562%; height: 19px;\">Individual who was born<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 26.3562%;\">Parents<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 8%;\">Marriage<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 26.3562%;\">Individuals who married<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 26.3562%;\">Bridesmaid, Best man, Witnesses who signed the register, Minister who carried out the ceremony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 8%;\">Grant of Probate<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 26.3562%;\">Individual who made the will<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 26.3562%;\">Executors, Beneficiaries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>If Witnesses have been added to a Fact, you will see the Witness icon <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cs_v alignnone lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/helpv6\/propertyboxfactstab_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"23\" height=\"21\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 23px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 23\/21;\" \/>against the Fact in the <em>Facts<\/em> tab of the Individual&#8217;s <em>Property Box<\/em>, in the <em>More <\/em>column.<\/p>\n<p>To add or edit Witnesses for any Fact, right-click anywhere in the Fact row and you will be offered a menu that includes <em>Witnesses&#8230; <\/em>as an option, to open the\u00a0<em>Witnesses<\/em> <em>Dialog<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10511\" style=\"width: 775px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10511 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-07-01-15.40.17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"367\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-07-01-15.40.17.png 775w, https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-07-01-15.40.17-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-07-01-15.40.17-150x71.png 150w, https:\/\/www.fhug.org.uk\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-07-01-15.40.17-768x364.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 775px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 775\/367;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Witnesses Dialog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Follow the instructions in the Help File at\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.family-historian.co.uk\/help\/fh6\/hh_start.htm#witnessesdialog.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Witnesses Dialog<\/a> to add, edit or delete Witnesses for the selected Fact.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"#!\" class=\"cs_tooltip\" fhugtt=\"This is the menu across the top of the main Family Historian windows. The &gt; denotes a submenu\">Tools\u00a0&gt;\u00a0Fact\u00a0Types<\/a>, selecting the Fact Type in question and clicking the <em>Edit&#8230;<\/em> button, because this enables you to modify the <em>Witness Sentence Template<\/em> for the Fact.\u00a0 Once again, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.family-historian.co.uk\/help\/fh6\/hh_start.htm#witnessesdialog.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Witnesses Dialog<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>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","protected":false},"template":"","fh_version":[15,739],"skill_level":[18,17],"topic":[201],"class_list":["post-9860","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","fh_version-v6","fh_version-v7","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}]}}