Hi Caryl, OK, it is not obvious what the problem is, so here are some things to try. Reset the Family Historian Sample Project as follows. Use File > Project Window > More Tasks > Samples > Reset Sample Project. Open this Project and try using Edit > Unlink From for various Individuals. If that also fails, then try installing FH V5.0.9 again. If it works OK, then it suggests something unusual about your Project. Does it fail on every Edit > Unlink From for anyone you choose? Does it fail in Focus Window if you right-click anyone and Unlink Record? Are there any convoluted relationships for the problem Unlink? Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Caryl gill Sent: 20 May 2014 18:17 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FHU] Unlink problem Hi Mike I'm running Windows XP 2002 with service pack 3. There was no error message, and although the whole thing went transparent, when I clicked on the top toolbar, the menu came down as normal and was not transparent. No problem when I change data. I Just tried it. It goes transparent when I click on <unlink from> . The box with 'parent/spouse' looks normal. But after clicking on the relevant detail for the unlink, it does not return to opaque - but remains transparent and almost unreadable. Caryl -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beryl & Mike Tate Sent: 20 May 2014 15:06 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FHU] Unlink problem Hi Caryl, Does the problem apply to just unlink, or to any data change, or even simply just viewing? Is there any specific error message such as "Family Historian has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly."? If that particular message then try the DEP fix at: http://www.family-historian.co.uk/support/faq-inst#wontrun Have there been any significant changes to your PC setup recently? What version of Windows are you using? Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Caryl gill Sent: 20 May 2014 14:24 To: 'family-historian-users' Subject: [FHU] Unlink problem Hi all, I have version 5.09. Today I tried to unlink . The unlink of a spurious husband was successful, but the program went transparent and I was unable to do anything. I had to shut down and restart. This has happened twice now, any ideas please Caryl Gill ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Hi Mike I'm running Windows XP 2002 with service pack 3. There was no error message, and although the whole thing went transparent, when I clicked on the top toolbar, the menu came down as normal and was not transparent. No problem when I change data. I Just tried it. It goes transparent when I click on <unlink from> . The box with 'parent/spouse' looks normal. But after clicking on the relevant detail for the unlink, it does not return to opaque - but remains transparent and almost unreadable. Caryl -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beryl & Mike Tate Sent: 20 May 2014 15:06 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FHU] Unlink problem Hi Caryl, Does the problem apply to just unlink, or to any data change, or even simply just viewing? Is there any specific error message such as "Family Historian has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly."? If that particular message then try the DEP fix at: http://www.family-historian.co.uk/support/faq-inst#wontrun Have there been any significant changes to your PC setup recently? What version of Windows are you using? Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Caryl gill Sent: 20 May 2014 14:24 To: 'family-historian-users' Subject: [FHU] Unlink problem Hi all, I have version 5.09. Today I tried to unlink . The unlink of a spurious husband was successful, but the program went transparent and I was unable to do anything. I had to shut down and restart. This has happened twice now, any ideas please Caryl Gill ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Jane, Ran the file validation and there were no errors found Caryl -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jane Taubman Sent: 20 May 2014 17:38 To: family-historian-users Subject: Re: [FHU] Unlink problem On 20 May 2014 14:23, Caryl gill <[email protected]> wrote: > Today I tried to unlink . The unlink of a spurious husband was > successful, but the program went transparent and I was unable to do > anything. I had to shut down and restart. > Please, can you also try running a File>Validation over your Project just in case there is a problem in the data somewhere. -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 20 May 2014 14:23, Caryl gill <[email protected]> wrote: > Today I tried to unlink . The unlink of a spurious > husband was successful, but the program went transparent and I was unable > to > do anything. I had to shut down and restart. > Please, can you also try running a File>Validation over your Project just in case there is a problem in the data somewhere. -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk

Hi Caryl, Does the problem apply to just unlink, or to any data change, or even simply just viewing? Is there any specific error message such as "Family Historian has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly."? If that particular message then try the DEP fix at: http://www.family-historian.co.uk/support/faq-inst#wontrun Have there been any significant changes to your PC setup recently? What version of Windows are you using? Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Caryl gill Sent: 20 May 2014 14:24 To: 'family-historian-users' Subject: [FHU] Unlink problem Hi all, I have version 5.09. Today I tried to unlink . The unlink of a spurious husband was successful, but the program went transparent and I was unable to do anything. I had to shut down and restart. This has happened twice now, any ideas please Caryl Gill

Hi all, I have version 5.09. Today I tried to unlink . The unlink of a spurious husband was successful, but the program went transparent and I was unable to do anything. I had to shut down and restart. This has happened twice now, any ideas please Caryl Gill

'Parallels' requires you to purchase a Retail Licensed copy of Windows. The existing copy on your PC probably won't work as it will usually be an OEM Licence that is only valid on that PC hardware. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karen Sent: 12 May 2014 19:08 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FHU] Apple Mac Pro I have been using parallels to carry on using fh since ditching my PC for a mac (the best computer decision I have made!) you can install it in such a way that you don't have to partition your hard drive, and you can stay within the 'mac' to do everything, fro example using safari instead on explorer etc, and fh looks as if it's a mac program. The ins and outs of how to install I can remember exactly as I bought mine a year ago, but it's pretty self explanatory from what I remember. I badly wanted to switch to a mac, and being able to continue using fh was very high on my list of priorities. Sent from my iPad > On 12 May 2014, at 17:19, David Pepper <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yasmin > > There is no Mac version, but I run FH under a programme called Crossover > > From: Yasmin <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, 12 May 2014 16:22 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [FHU] Apple Mac Pro > > I am thinking of buying and Apple Macbook Pro. Is there a version of Family > Historian that will run on Apple. > > Thanks > > Yasmin > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

I have been using parallels to carry on using fh since ditching my PC for a mac (the best computer decision I have made!) you can install it in such a way that you don't have to partition your hard drive, and you can stay within the 'mac' to do everything, fro example using safari instead on explorer etc, and fh looks as if it's a mac program. The ins and outs of how to install I can remember exactly as I bought mine a year ago, but it's pretty self explanatory from what I remember. I badly wanted to switch to a mac, and being able to continue using fh was very high on my list of priorities. Sent from my iPad > On 12 May 2014, at 17:19, David Pepper <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yasmin > > There is no Mac version, but I run FH under a programme called Crossover > > From: Yasmin <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, 12 May 2014 16:22 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [FHU] Apple Mac Pro > > I am thinking of buying and Apple Macbook Pro. Is there a version of Family > Historian that will run on Apple. > > Thanks > > Yasmin > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

No, but you can run the windows version in a windows emulator on a mac, like parallels, though this defeat the main object of using a mac (dumping windows!). Andrew -- Sent from my mobile so message may be brief! > On 12 May 2014, at 17:22, "Yasmin" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am thinking of buying and Apple Macbook Pro. Is there a version of Family > Historian that will run on Apple. > > Thanks > > Yasmin > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yasmin There is no Mac version, but I run FH under a programme called Crossover From: Yasmin <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 12 May 2014 16:22 To: <[email protected]> Subject: [FHU] Apple Mac Pro I am thinking of buying and Apple Macbook Pro. Is there a version of Family Historian that will run on Apple. Thanks Yasmin ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 12 May 2014 16:22, Yasmin <[email protected]> wrote: > . Is there a version of Family > Historian that will run on Apple. > As Andrew says Family Historian is a Windows program, but you several users have been working hard to get it working using Crossover for Mac which means you don't need to install Windows. Please see http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=how_to:install_family_historian_with_crossover_wine -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk

I am thinking of buying and Apple Macbook Pro. Is there a version of Family Historian that will run on Apple. Thanks Yasmin

Thank you - I'll have to think about this Stella Phillips On 2014-05-10 21:18, Jane Taubman wrote: > On 10 May 2014 20:38, Stella Phillips <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> which now also don't show up. Where do other people put that kind >> of >> information? >> > > > I am not clear why you don't want to include the "Cause" if you are > including other detailed information. > > If you really want to do this you will need to work around the > limitation, > by copying your Project and deleting all the Causes using Query when > you > want to produce your Family Group Sheets.

On 10 May 2014 20:38, Stella Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > which now also don't show up. Where do other people put that kind of > information? > I am not clear why you don't want to include the "Cause" if you are including other detailed information. If you really want to do this you will need to work around the limitation, by copying your Project and deleting all the Causes using Query when you want to produce your Family Group Sheets. -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk

Thank you Jane - that is it. However, I now have another problem - I have a number of notes along the lines of "on the 1901 census, his wife says she is married; on 1911 she says she is a widow but ..." which now also don't show up. Where do other people put that kind of information? Stella Phillips On 2014-05-10 17:29, Jane Taubman wrote: > On 10 May 2014 14:24, Stella Phillips <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> However, I have it set at "hide", >> but it is still appearing on the report. >> > > I suspect it's hidden on the main section of the report, but showing > in > the Additional Info section. Untick Notes for Additional Information > to > remove it from the report completely.

On 10 May 2014 14:24, Stella Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > However, I have it set at "hide", > but it is still appearing on the report. > I suspect it's hidden on the main section of the report, but showing in the Additional Info section. Untick Notes for Additional Information to remove it from the report completely. -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk

In the options for the family group sheets report, you are supposed to be able to hide the cause of death. However, I have it set at "hide", but it is still appearing on the report. I'm on version 5.0.9 of FH & windows 7. I've had a look at the FHUG site, but don't see anything that relates to this. Any suggestions please? Thanks Stella Phillips

With an uncertain number of descendant it would be complicated and the text would be very small or the chart very large !!!! Mike Fisher On 07/05/2014 01:29, [email protected] wrote: > Is there a way to create a "descendant fan chart" in FH 5 instead of an "ancestor fan chart?" > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

From: [email protected] Subject: [FHU] Descendant Fan Charts To: [email protected]otsweb.com Message-ID: <[email protected].ca.mail.co mcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Is there a way to create a "descendant fan chart" in FH 5 instead of an "ancestor fan chart?" ------------------------------ A ancestor fan chart is easy because it only shows the direct ancestors and everyone has two parents so the chart expands in a predictable way. With a descendant fan chart consider one of my great grandfathers. He had 9 children who each had from 11 to zero children. Two of them had four children and 1 had none. My grandfather had 11 children who each had between 5 and 1 children who each had between 4 and zero children. An ordinary descendant chart looks very lopsided and dividing the space on a fan chart, which is restricted, would be difficult. DaveT In Sunny South Yorkshire

Is there a way to create a "descendant fan chart" in FH 5 instead of an "ancestor fan chart?"