Cheryl asks: Q1 - Does the older version 3.1 and/or 4 work with windows 8? The Calico Pie Product FAQ says YES, but even some early V5 CD had problems with some Windows 8 installations. http://www.family-historian.co.uk/support/pre-sales-questions gives details. Q2 - If Q1 is No and I have to upgrade to 5 to work with windows 8 can I still copy over from my memory stick the tree etc even though it was done on v3.1? YES all old versions of your data will work with V5, but will benefit from being updated to V4/V5 Project format. BUT if you have customised Reports, Diagrams, Queries, etc then you must copy more than just your trees. http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=how_to:move_settings gives details. Q3 - V4 is it just a case of purchasing an upgrade to V5 as opposed to the full V5? YES, the "V4 to V5 Upgrade" is all you need and simplifies installation, as prior versions do not need installing. http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=how_to:reinstall_family_historian gives details. I strongly advise you register for free at the FHUG http://www.fhug.org.uk and checkout all the advice on these topics, which have been asked and answered many times. Regards, Mike Tate

Dear Listers, I know that v5 is the latest. Q1 - Does the older version 3.1 and/or 4 work with windows 8? I have just purchased a laptop which runs windows 8. I have saved my tree,branches and related pics etc on to a memory stick from my old computer. Q2 - If Q1 is No and I have to upgrade to 5 to work with windows 8 can I still copy over from my memory stick the tree etc even though it was done on v3.1. As its a large tree I don't want to risk losing anything. Q3 - V4 is it just a case of purchasing an upgrade to V5 as opposed to the full V5. Much thanks in advance. Kind Regards Cheryl.

Jackie said: <snippet> I have a lot of media files I title from the Media Window, but I have a lot of duplicates or some that have been the wrong record. How do I identify the ones that are in use, and delete the unwanted media files. I had not realised that the title used would not be saved with the file <snippet> If you are using FH v5 then two Plugins will help: "Check for Unlinked Media" optionally can delete or move unlinked files. http://www.family-historian.co.uk/pluginstore/plugin-entry?id=272 "Check for Possible Duplicate Media" http://www.family-historian.co.uk/pluginstore/plugin-entry?id=273 The "Title" is the name of the Multimedia Record. The linked "File" field is the path & filename of the multimedia file in the Media folder. FH cannot change the file contents or details in any way. What I do is make the "Title" the same as the "filename" of the media file. Regards, Mike Tate

On 30 January 2014 11:14, JayFollett <[email protected]> wrote: > How do I identify the ones that are in use, and delete the unwanted media > files > If you have V5 have you tried the two Media plugins I wrote? Check for Possible Duplicate Media V1.3 (6 Jun 2013) By Jane Taubman. This plugin checks all the media records in your project and compares the files linked to them looking for files which are identical it will pick up b . . . Check for Unlinked Media V1.7 (29 Mar 2013) By Jane Taubman. Checks all the media files in the media folder are linked to media records in the Project and optionally can delete or move unlinked files. . . . Both can be downloaded from the Plugin Store. -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk

I have a lot of media files I title from the Media Window, but I have a lot of duplicates or some that have been the wrong record. How do I identify the ones that are in use, and delete the unwanted media files. I had not realised that the title used would not be saved with the file. Jackie Follett

Reading the digest e-mails on a small gadget can be very tricky. Please can people be kind to the poor souls who are screen deprived... Try to prune the amount of the original e-mail included in a reply to just the bit needed for context. Thanks /Ian -----Original Message----- Often quoted in full - including nested bits of the digest and previous messages resulting in really confusing message numbering.

Hi John, I am glad that resolved the problem. When you talk about backups, presumably that includes backups for your FH projects. If so, then checkout the FHUG Knowledge Base > Glossary > Backup & Recovery: http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=glossary:backup_and_recovery Especially the section headed "What is not backed up?" and the Plugin "Backup and Restore Family Historian Settings". Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Payne Sent: 26 January 2014 19:01 To: Family Historian Subject: Re: [FHU] Error loading V5 Hi Mike, Thank you for advice, I installed XP Service Pack 3, this has resolved my problem. I was hoping to install FH V5 with only Service Pack 2, my intention was to use this old laptop for only backups and not to connect to the internet due to Microsoft withdrawing support for XP from this coming April. John On 23 Jan 2014, at 20:34, Beryl & Mike Tate <[email protected]> wrote: > Check this thread in the FHUG Forums: > Problem opening V.5: File ';mfc100.dll' > http://www.fhug.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=9829 > > There it suggests you need XP Service Pack 3 installed, or offers a Microsoft link to download missing mfc100.dll file. > > If that does not fix the problem then an FHUG Forums Search for "mfc100.dll" found some other suggestions. > It is always a good idea to search the FHUG website for previous topics or the Knowledge Base for advice. > You do not even have to register to use the Search features. -----Original Message----- > I have recently cleaned out my 2nd XP Laptop which was getting very slow. > I use it as a backup to my MacBook VM Windows 8.1 > I have made numerous attempts to install V5, I keep receiving the following message ; Cannot find import ; DLL may be corrupt or missing or wrong version File "mfc 100.dll", error 126. > I have installed V4 with no problem, is the V5 installation disk faulty, prior to this the disk was only used twice and has been kept in its box in a warm room.

Hi Mike, Thank you for advice, I installed XP Service Pack 3, this has resolved my problem. I was hoping to install FH V5 with only Service Pack 2, my intention was to use this old laptop for only backups and not to connect to the internet due to Microsoft withdrawing support for XP from this coming April. Thank you once again. John On 23 Jan 2014, at 20:34, Beryl & Mike Tate <[email protected]> wrote: > If that does not fix the problem then an FHUG Forums Search for "mfc100.dll" found some other suggestions. > > It is always a good idea to search the FHUG website for previous topics or the Knowledge Base for advice. > > You do not even have to register to use the Search features. > > Regards, Mike Tate > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beryl & Mike > Tate > Sent: 23 January 2014 20:25 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FHU] Error loading V5 > > John, > Check this thread in the FHUG Forums: > Problem opening V.5: File ';mfc100.dll' > http://www.fhug.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=9829 > > There it suggests you need XP Service Pack 3 installed, or offers a Microsoft link to download missing mfc100.dll file. > > Regards, Mike Tate > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Payne > Sent: 23 January 2014 19:27 > To: Family Historian > Subject: [FHU] Error loading V5 > > I have recently cleaned out my 2nd XP Laptop which was getting very slow I use it as a backup to my MacBook VM Windows 8.1 I have > made numerous attempts to install V5, I keep receiving the following message ; Cannot find import ; DLL may be corrupt or missing or > wrong version File "mfc 100.dll", error 126. > I have installed V4 with no problem, is the V5 installation disk faulty, prior to this the disk was only used twice and has been > kept in its box in a warm room. > > John > > > ------------------------------- > 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

If that does not fix the problem then an FHUG Forums Search for "mfc100.dll" found some other suggestions. It is always a good idea to search the FHUG website for previous topics or the Knowledge Base for advice. You do not even have to register to use the Search features. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beryl & Mike Tate Sent: 23 January 2014 20:25 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FHU] Error loading V5 John, Check this thread in the FHUG Forums: Problem opening V.5: File ';mfc100.dll' http://www.fhug.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=9829 There it suggests you need XP Service Pack 3 installed, or offers a Microsoft link to download missing mfc100.dll file. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Payne Sent: 23 January 2014 19:27 To: Family Historian Subject: [FHU] Error loading V5 I have recently cleaned out my 2nd XP Laptop which was getting very slow I use it as a backup to my MacBook VM Windows 8.1 I have made numerous attempts to install V5, I keep receiving the following message ; Cannot find import ; DLL may be corrupt or missing or wrong version File "mfc 100.dll", error 126. I have installed V4 with no problem, is the V5 installation disk faulty, prior to this the disk was only used twice and has been kept in its box in a warm room. John ------------------------------- 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

John, Check this thread in the FHUG Forums: Problem opening V.5: File ';mfc100.dll' http://www.fhug.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=9829 There it suggests you need XP Service Pack 3 installed, or offers a Microsoft link to download missing mfc100.dll file. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Payne Sent: 23 January 2014 19:27 To: Family Historian Subject: [FHU] Error loading V5 I have recently cleaned out my 2nd XP Laptop which was getting very slow I use it as a backup to my MacBook VM Windows 8.1 I have made numerous attempts to install V5, I keep receiving the following message ; Cannot find import ; DLL may be corrupt or missing or wrong version File "mfc 100.dll", error 126. I have installed V4 with no problem, is the V5 installation disk faulty, prior to this the disk was only used twice and has been kept in its box in a warm room. John

I have recently cleaned out my 2nd XP Laptop which was getting very slow I use it as a backup to my MacBook VM Windows 8.1 I have made numerous attempts to install V5, I keep receiving the following message ; Cannot find import ; DLL may be corrupt or missing or wrong version File “mfc 100.dll”, error 126. I have installed V4 with no problem, is the V5 installation disk faulty, prior to this the disk was only used twice and has been kept in its box in a warm room. Any reply would be appreciated John

test -----Original Message----- From: Jane Taubman Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 11:55 PM To: family-historian-users Subject: Re: [FHU] On my wishlist for Family Historian On 16 January 2014 02:45, Gabrielle Baker <[email protected]>wrote: > however I have had to create a separate file to do this > as I want the chart to only show my blood relatives, > There is no need to have a separate file. Simply display an all relatives chart as normal and then hide spouse boxes (the single box icon on the diagram tool bar). You can also easily do a custom report based on the Census Report, changing it over to just show the facts you want and then simply use a query to select only your blood relations to add to the report (you could even sort the report so very close relations appear first in the report. There are already a couple of queries to assist with reports to select only people needed for the two main DNA test types. If you do a search for DNA on the FHUG forums you will find several discussions on this. -- 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

Thank you for your suggestions on Summary Reports. I will try them all Jackie -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 20 January 2014 08:01 To: [email protected] Subject: FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS Digest, Vol 9, Issue 21 Today's Topics: 1. Summary Report (JayFollett) 2. Re: Summary Report (Beryl & Mike Tate) 3. Re: Summary Report (Beryl & Mike Tate) 4. Individual report (Nick Ingham) 5. Re: Individual report (Beryl & Mike Tate) 6. Re: Individual report (Nick Ingham) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 11:54:43 -0000 From: "JayFollett" <[email protected]> Subject: [FHU] Summary Report To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> (added by [email protected]) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I am printing Summary Reports for my cousins. How do I edit the marriage section to show the marriage date before the list of the children? Jackie ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 13:03:36 -0000 From: "Beryl & Mike Tate" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FHU] Summary Report To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Jackie asks: <snippet> I am printing Summary Reports for my cousins. How do I edit the marriage section to show the marriage date before the list of the children? <snippet> I am afraid that I don't think that is possible. Regards, Mike Tate ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:02:48 -0000 From: "Beryl & Mike Tate" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FHU] Summary Report To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I forgot to mention that it is possible to post-edit the report in a word-processor after saving as RTF. Perhaps I should have explained why the Marriage details follow the list of Children. It is actually a full list of all the Family Events/Attributes, but often only the Marriage Event is recorded. However, it could include Engagement, Divorce, Annulment, Marriage Settlement, and many others. So which should come before the list of Children and which afterwards? Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beryl & Mike Tate Sent: 19 January 2014 13:04 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FHU] Summary Report Jackie asks: <snippet> I am printing Summary Reports for my cousins. How do I edit the marriage section to show the marriage date before the list of the children? <snippet> I am afraid that I don't think that is possible. Regards, Mike Tate ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 15:20:59 -0000 From: "Nick Ingham" <[email protected]> Subject: [FHU] Individual report To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Further to recent thread concerning the 'summary report', is it possible to tweak the 'individual report' so that the marriage events appear in date order with all the other individual events and attributes, rather than in a separate section? I would basically like to have a simple chronological report for each individual containing everything as it appears on the facts tab. Alternatively is there another way of producing what I want? Apologies if I am missing something obvious, but thanks in advance for any help. Nick ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 18:15:14 -0000 From: "Beryl & Mike Tate" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FHU] Individual report To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Nick asked: <snippet> Further to recent thread concerning the 'summary report', is it possible to tweak the 'individual report' so that the marriage events appear in date order with all the other individual events and attributes, rather than in a separate section? I would basically like to have a simple chronological report for each individual containing everything as it appears on the facts tab. Alternatively is there another way of producing what I want? <snippet> You cannot merge Individual Facts and Family Facts like that in an Individual Summary Report. The nearest to a chronological report as per the Facts tab is a Record Detail Report - Individual. Alternatively, an Individual Narrative Report is more or less chronological. You could possibly get what you want based on the Standard Query - All Facts with a Row Filter to select the Individual and extra Columns for more details. Finally, it might be possible to write a Plugin to create a plain text report of chronological Facts. There is already the Timeline Chart Plugin that does something similar. Regards, Mike Tate ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:43:23 -0000 From: "Nick Ingham" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FHU] Individual report To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Thank you for the clarification, Mike. I have experimented with your other suggestion (in reply to Jackie) about post-editing an RTF version of the report and it was pretty straightforward to cut and paste the marriage events (with most individuals in my database I only have the marriage itself) into the individual events section which, in effect, gives me what I was seeking. So many thanks for that guidance. Regards, Nick -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beryl & Mike Tate Sent: 19 January 2014 18:15 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FHU] Individual report Nick asked: <snippet> Further to recent thread concerning the 'summary report', is it possible to tweak the 'individual report' so that the marriage events appear in date order with all the other individual events and attributes, rather than in a separate section? I would basically like to have a simple chronological report for each individual containing everything as it appears on the facts tab. Alternatively is there another way of producing what I want? <snippet> You cannot merge Individual Facts and Family Facts like that in an Individual Summary Report. The nearest to a chronological report as per the Facts tab is a Record Detail Report - Individual. Alternatively, an Individual Narrative Report is more or less chronological. You could possibly get what you want based on the Standard Query - All Facts with a Row Filter to select the Individual and extra Columns for more details. Finally, it might be possible to write a Plugin to create a plain text report of chronological Facts. There is already the Timeline Chart Plugin that does something similar. 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Thank you for the clarification, Mike. I have experimented with your other suggestion (in reply to Jackie) about post-editing an RTF version of the report and it was pretty straightforward to cut and paste the marriage events (with most individuals in my database I only have the marriage itself) into the individual events section which, in effect, gives me what I was seeking. So many thanks for that guidance. Regards, Nick -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beryl & Mike Tate Sent: 19 January 2014 18:15 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FHU] Individual report Nick asked: <snippet> Further to recent thread concerning the 'summary report', is it possible to tweak the 'individual report' so that the marriage events appear in date order with all the other individual events and attributes, rather than in a separate section? I would basically like to have a simple chronological report for each individual containing everything as it appears on the facts tab. Alternatively is there another way of producing what I want? <snippet> You cannot merge Individual Facts and Family Facts like that in an Individual Summary Report. The nearest to a chronological report as per the Facts tab is a Record Detail Report - Individual. Alternatively, an Individual Narrative Report is more or less chronological. You could possibly get what you want based on the Standard Query - All Facts with a Row Filter to select the Individual and extra Columns for more details. Finally, it might be possible to write a Plugin to create a plain text report of chronological Facts. There is already the Timeline Chart Plugin that does something similar. Regards, Mike Tate ------------------------------- 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

Nick asked: <snippet> Further to recent thread concerning the 'summary report', is it possible to tweak the 'individual report' so that the marriage events appear in date order with all the other individual events and attributes, rather than in a separate section? I would basically like to have a simple chronological report for each individual containing everything as it appears on the facts tab. Alternatively is there another way of producing what I want? <snippet> You cannot merge Individual Facts and Family Facts like that in an Individual Summary Report. The nearest to a chronological report as per the Facts tab is a Record Detail Report - Individual. Alternatively, an Individual Narrative Report is more or less chronological. You could possibly get what you want based on the Standard Query - All Facts with a Row Filter to select the Individual and extra Columns for more details. Finally, it might be possible to write a Plugin to create a plain text report of chronological Facts. There is already the Timeline Chart Plugin that does something similar. Regards, Mike Tate

Further to recent thread concerning the 'summary report', is it possible to tweak the 'individual report' so that the marriage events appear in date order with all the other individual events and attributes, rather than in a separate section? I would basically like to have a simple chronological report for each individual containing everything as it appears on the facts tab. Alternatively is there another way of producing what I want? Apologies if I am missing something obvious, but thanks in advance for any help. Nick

I forgot to mention that it is possible to post-edit the report in a word-processor after saving as RTF. Perhaps I should have explained why the Marriage details follow the list of Children. It is actually a full list of all the Family Events/Attributes, but often only the Marriage Event is recorded. However, it could include Engagement, Divorce, Annulment, Marriage Settlement, and many others. So which should come before the list of Children and which afterwards? Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beryl & Mike Tate Sent: 19 January 2014 13:04 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FHU] Summary Report Jackie asks: <snippet> I am printing Summary Reports for my cousins. How do I edit the marriage section to show the marriage date before the list of the children? <snippet> I am afraid that I don't think that is possible. Regards, Mike Tate

Jackie asks: <snippet> I am printing Summary Reports for my cousins. How do I edit the marriage section to show the marriage date before the list of the children? <snippet> I am afraid that I don't think that is possible. Regards, Mike Tate

I am printing Summary Reports for my cousins. How do I edit the marriage section to show the marriage date before the list of the children? Jackie

Dear All, I was asked recently by my doctor for health information about my family. I had already started on my mother's side as there's athsma and rheumatoid arthritis and I wanted to see where they both originated. Now I have commenced work on my father's side. I have a tree that shows each individuals dates, the age at death, what is recorded on their death certificate, plus any other major health issues they had in life (where known). I can pretty much play around with the features in Family Historian to make this happen, however I have had to create a separate file to do this as I want the chart to only show my blood relatives, and not relatives by marriage. It would be really great if Family Historian had either a health module or plugin where we could generate this stuff easily including an all relatives report that only showed blood relatives. Also the ability to handle DNA results both ancestral and health would also be great. Does anybody else think this might be a good feature? In the years that I have been doing genealogy I have met so many people whose only interest in genealogy is to research health history of their family (especially when they have started having children). Cheers Gabrielle