Jane, See the section "The Franchise" beginning on page 8, of the British Library's Research Guide "Parliamentary Constituencies and their Registers since 1832 by Richard H A Cheffins" which is available to download at: http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/offpubs/electreg/parliamentary/parliamentaryconstituencies.pdf TNA refers users to this from their own guide at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/electoral-registration/ Hope these help. I am in the US so have no personal knowledge of how the system works in the UK. Jan Murphy packrat74@gmail.com On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 6:19 AM, Jane Merkel <jane.merkel@t-online.de> wrote: > Hello Jan > > This was interesting reading form me; I always thought that the qualifying > address was the place where the person lives. This possible discrepancy > would perhaps explain a mystery concerning the house where I lived in as a > child: Apart from my parents, there was another man registered at "our" > qualifying address. After a couple of years, a further name was added, the > man's wife presumably. This man and his wife were definitely not living in > our house and the names mean nothing to me i.e. not family or friends of my > parents. I now wonder if this man was the owner of the house and that my > parents were renting. Is there anyone who could comment on this? > > I have a further question regarding the electoral role, never having lived > in England as an adult: Does one has to register every year or does one > remain registered at a certain address until the registration is actively > cancelled when, for example, one moves house? > > Jane Merkel > #14968 > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] Im Auftrag von Jan > Murphy via > Gesendet: Samstag, 28. November 2015 01:49 > An: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Betreff: Re: [FHU] Entering from electoral role > > A caution for FH users who (like me) are relatively inexperienced at using > Electoral Rolls -- often the qualifying address that gave someone the right > to vote is not the same as the property at which they resided. It pays to > scroll up to the top of the image and read the column headers, so that if > you plan to enter a residence fact, you are looking at the proper column in > the Electoral Roll. > > I have collected quite a few images, but I haven't yet determined which > fact > to use to enter the ownership of the qualifying property when it is not the > same as the abode. I do want to keep track of those addresses as well, > because they can be valuable clues about a family's migration or to > identify > that this is the individual you want in a group of same-name search > results. > > Jan Murphy > > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 7:13 AM, John Ellis via < > family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Hi > > I'm entering information from the electoral role for a family. > > > > Normally I would use residence for this purpose. I normally copy the > > residence fact to each of the people living at that address > > > > However, I note that the sentence template now reads: "{date} > > {individual} lived at {address} {place} <with {other=resident}>"; I've > > added the address field. > > > > What I don't understand is how the "<with {other=resident}>" part of > > the sentence template works. Where do you enter the "Other Resident" e.g. > > husband and wife at the same address. > > > > Many thanks > > > > John > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com 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 > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hi After a fairly comprehensive look through the menus and the on-line forum I can't seem to find a way to display the second marriages of spouses and their children that aren't blood ancestors. e.g. (Blood) ancestor John Doe marries Jane Smith John Doe Jnr results, but unfortunately John Doe dies and Jane Doe nee Smith remarries John Joe and John Joe results. In the all relatives diagram (with John Joe) being an ancestor, I can see John Joe=Jane Smith and John Doe, but not John Joe and John Joe. Is there a hidden tick box somewhere that will allow these additional none blood ancestors to be displayed? Thanks in advanced for any help. Best Regards, Duncan

( I sent this message earlier today but it doesn't seem to have reached the mailing list so I'm sending it again. Apologies if it arrives twice!) Hi Duncan, As you have found, the All Relatives diagram displays only blood relatives of the diagram root, and spouses of blood relatives.So a 'spouse of a spouse' of a blood relative is not included. There are ways of displaying those extra people, but none are ideal: 1.You can create an All Relatives diagram using John Doe and Jane Smith (as a couple) as the diagram root.This will display all blood relatives and spouse of both of them, so will include both John Doe jnr and John Joe jnr.However it may not include everyone in your current All Relatives diagram. If the current diagram root has other ancestral branches entered in FH, which start further down that the 'Doe' line, they will be excluded.This is because they are not blood relatives of either John Doe or Jane Smith. 2.You can create the All Relatives diagram as you do now, and then use Diagram > Insert into Diagram > All Relatives Tree (or maybe just Descendants tree) and select Jane Smith as the diagram root for the new tree.This tree will show her other husband and children etc.You will probably need to re-arrange parts of the original diagram to make space for the inserted tree.(Do this using the Movement Control Box.Click the second icon from the right in the Diagram toolbar then click Help in the Movement Control Box for further guidance). 3.You could try using the Everyone tree.(View > Standard Diagram Types > Everyone).However this is really only practical with a small database and the elements of the tree will need re-arranging to achieve a sensible layout. There is a request on the wish-list at FHUG for a diagram type that would include all individuals in a 'pool', which is what you want.(The Everyone diagram includes everyone in your database, and they may not all be connected in the same pool).If you would like to see this feature please join FHUG and vote for it here: http://www.fhug.org.uk/wishlist/wldisplay.php?searchstring=Whole%20Pool%20diagram&wcwcref=-1&byusrvote=include&currentpage=1&orderby=&orderseq=&wlwlref=501 Lorna On 28/11/2015 14:51, Duncan Jackson via wrote: > Hi > > After a fairly comprehensive look through the menus and the on-line forum I > can't seem to find a way to display the second marriages of spouses and > their children that aren't blood ancestors. >

Duncan, you are discussing All Relatives Diagrams. Yes, what you describe is a deficiency of those Diagrams, and has been discussed before. A workaround is to insert separate trees for those missing relationships. In the FHUG Wish List there is a request for an Entire Pool Diagram that includes everyone however related, and you can vote for it. Regards, Mike Tate Sent from my Hudl Duncan Jackson via <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: >Hi > >After a fairly comprehensive look through the menus and the on-line forum I >can't seem to find a way to display the second marriages of spouses and >their children that aren't blood ancestors. > >e.g. (Blood) ancestor John Doe marries Jane Smith > >John Doe Jnr results, but unfortunately John Doe dies and Jane Doe nee >Smith remarries John Joe and John Joe results. > >In the all relatives diagram (with John Joe) being an ancestor, I can see >John Joe=Jane Smith and John Doe, but not John Joe and John Joe. > >Is there a hidden tick box somewhere that will allow these additional none >blood ancestors to be displayed? > >Thanks in advanced for any help. > >Best Regards, Duncan > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I suggest you use the Possessions standard Gedcom Attribute and enter the Place and Address details for the property. Regards, Mike Tate Sent from my Hudl Jan Murphy via <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: >A caution for FH users who (like me) are relatively inexperienced at using >Electoral Rolls -- often the qualifying address that gave someone the right >to vote is not the same as the property at which they resided. It pays to >scroll up to the top of the image and read the column headers, so that if >you plan to enter a residence fact, you are looking at the proper column in >the Electoral Roll. > >I have collected quite a few images, but I haven't yet determined which >fact to use to enter the ownership of the qualifying property when it is >not the same as the abode. I do want to keep track of those addresses as >well, because they can be valuable clues about a family's migration or to >identify that this is the individual you want in a group of same-name >search results. > >Jan Murphy > > >On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 7:13 AM, John Ellis via < >family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> Hi >> I'm entering information from the electoral role for a family. >> >> Normally I would use residence for this purpose. I normally copy the >> residence fact to each of the people living at that address >> >> However, I note that the sentence template now reads: "{date} {individual} >> lived at {address} {place} <with {other=resident}>"; I've added the address >> field. >> >> What I don't understand is how the "<with {other=resident}>" part of the >> sentence template works. Where do you enter the "Other Resident" e.g. >> husband and wife at the same address. >> >> Many thanks >> >> John >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com 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 FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Robin, Just to add to what Mike has said: You do have some control over the Proxy boxes. In Diagram Options, on the Proxies tab, there are options to 'Never show proxy boxes' or to 'Show proxy boxes only if any of these conditions apply'. This enables you to display the boxes only if the offset between the individual's proxy box and main box would be greater than a specified distance in the diagram. Lorna On 27/11/2015 15:59, Beryl & Mike Tate via wrote: > Hi Robin, > As a newish user, have you discovered the FHUG website with Forums, Knowledge Base, Tutorial Videos, Downloads, and much more all > free. > http://www.fhug.org.uk/ > > This topic has been discussed there several times, and only arises in All Relatives Diagrams. > The box you mention is called a Proxy Box and only applies where the sibling is partner to someone with their own family > relationships shown in the diagram. > The idea is that the Proxy Box shows the person within their Parent& Sibling family group as a sibling. > While the Ancestor/Root Box shows the person within their Partner& Children family group as a partner (spouse). > In some simple cases, to our human eye, the Diagram could be simplified without Proxies, but the program software has to cope with > the general case. > > Regards, Mike Tate > > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: [FHU] Sibling boxes > > Hi, > > Could someone help me (a newish user) with a problem. > > Amongst the several long strings of sibling boxes side by side, on just two such strings there appears an empty box with just the > name only and then the line dropping from the box and along underneath to the full box with b.m& d details. This has the affect of > lengthening the sibling string as well as looking rather odd. > > Robin > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

A caution for FH users who (like me) are relatively inexperienced at using Electoral Rolls -- often the qualifying address that gave someone the right to vote is not the same as the property at which they resided. It pays to scroll up to the top of the image and read the column headers, so that if you plan to enter a residence fact, you are looking at the proper column in the Electoral Roll. I have collected quite a few images, but I haven't yet determined which fact to use to enter the ownership of the qualifying property when it is not the same as the abode. I do want to keep track of those addresses as well, because they can be valuable clues about a family's migration or to identify that this is the individual you want in a group of same-name search results. Jan Murphy On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 7:13 AM, John Ellis via < family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi > I'm entering information from the electoral role for a family. > > Normally I would use residence for this purpose. I normally copy the > residence fact to each of the people living at that address > > However, I note that the sentence template now reads: "{date} {individual} > lived at {address} {place} <with {other=resident}>"; I've added the address > field. > > What I don't understand is how the "<with {other=resident}>" part of the > sentence template works. Where do you enter the "Other Resident" e.g. > husband and wife at the same address. > > Many thanks > > John > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Robin, As a newish user, have you discovered the FHUG website with Forums, Knowledge Base, Tutorial Videos, Downloads, and much more all free. http://www.fhug.org.uk/ This topic has been discussed there several times, and only arises in All Relatives Diagrams. The box you mention is called a Proxy Box and only applies where the sibling is partner to someone with their own family relationships shown in the diagram. The idea is that the Proxy Box shows the person within their Parent & Sibling family group as a sibling. While the Ancestor/Root Box shows the person within their Partner & Children family group as a partner (spouse). In some simple cases, to our human eye, the Diagram could be simplified without Proxies, but the program software has to cope with the general case. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- Subject: [FHU] Sibling boxes Hi, Could someone help me (a newish user) with a problem. Amongst the several long strings of sibling boxes side by side, on just two such strings there appears an empty box with just the name only and then the line dropping from the box and along underneath to the full box with b.m & d details. This has the affect of lengthening the sibling string as well as looking rather odd. Robin

John, you use the new FH V6 Fact Witness feature (right-click the Fact and use Witness option), but in this case I advise against it. Firstly, it uses a 'user-defined' GEDCOM tag (_SHAR) that is not recognised by most other genealogy programs, so jeopardises exportability. Secondly, in my opinion, Fact Witnesses are best used for Witnesses to an Fact, not the key Individuals. In other words, the Fact applies directly to key Individuals (Person Born, Couple Married, Person Died, etc) whereas Witnesses witnessed it (Informant, Witness, Best man, Bridesmaid, Mourners, Minister, etc). Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- Subject: [FHU] Entering from electoral role Hi I'm entering information from the electoral role for a family. Normally I would use residence for this purpose. I normally copy the residence fact to each of the people living at that address However, I note that the sentence template now reads: "{date} {individual} lived at {address} {place} <with {other=resident}>"; I've added the address field. What I don't understand is how the "<with {other=resident}>" part of the sentence template works. Where do you enter the "Other Resident" e.g. husband and wife at the same address. Many thanks John

Hi, Could someone help me (a newish user) with a problem. Amongst the several long strings of sibling boxes side by side, on just two such strings there appears an empty box with just the name only and then the line dropping from the box and along underneath to the full box with b.m & d details. This has the affect of lengthening the sibling string as well as looking rather odd. I hope this makes sense? Robin

Simon, UTF-8 encoding will certainly be a useful option, but neither that nor Export > GEDCOM File convert from FH dialect GEDCOM into dialects needed by other products. For example, the FH Fact Witnesses (_SHAR) and Place Records (_PLAC) and Media Face/Detail Frames (_AREA), to name a few, are rarely supported by other products, and even standard GEDCOM 5.5 is often poorly supported, so conversion is required to minimise data loss, which is what the Plugin offers. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Simon Orde (FHU Mailing List) via Sent: 27 November 2015 10:25 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Family Historian V6 and gensmarts Mike and John We will be releasing a free minor upgrade soon (hopefully this side of Christmas) that will include, amongst many other things, an option in Preferences to always save your data in a form of Unicode (called UTF-8) that most programs support - including Gensmarts. That should solve a number of problems with companion products that don't support UTF-16. You can already export your data in UTF-8 using the Export command on the File menu (click File, Import/Export , Export, GEDCOM File) but obviously it's easier if you don't have to do that. Simon Orde List Administrator and Family Historian Designer -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Beryl & Mike Tate via Subject: Re: [FHU] Family Historian V6 and gensmarts John, this is due to a change in FH V6 to support UNICODE characters. The Gedcom file is now encoded in UTF-16 format. Regards, Mike Tate ------------- John via <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: >Hi I wonder if there are any Gensmarts users out there? Apologies if >this is slightly off topic but I have posted on the Gensmarts user forum which is only used sporadically these days. >I am no expert but have been using gensmarts alongside Family Historian >for quite a while and have found it to be a useful tool. >However I recently upgraded my laptop to both FH6 and Windows 10 and >now find that I cannot get Gensmarts to load my FH project file ( I have saved it in Gedcom format). ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi I'm entering information from the electoral role for a family. Normally I would use residence for this purpose. I normally copy the residence fact to each of the people living at that address However, I note that the sentence template now reads: "{date} {individual} lived at {address} {place} <with {other=resident}>"; I've added the address field. What I don't understand is how the "<with {other=resident}>" part of the sentence template works. Where do you enter the "Other Resident" e.g. husband and wife at the same address. Many thanks John

Mike and John We will be releasing a free minor upgrade soon (hopefully this side of Christmas) that will include, amongst many other things, an option in Preferences to always save your data in a form of Unicode (called UTF-8) that most programs support - including Gensmarts. That should solve a number of problems with companion products that don't support UTF-16. You can already export your data in UTF-8 using the Export command on the File menu (click File, Import/Export , Export, GEDCOM File) but obviously it's easier if you don't have to do that. Simon Orde List Administrator and Family Historian Designer -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Beryl & Mike Tate via Subject: Re: [FHU] Family Historian V6 and gensmarts John, this is due to a change in FH V6 to support UNICODE characters. The Gedcom file is now encoded in UTF-16 format. Regards, Mike Tate ------------- John via <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: >Hi I wonder if there are any Gensmarts users out there? Apologies if this is slightly off topic but I have posted on the Gensmarts user forum which is only used sporadically these days. >I am no expert but have been using gensmarts alongside Family Historian for quite a while and have found it to be a useful tool. >However I recently upgraded my laptop to both FH6 and Windows 10 and now find that I cannot get Gensmarts to load my FH project file ( I have saved it in Gedcom format).

Thanks Mike Understanding the problem is halfway to a solution!! I'll have a play over the weekend Regards John Sent from my iPhone > On 27 Nov 2015, at 08:00, family-historian-users-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Family Historian V6 and gensmarts (John) > 2. Re: Family Historian V6 and gensmarts (Beryl & Mike Tate) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 19:38:02 +0000 > From: John <johnfirr@yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: [FHU] Family Historian V6 and gensmarts > To: " family-historian-users@rootsweb.com" > <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <64294.57491.bm@smtp129.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi I wonder if there are any Gensmarts users out there? Apologies if this is slightly off topic but I have posted on the Gensmarts user forum which is only used sporadically these days. > > I am no expert but have been using gensmarts alongside Family Historian for quite a while and have found it to be a useful tool. > > However I recently upgraded my laptop to both FH6 and Windows 10 and now find that I cannot get Gensmarts to load my FH project file ( I have saved it in Gedcom format). It wont find it on an automatic search and wont open it if I point to it manually. I have never had the problem before. > > Issue is that because I did the two upgrades at the same time I have no idea if the compatibility issue lies with FH6 or Windows 10 and just wondered if anyone else had similar issues? > > As I said at start I apologise if this is a bit off topic so mods feel free to take the post down if I have broken any forum rules. > Thanks > John > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 21:15:18 +0000 > From: Beryl & Mike Tate <post@tatewise.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [FHU] Family Historian V6 and gensmarts > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <rrr6ox3dxobncmsnd1339odg.1448572518145@email.android.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > John, this is due to a change in FH V6 to support UNICODE characters. The Gedcom file is now encoded in UTF-16 format. > > The bad news is that many other products do not support UTF-16. > > The good news is that the "Export Gedcom File" Plugin offers many options to cater for such things and minimise loss of data due the different Gedcom dialects used by different products. > > There is much more information on this topic in the FHUG web site. > > Regards, Mike Tate > > Sent from my Hudl > > John via <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> Hi I wonder if there are any Gensmarts users out there? Apologies if this is slightly off topic but I have posted on the Gensmarts user forum which is only used sporadically these days. >> >> I am no expert but have been using gensmarts alongside Family Historian for quite a while and have found it to be a useful tool. >> >> However I recently upgraded my laptop to both FH6 and Windows 10 and now find that I cannot get Gensmarts to load my FH project file ( I have saved it in Gedcom format). It wont find it on an automatic search and wont open it if I point to it manually. I have never had the problem before. >> >> Issue is that because I did the two upgrades at the same time I have no idea if the compatibility issue lies with FH6 or Windows 10 and just wondered if anyone else had similar issues? >> >> As I said at start I apologise if this is a bit off topic so mods feel free to take the post down if I have broken any forum rules. >> Thanks >> John >> >> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS list administrator, send an email to > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS mailing list, send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS Digest, Vol 10, Issue 260 > *******************************************************

John, this is due to a change in FH V6 to support UNICODE characters. The Gedcom file is now encoded in UTF-16 format. The bad news is that many other products do not support UTF-16. The good news is that the "Export Gedcom File" Plugin offers many options to cater for such things and minimise loss of data due the different Gedcom dialects used by different products. There is much more information on this topic in the FHUG web site. Regards, Mike Tate Sent from my Hudl John via <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: >Hi I wonder if there are any Gensmarts users out there? Apologies if this is slightly off topic but I have posted on the Gensmarts user forum which is only used sporadically these days. > >I am no expert but have been using gensmarts alongside Family Historian for quite a while and have found it to be a useful tool. > >However I recently upgraded my laptop to both FH6 and Windows 10 and now find that I cannot get Gensmarts to load my FH project file ( I have saved it in Gedcom format). It wont find it on an automatic search and wont open it if I point to it manually. I have never had the problem before. > >Issue is that because I did the two upgrades at the same time I have no idea if the compatibility issue lies with FH6 or Windows 10 and just wondered if anyone else had similar issues? > >As I said at start I apologise if this is a bit off topic so mods feel free to take the post down if I have broken any forum rules. >Thanks >John > >Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi I wonder if there are any Gensmarts users out there? Apologies if this is slightly off topic but I have posted on the Gensmarts user forum which is only used sporadically these days. I am no expert but have been using gensmarts alongside Family Historian for quite a while and have found it to be a useful tool. However I recently upgraded my laptop to both FH6 and Windows 10 and now find that I cannot get Gensmarts to load my FH project file ( I have saved it in Gedcom format). It wont find it on an automatic search and wont open it if I point to it manually. I have never had the problem before. Issue is that because I did the two upgrades at the same time I have no idea if the compatibility issue lies with FH6 or Windows 10 and just wondered if anyone else had similar issues? As I said at start I apologise if this is a bit off topic so mods feel free to take the post down if I have broken any forum rules. Thanks John Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Brilliant Mike, Thank you. Lesley On 24/11/2015 14:04, Beryl & Mike Tate via wrote: > Lesley, > Please post your request in the FHUG Forums, and I will provide a Plugin to perform that conversion. > (Cannot do it here as RootsWeb does not allow attachments.) > > Regards, Mike Tate > > -----Original Message----- > From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lesley Baxendale > via > Sent: 24 November 2015 12:26 > To: FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FHU] Source Record Numbers - Custom ID > > Hi All, > > Brian's query has prompted me to look at the tree I imported from Family Tree Maker. In that, I had created a custom fact in which > I recorded a unique "Custodian Reference". Each person in the tree has a unique reference number which relates to a Custodian > database I was using. > Although I no longer use the Custodian database, I do use the reference numbers to identify who's who amongst my many ancestors with > the same names. So in effect, it forms an ID number. > > In Family Historian, these numbers have ended up under the 'Facts' tab. > The Fact name is Custodian Reference & the number itself appears in the Place field. > > Is there a way I could transfer these numbers from their present location to a Custom ID without having to create the Custom ID's > one at a time? > > I know I could probably just create new ID numbers for everyone on my tree, but I'd really like to keep the Custodian References if > I can, as I've used them for identification purposes written on the back of all the certificates I have amongst other things. > > Many thanks > > Lesley Baxendale > > > > On 21/11/2015 08:46, Brian Horridge via wrote: > > Can someone help please. > > > > For various historical reasons, I've got 2 major gedcom files which I've > worked on at different times and, over the years, > I've added different > sources to each of the files and now they are out of sync. > > > > I would like to tidy up the numbering by re-numbering the sources in one > file to be the same as those in the larger one. I > appreciate there may > be an occasion clash of numbers but I can work through those few > instances. I've exported a list of > sources in both files so I will have > a comparison list of changes I'll want to make. > > > > I have some questions I'd like help with:- > > 1) Is there a simple way to re-number a source ID and any record > citations > that use that source (other than using find-and-replace in a > text editor in the basic GEDCOM file) > > 2) If I add a new > source, is there a way of defining the source number > (the default seems to be the next number after the current top source > > number) > > 3) if in the future I start a new project, what is the best way to > pre-load it with all my "usual" sources > > > Many thanks > > Brian > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com 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 FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com 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 FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Lesley, Please post your request in the FHUG Forums, and I will provide a Plugin to perform that conversion. (Cannot do it here as RootsWeb does not allow attachments.) Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lesley Baxendale via Sent: 24 November 2015 12:26 To: FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS@rootsweb.com Subject: [FHU] Source Record Numbers - Custom ID Hi All, Brian's query has prompted me to look at the tree I imported from Family Tree Maker. In that, I had created a custom fact in which I recorded a unique "Custodian Reference". Each person in the tree has a unique reference number which relates to a Custodian database I was using. Although I no longer use the Custodian database, I do use the reference numbers to identify who's who amongst my many ancestors with the same names. So in effect, it forms an ID number. In Family Historian, these numbers have ended up under the 'Facts' tab. The Fact name is Custodian Reference & the number itself appears in the Place field. Is there a way I could transfer these numbers from their present location to a Custom ID without having to create the Custom ID's one at a time? I know I could probably just create new ID numbers for everyone on my tree, but I'd really like to keep the Custodian References if I can, as I've used them for identification purposes written on the back of all the certificates I have amongst other things. Many thanks Lesley Baxendale On 21/11/2015 08:46, Brian Horridge via wrote: > Can someone help please. > > For various historical reasons, I've got 2 major gedcom files which I've > worked on at different times and, over the years, I've added different > sources to each of the files and now they are out of sync. > > I would like to tidy up the numbering by re-numbering the sources in one > file to be the same as those in the larger one. I appreciate there may > be an occasion clash of numbers but I can work through those few > instances. I've exported a list of sources in both files so I will have > a comparison list of changes I'll want to make. > > I have some questions I'd like help with:- > > 1) Is there a simple way to re-number a source ID and any record > citations that use that source (other than using find-and-replace in a > text editor in the basic GEDCOM file) > > 2) If I add a new source, is there a way of defining the source number > (the default seems to be the next number after the current top source > number) > > 3) if in the future I start a new project, what is the best way to > pre-load it with all my "usual" sources > > Many thanks > > Brian > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com 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 FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi All, Brian's query has prompted me to look at the tree I imported from Family Tree Maker. In that, I had created a custom fact in which I recorded a unique "Custodian Reference". Each person in the tree has a unique reference number which relates to a Custodian database I was using. Although I no longer use the Custodian database, I do use the reference numbers to identify who's who amongst my many ancestors with the same names. So in effect, it forms an ID number. In Family Historian, these numbers have ended up under the 'Facts' tab. The Fact name is Custodian Reference & the number itself appears in the Place field. Is there a way I could transfer these numbers from their present location to a Custom ID without having to create the Custom ID's one at a time? I know I could probably just create new ID numbers for everyone on my tree, but I'd really like to keep the Custodian References if I can, as I've used them for identification purposes written on the back of all the certificates I have amongst other things. Many thanks Lesley Baxendale On 21/11/2015 08:46, Brian Horridge via wrote: > Can someone help please. > > For various historical reasons, I've got 2 major gedcom files which I've > worked on at different times and, over the years, I've added different > sources to each of the files and now they are out of sync. > > I would like to tidy up the numbering by re-numbering the sources in one > file to be the same as those in the larger one. I appreciate there may > be an occasion clash of numbers but I can work through those few > instances. I've exported a list of sources in both files so I will have > a comparison list of changes I'll want to make. > > I have some questions I'd like help with:- > > 1) Is there a simple way to re-number a source ID and any record > citations that use that source (other than using find-and-replace in a > text editor in the basic GEDCOM file) > > 2) If I add a new source, is there a way of defining the source number > (the default seems to be the next number after the current top source > number) > > 3) if in the future I start a new project, what is the best way to > pre-load it with all my "usual" sources > > Many thanks > > Brian > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dave, yes CENS is better supported than a custom EVENt TYPE although they are quite well supported. Use the "Change Any Fact Tag" Plugin to quickly perform the conversion. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- Subject: [FHU] Facts - FastAdd list Hi Mike Thanks for that thought. I have considered it, and checked that I can easily change the 200+ that I have already done. I'll ponder the merits of it during the day. The major plus that I can see is that when exporting to another system, CENS is a standard GEDCOM tag and would provide less problems that using a custom tag. Methinks I might have just talked myself into an extra 5 minutes work J Again, thanks for your input. Dave