Thanks for responding, Jane. In the Focus Window, I see a box representing each photo, for example, that I had for that particular person. Then there is a large X from corner to corner. It shows no Title and in the left column (sorry, I don't know the names for things yet), when I select the all tab, it just shows something like a directory for each entry, with the words "no title". When I click on each of them, I eventually see the name of the person the photo was tied to. But I'd like to change my question, I think. I guess a better question would be, for those of you who converted from other software applications and didn't start from scratch, how did you add all of your media? The data itself converts just fabulously. Did you have to manually add your photos, one at a time, to each person? I have a very small tree, but even the thought of trying to find where the photos are now stored (some are on my hard drive, some were merged directly from ancestry.com with their merge feature) and manually adding say 500 media records drives me to trying to see what others have done. The bulk of my photos were scanned by a company and the file names they gave them are just a bunch of letters and numbers. So I'd have to pull up a photo, see what it's a picture of then find the person in FH and add it to them. If manually is the only way to do it, I may still do it while my tree is fairly small. But I don't want to do that without trying to see what others have done. Thanks, Nancy -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jane Taubman Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 5:54 AM To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Problem creating project from FTM I don't have the 2012 version of FTM, but it sounds like it's recently added the export media in to it. Where are you seeing the blank boxes, if it's on the Focus Window if you look on the all tab do you have local media showing there? If so where does it say the files are? On 2 April 2012 20:45, Nancy Marty <nlmarty@comcast.net> wrote: > I'd really like to give this a good test, but don't want to have to > manually add all my media to Family History if I can get around it. > -- 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 FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

OK George, you knew to format the dates as text, but they don't sort into date order. i.e. "1 Feb 1900" and "1 Jan 1800" and "1 Mar 1700" all come together followed by say "2 Apr 1600" and "20 Dec 1500". Because you are searching for two rows with the same date, they will come together OK. I just did not want anyone to get the impression that the dates will sort into date order. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of George Bush Sent: 02 April 2012 22:46 To: FHUG Subject: Re: [FHU] Find Same Death Date I have tried this already and it did work if I formatted the whole column as text. However, it did miss the ones I was looking for but that was because the 2 siblings did not appear next to each other in the surname list. Good learning experience, though. George -------Original Message------- From: Beryl & Mike Tate Date: 02/04/2012 22:24:53 To: abruce@madasafish.com; family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Find Same Death Date Unfortunately, that probably won't work because Excel and other Spreadsheets do not recognise dates before 1 Jan 1900 and treat them as text!!! See FHUG Forum thread for details http://www.fhug.org.uk/cgi-bin/index cgi?action=forum&board=v4use&op=display&num=4785 Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Bruce Sent: 02 April 2012 19:56 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Find Same Death Date <<snipped>> Somewhere in my, or my wife's, tree are 2 brothers (not twins) who died either on the same day or within 24 hours of each other. I cannot for the life of me recall who they were so I wonder if it would be possible to construct a query to find them for me? <<snipped>> Not sure what you're like with spreadsheets, but I'd create a query to extract all males with a non-blank death date (or is it non-null???), sorted by surname then death date; export that to a spreadsheet; and create a new column whose value was "FOUNDIT" if the death date on this row matched the death date on the previous row. Then just do a search for "FOUNDIT". Yes, there are flaws - the 2 with the same name might not be brothers but it would find all such people so you can do a visual check on the tiny population found. Adrian B ------------------------------- 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4910 - Release Date: 04/02/12 ------------------------------- 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 have tried this already and it did work if I formatted the whole column as text. However, it did miss the ones I was looking for but that was because the 2 siblings did not appear next to each other in the surname list. Good learning experience, though. George -------Original Message------- From: Beryl & Mike Tate Date: 02/04/2012 22:24:53 To: abruce@madasafish.com; family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Find Same Death Date Unfortunately, that probably won't work because Excel and other Spreadsheets do not recognise dates before 1 Jan 1900 and treat them as text!!! See FHUG Forum thread for details http://www.fhug.org.uk/cgi-bin/index cgi?action=forum&board=v4use&op=display&num=4785 Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Bruce Sent: 02 April 2012 19:56 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Find Same Death Date <<snipped>> Somewhere in my, or my wife's, tree are 2 brothers (not twins) who died either on the same day or within 24 hours of each other. I cannot for the life of me recall who they were so I wonder if it would be possible to construct a query to find them for me? <<snipped>> Not sure what you're like with spreadsheets, but I'd create a query to extract all males with a non-blank death date (or is it non-null???), sorted by surname then death date; export that to a spreadsheet; and create a new column whose value was "FOUNDIT" if the death date on this row matched the death date on the previous row. Then just do a search for "FOUNDIT". Yes, there are flaws - the 2 with the same name might not be brothers but it would find all such people so you can do a visual check on the tiny population found. Adrian B ------------------------------- 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4910 - Release Date: 04/02/12

Unfortunately, that probably won't work because Excel and other Spreadsheets do not recognise dates before 1 Jan 1900 and treat them as text!!! See FHUG Forum thread for details http://www.fhug.org.uk/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=forum&board=v4use&op=display&num=4785 Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Bruce Sent: 02 April 2012 19:56 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Find Same Death Date <<snipped>> Somewhere in my, or my wife's, tree are 2 brothers (not twins) who died either on the same day or within 24 hours of each other. I cannot for the life of me recall who they were so I wonder if it would be possible to construct a query to find them for me? <<snipped>> Not sure what you're like with spreadsheets, but I'd create a query to extract all males with a non-blank death date (or is it non-null???), sorted by surname then death date; export that to a spreadsheet; and create a new column whose value was "FOUNDIT" if the death date on this row matched the death date on the previous row. Then just do a search for "FOUNDIT". Yes, there are flaws - the 2 with the same name might not be brothers but it would find all such people so you can do a visual check on the tiny population found. Adrian B

There is no need to buy a Full V5 licence to avoid having to reinstall V2, V3, V4 past versions. As Jane said, an Upgrade V4 to V5 will install on its own from scratch with just the V4 and V5 licence keys. To move your data see FHUG Installation Guide at http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=how_to:index#installation_guide In particular the how to Move FH Settings section at http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=how_to:move_settings Unfortunately, 'Windows Easy Transfer' is not an option for Windows 2000 to Windows 7. So you will need to follow the other methods described in Move FH Settings using your external hard drive as intermediary. In particular beware that the Calico Pie folder has changed its folder path between Win 2K and Win 7 as detailed in Move FH Settings. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of DIANA SHEASBY Sent: 02 April 2012 14:59 To: FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS@rootsweb.com Subject: [FHU] advice please: upgrade of computer, OS and to v5 I have successfully run versions of FH from 2.0.7 to 4, each time purchasing the paid for upgrade CDs (to v3 and v4) for which I have the key codes, and downloading the free interim upgrades.  I ordered and have received my v5 upgrade CD wherein now lies my problem which I had not anticipated. My present computer operates on Windows 2000 Professional which is not compatible with the new v5 software - a small matter I had overlooked, and which TWR, from whom I ordered, had also in printing their February catalogue. They are now aware of this error. Probably, not before time, I am treating myself to a new laptop operating on Windows 7 and would welcome some definitive advice about how best to achieve migration to the new computer, operating system and the FH upgrade. I have looked at the FUG 'How To's' and past mailings which address some issues, but remain unsure.   The new laptop will be my main computer, the old one I will keep for backing up on its hard-drive and operating older software, I also have an external hard-drive to which I backup all my files, data, etc.  Should I cut my loses with regard to the software, return my v5 upgrade and buy a boxed complete version?   Thanks in anticipation Diana

Bob, <<snippet>> Occasionally the Paste Fact(s) button appears to flash yellow before reverting to grey. <<snippet>> So maybe it is trying to work but something is preventing it. A long shot ~ Presumably clicking on the grey Paste Fact(s) button doe nothing? <<snippet>> The fact that the problem briefly seemed to go away, confuses me. I always have the problem when the first project I open is my own family project, but I sometimes don't have the problem when I open the sample project first. Closing the sample project without saving and then opening my own project, I find I don't have the problem. When saving my project after making changes I sometimes get a message box telling me the save process (probably due to conflict with another program) has failed and giving me the option to retry. In this case the other program is Virgin Media Backup and Storage which I have set up to automatically back up changed files to a remote server. If I ensure that Virgin's backup completes before I retry my save within FH, then I don't seem to have the problem when I re-open my project in FH. I'm thinking that the problem must lie with whatever FH does when a save fails, or with the way either FH or Virgin Backup handles files being simultaneously accessed by another program, and that whatever is happening this is somehow affecting some part of FH next time the project is opened. <<snippet>> Similarly, I synch/backup my FH folders using Windows Live Mesh, and get the same 'conflict' message (which is much improved over what happened with FH V4). You might be on the right track with this, so try suspending Virgin Media Backup and Storage while running FH and see if the Paste Fact(s) problem disappears. If that works, then let Calico Pie know, and they may be able to identify what folders/files (if any) are involved. The subsequent steps are to varied to predict, but may involve excluding certain data from Virgin Media, scheduling it differently, or using a different Backup strategy for FH. e.g. Use FH Backup to put FH data where Virgin Media can back it up, but exclude FH GEDCOM file &/or its folder. Regards, Mike Tate

There is no need to buy a Full V5 licence to avoid having to reinstall V2, V3, V4 past versions. As Jane said, an Upgrade V4 to V5 will install on its own from scratch with just the V4 and V5 licence keys. -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bob Brock (general mail) Sent: 02 April 2012 15:14 To: DIANA SHEASBY; family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] advice please: upgrade of computer, OS and to v5 Diana I bought a new Windows 7 a year or so ago and faced a similar problem. The process to load v2 then the upgrades to v3 and v4 in turn was not difficult, but with all the other software I was loading on to the new computer I decided it would be one job too many next time I had to do it, and that when v5 was released I would treat myself to a brand new copy (the difference in price is not massive). Copying your project folder(s) from your v4 PC to one running v5 is simple, so my choice would be to put brand new software on the brand new laptop. Bob Brock www.badger55.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: DIANA SHEASBY Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 2:59 PM To: FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS@rootsweb.com Subject: [FHU] advice please: upgrade of computer, OS and to v5 I have successfully run versions of FH from 2.0.7 to 4, each time purchasing the paid for upgrade CDs (to v3 and v4) for which I have the key codes, and downloading the free interim upgrades. I ordered and have received my v5 upgrade CD wherein now lies my problem which I had not anticipated. My present computer operates on Windows 2000 Professional which is not compatible with the new v5 software - a small matter I had overlooked, and which TWR, from whom I ordered, had also in printing their February catalogue. They are now aware of this error. Probably, not before time, I am treating myself to a new laptop operating on Windows 7 and would welcome some definitive advice about how best to achieve migration to the new computer, operating system and the FH upgrade. I have looked at the FUG 'How To's' and past mailings which address some issues, but remain unsure. The new laptop will be my main computer, the old one I will keep for backing up on its hard-drive and operating older software, I also have an external hard-drive to which I backup all my files, data, etc. Should I cut my loses with regard to the software, return my v5 upgrade and buy a boxed complete version? Thanks in anticipation Diana ------------------------------- 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

Thanks, Adrian. I am much happier with spreadsheets, so although Jane's plugin has done the trick, I'll try your suggestion just to keep my hand in and see what it throws up. George -------Original Message------- From: Adrian Bruce Date: 02/04/2012 19:59:27 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Find Same Death Date <<snipped>> Somewhere in my, or my wife's, tree are 2 brothers (not twins) who died either on the same day or within 24 hours of each other. I cannot for the life of me recall who they were so I wonder if it would be possible to construct a query to find them for me? <<snipped>> Not sure what you're like with spreadsheets, but I'd create a query to extract all males with a non-blank death date (or is it non-null???), sorted by surname then death date; export that to a spreadsheet; and create a new column whose value was "FOUNDIT" if the death date on this row matched the death date on the previous row. Then just do a search for "FOUNDIT". Yes, there are flaws - the 2 with the same name might not be brothers but it would find all such people so you can do a visual check on the tiny population found. Adrian B ------------------------------- 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4910 - Release Date: 04/02/12

Thanks, Jane. That found what I was looking for and 7 other instances that I had not previously noticed. George -------Original Message------- From: Jane Taubman Date: 02/04/2012 20:36:47 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Find Same Death Date Give this one a try, I have set it to find siblings who died in 2/3 days of each other. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1367679/Bush%20Sibling%20Search.fh_lua On 2 April 2012 18:10, George Bush <bush.lyme@ntlworld.com> wrote: > Thanks, Jane. I do have v.5. I will have a closer look at the plugins. My > first search revealed none that looked as if they would do what I want, but > the little grey cells take some time to get going these days. :-)-- > 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 FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4910 - Release Date: 04/02/12

Bob, Are you still having problems with this? (I realise you may have continued the discussion with Mike direct and it may now be resolved). Ignore this if you have now sorted the problem. Is it only copying and pasting facts that causes the problem, or is copying/pasting citations also a problem? When you have copied a fact are you able to paste it anywhere else, e.g. as text in a word document? I ask this because I just wondered whether there might be an intermittent fault with your left mouse button. This might mean the fact does not actually get copied, therefore the paste button will remain greyed out. (This is probably a crazy shot in the dark, I know!) Lorna On 02/04/2012 12:57, Bob Brock (general mail) wrote: > Mike - thanks for keeping with me on this one, and apologies for the weekend > break!! > > << So when you open FH and open the Property Box Facts tab, the Copy Fact(s) > button is enabled and the Paste Fact(s) button is greyed out.>> > > Correct > > << Hovering your cursor over the buttons gives the above button names as the > popup tooltip?>> > > Correct > > << When you select a Fact does it matter which one you choose, or do all > behave the same? > If you choose a Family (red bullet) or Child (grey bullet) Fact and click > Copy Fact(s) button, what happens? > If you choose an Individual (blue bullet) Fact and click Copy Fact(s) > button, does the Paste Fact(s) button next to it immediately become active > or not? Or is it only when you switch to another Property Box does the Paste > Fact(s) button become inactive?>> > > All the "blue bullet" facts I've tried (e.g. occupation, residence, birth, > baptism, education) behave the same - left-clicking on the Copy Fact(s) > button appears to have no effect and the Paste Fact(s) button remains greyed > out. Occasionally the Paste Fact(s) button appears to flash yellow before > reverting to grey. > For "red bullet" and "grey bullet" facts I get a standard pop-up message box > telling me that only "blue bullet" facts can be copied in this context. > Basically I cannot seem to get the Paste Fact(s) button to become active at > all, and switching to another property box makes no difference. I've also > tried this by selecting individuals from the Individuals tab of the Records > window and by selecting via the Focus window and this also makes no > difference. > > << You are not accidentally running two copies of FH at the same time by any > chance, and switching from one to the other?>> > > I've been into Windows Task Manager and there is only one copy of FH.EXE > running. > > I've also tried validating the Gedcom file - which says there are no errors > found. For interest my project has 9135 individuals and 2769 families, but > as mentioned previously I have the same issues in the sample project so > doubt that data is the cause of the problem. > > The fact that the problem briefly seemed to go away, confuses me. I always > have the problem when the first project I open is my own family project, but > I sometimes don't have the problem when I open the sample project first. > Closing the sample project without saving and then opening my own project, I > find I don't have the problem. > > When saving my project after making changes I sometimes get a message box > telling me the save process (probably due to conflict with another program) > has failed and giving me the option to retry. In this case the other program > is Virgin Media Backup and Storage which I have set up to automatically back > up changed files to a remote server. If I ensure that Virgin's backup > completes before I retry my save within FH, then I don't seem to have the > problem when I re-open my project in FH. > > I'm thinking that the problem must lie with whatever FH does when a save > fails, or with the way either FH or Virgin Backup handles files being > simultaneously accessed by another program, and that whatever is happening > this is somehow affecting some part of FH next time the project is opened. > My own days of computer programming are long past, but would welcome any > feedback on my logic. > > I appreciate this discussion may be getting a bit technical for the list, > and be of little interest to others, so feel free to contact me off-list if > you think that would be easier. > > Bob > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Give this one a try, I have set it to find siblings who died in 2/3 days of each other. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1367679/Bush%20Sibling%20Search.fh_lua On 2 April 2012 18:10, George Bush <bush.lyme@ntlworld.com> wrote: > Thanks, Jane. I do have v.5. I will have a closer look at the plugins. My > first search revealed none that looked as if they would do what I want, but > the little grey cells take some time to get going these days. :-)-- > Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk

<<snipped>> Somewhere in my, or my wife's, tree are 2 brothers (not twins) who died either on the same day or within 24 hours of each other. I cannot for the life of me recall who they were so I wonder if it would be possible to construct a query to find them for me? <<snipped>> Not sure what you're like with spreadsheets, but I'd create a query to extract all males with a non-blank death date (or is it non-null???), sorted by surname then death date; export that to a spreadsheet; and create a new column whose value was "FOUNDIT" if the death date on this row matched the death date on the previous row. Then just do a search for "FOUNDIT". Yes, there are flaws - the 2 with the same name might not be brothers but it would find all such people so you can do a visual check on the tiny population found. Adrian B

There is a course in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, details on FHUG website. I am travelling there from Northumberland. Sent from my iPad Irene Blackburn On 2 Apr 2012, at 17:21, Yvonne Farrell <yvonne.farrell@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Mmm, Somerset is a bit far from motherwell, any courses in Scotland?? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Mitchell > Sent: 02 April 2012 12:18 > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FHU] Training > > Perhaps this would be a good time to remind folks that there are training courses available :) > > I attended the "Intermediate/Advanced" training course run by Jane Taubman yesterday (Sunday) at Illminster, Somerset. I have to say that it was beyond excellent! It isn't until you meet Jane that you realise just how knowledgeable she is! The course was varied, detailed and very well presented in a beautiful venue. I can without reservation, recommend this to everyone. > > Thanks Jane, for a really great day!! > Roger > > --- > Roger Mitchell > rdm@mfo.me.uk<mailto:rdm@mfo.me.uk> > http://mfo.me.uk<http://mfo.me.uk/> > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Yes sorry, it's been a busy few days. On 2 April 2012 17:29, steve corrigan <steve.corrigan@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Jane > > Should that read "never have a level 1 CONT line? > > Steve > -- Jane. Jane Taubman | www.rjt.org.uk | www.taubman.org.uk |www.fhug.org.uk

Thanks, Jane. I do have v.5. I will have a closer look at the plugins. My first search revealed none that looked as if they would do what I want, but the little grey cells take some time to get going these days. :-) George

Not sure if anyone else has noticed these or if it is just a problem on my machine. Some of the screen updating when opening, switching and resizing windows is not working fully on all occasions. For example:- When opening the multimedia window from the toolbar button (selecting view all media or for selected records) or by selecting multimedia window from the view menu, the multimedia window opens with a bit of the previous window still showing between the multimedia records list and the linked records list in the context pane. This can be made to vanish by selecting the grabber at the top of the linked records list and slightly moving it or switching to another window and back to the multimedia window again. This happens when I have the family history window maximised on the desktop from startup. If I do it from a smaller window (any size smaller window) it does not happen, but resizing small windows does not update the screen for the open window correctly. Switching to another window corrects this. Switching back to maximised also fails to update correctly on some occasions, but after switching back to maximised the multimedia windows then open correctly updated. I have generally done this with the family historian windows all maximised in the main family historian window. I have not experimented with individual family historian windows floating in the main family historian window. A bit difficult to fully describe all the circumstances but I hope this gives some indications. I have checked it out from the focus window, records list and diagram windows on two separate gedcoms and it can occur in all circumstances. Not causing any problems, just seems to be some errors in the screen redrawing routines. Window 7 Home premium 64 bit - fully up to date from windows update. -- Kind Regards Terry Jacombs

As far as I can see, GEDCOM 5.5 defines address_structure as everything from house number to country via postcode ("to enable mailing", i.e. contact submitters, holders of sources, etc.), and place as where whatever happened took place, from township up to state/country, for "jurisdiction" purposes (i.e. if you wanted to check it really happened, that's where you'd go to check the records). There is clearly overlap, and the standard admits as much, though its solution (taking address out of where it used to be in a place structure and putting both on an equal footing) doesn't seem to me to solve anything. However, that's their problem, not mine. I'm not interested in submitting or sealing or other aspects of the LDS' motivation in defining these terms. What I can see in FH (correct me if I'm wrong) is that every event and most attributes (e.g. education but not child_count) have both an address and a place field. So I'm going to put everything in Place (including, if need be, church name, cemetery name, etc.) except house number and street name. After all, on average I know a place more often than I know a full address. 27 of my ancestors were born in Over Wallop, but not a street name or house mumber between them. It may not be "right" but at least it'll be standardised. Well, once I've gone through every record and tidied things up...... Ian

Thanks Jane Should that read "never have a level 1 CONT line? Steve On 2 April 2012 14:30, Jane Taubman <janetaubman@gmail.com> wrote: > I looks like a "bug" in Mac Family Tree, I am pretty sure > > > 2 CONT County:Lancashire > > 1 CONT > > 2 CONT CORRIGAN, DanielHead, 31, b1880, Shoe Maker, Manchester Lancs > > should be > > > > 2 CONT County:Lancashire > > 2 CONT > > 2 CONT CORRIGAN, DanielHead, 31, b1880, Shoe Maker, Manchester Lancs > > > I am reasonably sure you should never have a level CONT line, so you might > just be able to do a search and replace on the GEDCOM file. > > > > On 2 April 2012 13:35, steve corrigan <steve.corrigan@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > 2 CONT County:Lancashire > > > > 1 CONT > > > > 2 CONT CORRIGAN, DanielHead, 31, b1880, Shoe Maker, Manchester Lancs > > > > > -- > 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 > FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Mmm, Somerset is a bit far from motherwell, any courses in Scotland?? -----Original Message----- From: Roger Mitchell Sent: 02 April 2012 12:18 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: [FHU] Training Perhaps this would be a good time to remind folks that there are training courses available :) I attended the "Intermediate/Advanced" training course run by Jane Taubman yesterday (Sunday) at Illminster, Somerset. I have to say that it was beyond excellent! It isn't until you meet Jane that you realise just how knowledgeable she is! The course was varied, detailed and very well presented in a beautiful venue. I can without reservation, recommend this to everyone. Thanks Jane, for a really great day!! Roger --- Roger Mitchell rdm@mfo.me.uk<mailto:rdm@mfo.me.uk> http://mfo.me.uk<http://mfo.me.uk/> ------------------------------- 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

Victor I don't live in Thatcham but I have lots of TIDBURY ancestors who lived there. I looked at Ancestry Sources previously but I don't think it conforms to my way of working. As far as I can gather it creates multiple facts from a single event for occupations, residences, etc. I prefer to keep all the information relating to an event in the note related to that event, as it makes the reports much easier to read. Also, if I understood correctly it seems that a lot of the relevant detail of the marriage is actually held in the source record rather than in the notes file of the marriage event. Best wishes Debbie