Makes interesting reading !! I had the same problem as Jayne when I upgraded to Windows 10. Had no problems using google drive for some time using 8.1, I now prevent Drive from syncing until I had exited FH, since then I had had no issues. Might try one drive as Mike suggested. Regards to all Tony On 30 March 2016 at 15:33, Lesley Baxendale via < family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Not just me with the belt & braces approach then! > > Lesley > > On 30/03/2016 10:49, Malcolm Smith wrote: > > Lesley > > > > An external hard drive? I've bucket loads of the things. > > > > As I have told everyone I know that there's one constant in IT ever > > since I ran into a mainframe in the 70s is that every hard drive is > > guaranteed to fail. In as much as the same way that pacemakers have > > lifetime guarantees... > > > > Malc > > > > On 30/03/2016 09:39, Lesley Baxendale via wrote: > >> Hi Malc, > >> > >> I use SyncBackFree too & I can understand why you do it the way around > >> you do if you have a slow internet connection. However, it's the risk > >> of losing everything in between back-ups to DropBox that would bother > >> me. I had a hard drive failure a couple of years ago & if I hadn't just > >> done a back-up to an external drive when it happened (this was before I > >> started using DropBox) I would have lost all my current files. > >> > >> Now, I keep my 'live' FH files in the appropriate DropBox folder on my > >> laptop, from where they are synced as we go. I have another copy backed > >> up using SynchBackFree, to an external hard drive, just in case. > >> > >> As you are virtually forced to do it 'the other way around', I would > >> suggest you also have a local back-up copy on external media of some > >> kind, just in case your computer fails and you can't get to DropBox for > >> some reason. > >> > >> A bit belt & braces, but you never know! > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> Lesley > >> Colwyn Bay > >> (where the broadband connection is pretty good, providing it isn't tea > >> time & the world & his wife are logging on after work!). > >> > >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Not just me with the belt & braces approach then! Lesley On 30/03/2016 10:49, Malcolm Smith wrote: > Lesley > > An external hard drive? I've bucket loads of the things. > > As I have told everyone I know that there's one constant in IT ever > since I ran into a mainframe in the 70s is that every hard drive is > guaranteed to fail. In as much as the same way that pacemakers have > lifetime guarantees... > > Malc > > On 30/03/2016 09:39, Lesley Baxendale via wrote: >> Hi Malc, >> >> I use SyncBackFree too & I can understand why you do it the way around >> you do if you have a slow internet connection. However, it's the risk >> of losing everything in between back-ups to DropBox that would bother >> me. I had a hard drive failure a couple of years ago & if I hadn't just >> done a back-up to an external drive when it happened (this was before I >> started using DropBox) I would have lost all my current files. >> >> Now, I keep my 'live' FH files in the appropriate DropBox folder on my >> laptop, from where they are synced as we go. I have another copy backed >> up using SynchBackFree, to an external hard drive, just in case. >> >> As you are virtually forced to do it 'the other way around', I would >> suggest you also have a local back-up copy on external media of some >> kind, just in case your computer fails and you can't get to DropBox for >> some reason. >> >> A bit belt & braces, but you never know! >> >> Regards >> >> Lesley >> Colwyn Bay >> (where the broadband connection is pretty good, providing it isn't tea >> time & the world & his wife are logging on after work!). >> >>

I've used SyncBack for years to handle all my file backups. I recommend it highly. Shoshana -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Malcolm Smith via Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 11:12 To: jayne.harryis <jayne.harryis@gmail.com>; family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Problems Saving Gedcom file Jayne What I do is to use a free utility called SyncBackFree which copies various work folders at regular intervals to another set of folders. It is these folders which I sync out to DropBox and the like. So the upload to the on-line servers can take as long as they like (and living on this motorhome with a slow internet connection: they certainly do take as long as they like) and there is never anything blocked. Doing this way also means that there is a copy on my hard drive in that second folder which is slightly older than the one I am using live. So when I have that OhNoWhatTheHeckHaveIDone moment I know I have until the next sync cycle to find the previous version of whatever I am doing. And that has saved me a good number of times in the past, particularly in the code that I am writing and I find that I have made a right mess out of the module I am on. Malc On 29/03/2016 22:34, jayne.harryis via wrote: > Thanks Malcolm for your input. Great minds think alike! I never use any of Microsoft's library folders for anything either. > > Thanks also to Mike who wrote, "When FH Saves the Gedcom it actually creates the tmp file you mentioned, and then deletes the original Gedcom file, and renames the tmp file. So something is preventing that renaming by 'using' the file." > > Your explanation was very helpful. I was confused by the error message saying it was "unable to rename" the file , because I wasn't trying to rename it. The problem is probably being caused by my files being in google drive and Family Historian trying to create, rename and delete the original while google drive is syncing it. I shall pause Google Drive (nervously) while I work on my file. This problem has only arisen since my latest update to version 6.1, it was working ok in Windows 10 before then. > > Jayne > > ------------------------------- > 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 An external hard drive? I've bucket loads of the things. As I have told everyone I know that there's one constant in IT ever since I ran into a mainframe in the 70s is that every hard drive is guaranteed to fail. In as much as the same way that pacemakers have lifetime guarantees... Malc On 30/03/2016 09:39, Lesley Baxendale via wrote: > Hi Malc, > > I use SyncBackFree too & I can understand why you do it the way around > you do if you have a slow internet connection. However, it's the risk > of losing everything in between back-ups to DropBox that would bother > me. I had a hard drive failure a couple of years ago & if I hadn't just > done a back-up to an external drive when it happened (this was before I > started using DropBox) I would have lost all my current files. > > Now, I keep my 'live' FH files in the appropriate DropBox folder on my > laptop, from where they are synced as we go. I have another copy backed > up using SynchBackFree, to an external hard drive, just in case. > > As you are virtually forced to do it 'the other way around', I would > suggest you also have a local back-up copy on external media of some > kind, just in case your computer fails and you can't get to DropBox for > some reason. > > A bit belt & braces, but you never know! > > Regards > > Lesley > Colwyn Bay > (where the broadband connection is pretty good, providing it isn't tea > time & the world & his wife are logging on after work!). > > > > On 30/03/2016 09:11, Malcolm Smith via wrote: >> Jayne >> >> What I do is to use a free utility called SyncBackFree which copies >> various work folders at regular intervals to another set of folders. >> It is these folders which I sync out to DropBox and the like. So the >> upload to the on-line servers can take as long as they like (and living >> on this motorhome with a slow internet connection: they certainly do >> take as long as they like) and there is never anything blocked. >> >> Doing this way also means that there is a copy on my hard drive in that >> second folder which is slightly older than the one I am using live. So >> when I have that OhNoWhatTheHeckHaveIDone moment I know I have until the >> next sync cycle to find the previous version of whatever I am doing. >> And that has saved me a good number of times in the past, particularly >> in the code that I am writing and I find that I have made a right mess >> out of the module I am on. >> >> Malc >> >> On 29/03/2016 22:34, jayne.harryis via wrote: >>> Thanks Malcolm for your input. Great minds think alike! I never use any of Microsoft's library folders for anything either. >>> >>> Thanks also to Mike who wrote, "When FH Saves the Gedcom it actually creates the tmp file you mentioned, and then deletes the original Gedcom file, and renames the tmp file. So something is preventing that renaming by 'using' the file." >>> >>> Your explanation was very helpful. I was confused by the error message saying it was "unable to rename" the file , because I wasn't trying to rename it. The problem is probably being caused by my files being in google drive and Family Historian trying to create, rename and delete the original while google drive is syncing it. I shall pause Google Drive (nervously) while I work on my file. This problem has only arisen since my latest update to version 6.1, it was working ok in Windows 10 before then. >>> >>> Jayne >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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

Hi Malc, I use SyncBackFree too & I can understand why you do it the way around you do if you have a slow internet connection. However, it's the risk of losing everything in between back-ups to DropBox that would bother me. I had a hard drive failure a couple of years ago & if I hadn't just done a back-up to an external drive when it happened (this was before I started using DropBox) I would have lost all my current files. Now, I keep my 'live' FH files in the appropriate DropBox folder on my laptop, from where they are synced as we go. I have another copy backed up using SynchBackFree, to an external hard drive, just in case. As you are virtually forced to do it 'the other way around', I would suggest you also have a local back-up copy on external media of some kind, just in case your computer fails and you can't get to DropBox for some reason. A bit belt & braces, but you never know! Regards Lesley Colwyn Bay (where the broadband connection is pretty good, providing it isn't tea time & the world & his wife are logging on after work!). On 30/03/2016 09:11, Malcolm Smith via wrote: > Jayne > > What I do is to use a free utility called SyncBackFree which copies > various work folders at regular intervals to another set of folders. > It is these folders which I sync out to DropBox and the like. So the > upload to the on-line servers can take as long as they like (and living > on this motorhome with a slow internet connection: they certainly do > take as long as they like) and there is never anything blocked. > > Doing this way also means that there is a copy on my hard drive in that > second folder which is slightly older than the one I am using live. So > when I have that OhNoWhatTheHeckHaveIDone moment I know I have until the > next sync cycle to find the previous version of whatever I am doing. > And that has saved me a good number of times in the past, particularly > in the code that I am writing and I find that I have made a right mess > out of the module I am on. > > Malc > > On 29/03/2016 22:34, jayne.harryis via wrote: >> Thanks Malcolm for your input. Great minds think alike! I never use any of Microsoft's library folders for anything either. >> >> Thanks also to Mike who wrote, "When FH Saves the Gedcom it actually creates the tmp file you mentioned, and then deletes the original Gedcom file, and renames the tmp file. So something is preventing that renaming by 'using' the file." >> >> Your explanation was very helpful. I was confused by the error message saying it was "unable to rename" the file , because I wasn't trying to rename it. The problem is probably being caused by my files being in google drive and Family Historian trying to create, rename and delete the original while google drive is syncing it. I shall pause Google Drive (nervously) while I work on my file. This problem has only arisen since my latest update to version 6.1, it was working ok in Windows 10 before then. >> >> Jayne >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >

Jayne What I do is to use a free utility called SyncBackFree which copies various work folders at regular intervals to another set of folders. It is these folders which I sync out to DropBox and the like. So the upload to the on-line servers can take as long as they like (and living on this motorhome with a slow internet connection: they certainly do take as long as they like) and there is never anything blocked. Doing this way also means that there is a copy on my hard drive in that second folder which is slightly older than the one I am using live. So when I have that OhNoWhatTheHeckHaveIDone moment I know I have until the next sync cycle to find the previous version of whatever I am doing. And that has saved me a good number of times in the past, particularly in the code that I am writing and I find that I have made a right mess out of the module I am on. Malc On 29/03/2016 22:34, jayne.harryis via wrote: > Thanks Malcolm for your input. Great minds think alike! I never use any of Microsoft's library folders for anything either. > > Thanks also to Mike who wrote, "When FH Saves the Gedcom it actually creates the tmp file you mentioned, and then deletes the original Gedcom file, and renames the tmp file. So something is preventing that renaming by 'using' the file." > > Your explanation was very helpful. I was confused by the error message saying it was "unable to rename" the file , because I wasn't trying to rename it. The problem is probably being caused by my files being in google drive and Family Historian trying to create, rename and delete the original while google drive is syncing it. I shall pause Google Drive (nervously) while I work on my file. This problem has only arisen since my latest update to version 6.1, it was working ok in Windows 10 before then. > > Jayne > > ------------------------------- > 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 use Dropbox for my FH projects & don't have any trouble with that either. Perhaps it's just a Google glitch. Lesley Colwyn Bay On 29/03/2016 23:28, Beryl & Mike Tate via wrote: > I had similar problems in the early days of OneDrive, or SkyDrive as it was called then, presumably because files got locked while being synchronised, but it does not happen nowadays. Perhaps try using OneDrive instead of Google Drive for cloud storage of FH Projects. > > Regards, Mike Tate > > Sent from my Hudl > > "jayne.harryis via" <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Malcolm for your input. Great minds think alike! I never use any of Microsoft's library folders for anything either. >> >> Thanks also to Mike who wrote, "When FH Saves the Gedcom it actually creates the tmp file you mentioned, and then deletes the original Gedcom file, and renames the tmp file. So something is preventing that renaming by 'using' the file." >> >> Your explanation was very helpful. I was confused by the error message saying it was "unable to rename" the file , because I wasn't trying to rename it. The problem is probably being caused by my files being in google drive and Family Historian trying to create, rename and delete the original while google drive is syncing it. I shall pause Google Drive (nervously) while I work on my file. This problem has only arisen since my latest update to version 6.1, it was working ok in Windows 10 before then. >> >> Jayne >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 Thank you for both suggestions. The one of from the Tates best suits my needs but the one from Mervyn is very useful for a quick check. Regards Robin

I had similar problems in the early days of OneDrive, or SkyDrive as it was called then, presumably because files got locked while being synchronised, but it does not happen nowadays. Perhaps try using OneDrive instead of Google Drive for cloud storage of FH Projects. Regards, Mike Tate Sent from my Hudl "jayne.harryis via" <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: >Thanks Malcolm for your input. Great minds think alike! I never use any of Microsoft's library folders for anything either. > >Thanks also to Mike who wrote, "When FH Saves the Gedcom it actually creates the tmp file you mentioned, and then deletes the original Gedcom file, and renames the tmp file. So something is preventing that renaming by 'using' the file." > >Your explanation was very helpful. I was confused by the error message saying it was "unable to rename" the file , because I wasn't trying to rename it. The problem is probably being caused by my files being in google drive and Family Historian trying to create, rename and delete the original while google drive is syncing it. I shall pause Google Drive (nervously) while I work on my file. This problem has only arisen since my latest update to version 6.1, it was working ok in Windows 10 before then. > >Jayne > >------------------------------- >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 Malcolm for your input. Great minds think alike! I never use any of Microsoft's library folders for anything either. Thanks also to Mike who wrote, "When FH Saves the Gedcom it actually creates the tmp file you mentioned, and then deletes the original Gedcom file, and renames the tmp file. So something is preventing that renaming by 'using' the file." Your explanation was very helpful. I was confused by the error message saying it was "unable to rename" the file , because I wasn't trying to rename it. The problem is probably being caused by my files being in google drive and Family Historian trying to create, rename and delete the original while google drive is syncing it. I shall pause Google Drive (nervously) while I work on my file. This problem has only arisen since my latest update to version 6.1, it was working ok in Windows 10 before then. Jayne

Robin, if you are using FH V6 then the Focus Window does it automatically. If you set that youngest person as the File Root, then all direct ancestors are marked with a blue-arrow instead of the usual magnifying-glass icon. Change the File Root and the blue-arrows automatically move. In Diagrams it is easy to add a Box Conditional Expression using the IsAncestorOf() function that sets an Icon or Text Colour or other feature of Ancestor boxes. This has recently been discussed (again) in the FHUG Forum, and can similarly automatically adjust according to the File Root, or the Diagram Root, etc. http://www.fhug.org.uk/forum/ Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- Subject: [FHU] Marking Ancestors I would like to be able to select the youngest person in a family group and then ask Family Historian to mark all his or her ancestors. This makes for easy navigation forwards or backwards through the layers of ancestors. My previous program achieved this by marking the ancestor in each generation by changing his or her name from regular to bold text. Regards, Robin

Hi I would like to be able to select the youngest person in a family group and then ask Family Historian to mark all his or her ancestors. This makes for easy navigation forwards or backwards through the layers of ancestors. My previous program achieved this by marking the ancestor in each generation by changing his or her name from regular to bold text. I checked the Help facility but could not find anything, possibly because I was using incorrect terminology in the search field. Regards Robin

Robin, Not sure what version of FH you are using, but in version 6 the easiest option is to select the person you are interested in and then use the Ancestors Tab which gives 5 generations on screen. Mervyn > On 29 Mar 2016, at 12:38, Robin Griffiths via <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Hi > > I would like to be able to select the youngest person in a family group and > then ask Family Historian to mark all his or her ancestors. This makes for > easy navigation forwards or backwards through the layers of ancestors. My > previous program achieved this by marking the ancestor in each generation by > changing his or her name from regular to bold text. > > I checked the Help facility but could not find anything, possibly because I > was using incorrect terminology in the search field. > > Regards > > 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

ooops!! sorry - I meant 1939 Registers Brian On 28/03/2016 08:38, Brian Horridge via wrote: > Mike > > Thanks - that's exactly what I wanted to do. I'm still using FH Ver 5 > so I guess the Menus you quoted are Ver 6 but I managed to find the Ver > 5 equivalents. > > I'll probably use something similar to record ARP / Fire Service > comments from the 1932 Registers. > > Again, many thanks > > Brian > > On 28/03/2016 00:29, Beryl & Mike Tate via wrote: >> You can alter how Facts are displayed by using the Tools > Fact Types command then Edit > Advanced and defining the Templates for both the Facts tab and the All tab/Records Window. >> >> Regards, Mike Tate >> >> Sent from my Hudl >> >> Brian Horridge via <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >>> Mike >>> >>>> Have you tried adding 'Home Guard' as the value of the Military Service Attribute, in the same way you do for the Occupation attribute, above the Date and Age fields? >>>> >>>> Regards, Mike Tate >>>> >>> Thanks - that works better than what I had. >>> >>> However, when shown in the "All" tab of the Individual's details (not >>> expanded) it says "Military Service between {date range} Home Guard" >>> rather than something like "Military Service Home Guard between {date >>> range)". I presume that is the standard way of displaying things. >>> >>> I'll have another play and see if I can tweak it to what I want. >>> >>> Again, 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 >

Mike Thanks - that's exactly what I wanted to do. I'm still using FH Ver 5 so I guess the Menus you quoted are Ver 6 but I managed to find the Ver 5 equivalents. I'll probably use something similar to record ARP / Fire Service comments from the 1932 Registers. Again, many thanks Brian On 28/03/2016 00:29, Beryl & Mike Tate via wrote: > You can alter how Facts are displayed by using the Tools > Fact Types command then Edit > Advanced and defining the Templates for both the Facts tab and the All tab/Records Window. > > Regards, Mike Tate > > Sent from my Hudl > > Brian Horridge via <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> Mike >> >>> Have you tried adding 'Home Guard' as the value of the Military Service Attribute, in the same way you do for the Occupation attribute, above the Date and Age fields? >>> >>> Regards, Mike Tate >>> >> Thanks - that works better than what I had. >> >> However, when shown in the "All" tab of the Individual's details (not >> expanded) it says "Military Service between {date range} Home Guard" >> rather than something like "Military Service Home Guard between {date >> range)". I presume that is the standard way of displaying things. >> >> I'll have another play and see if I can tweak it to what I want. >> >> Again, 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 >

You can alter how Facts are displayed by using the Tools > Fact Types command then Edit > Advanced and defining the Templates for both the Facts tab and the All tab/Records Window. Regards, Mike Tate Sent from my Hudl Brian Horridge via <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: >Mike > >> Have you tried adding 'Home Guard' as the value of the Military Service Attribute, in the same way you do for the Occupation attribute, above the Date and Age fields? >> >> Regards, Mike Tate >> >Thanks - that works better than what I had. > >However, when shown in the "All" tab of the Individual's details (not >expanded) it says "Military Service between {date range} Home Guard" >rather than something like "Military Service Home Guard between {date >range)". I presume that is the standard way of displaying things. > >I'll have another play and see if I can tweak it to what I want. > >Again, 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

Mike > Have you tried adding 'Home Guard' as the value of the Military Service Attribute, in the same way you do for the Occupation attribute, above the Date and Age fields? > > Regards, Mike Tate > Thanks - that works better than what I had. However, when shown in the "All" tab of the Individual's details (not expanded) it says "Military Service between {date range} Home Guard" rather than something like "Military Service Home Guard between {date range)". I presume that is the standard way of displaying things. I'll have another play and see if I can tweak it to what I want. Again, many thanks Brian

Oh and there won't be any more Home Guard records any time soon. The Durham lot were meant to be a pilot but TNA dropped the idea after Durham had been done. (This was actually a couple of years ago). The reasons given were a complete shambles, on a par with Ancestry and FindMyPast's communications fiascoes. First they said that they couldn't go any further because there were people still alive (never heard of Private Pike?), then they clarified that they meant that there were more potentially alive than expected (so? Confidentiality coding for one or many, it's all the same). Finally they clarified that they felt that the confidentiality numbers were such that they didn't think it would be worth a contractor's while to digitise the lot (as was required) while holding back so many. By this time I'd lost the will to ask them if they'd asked any contractors that, or were they just making decisions on their behalf.

Have you tried adding 'Home Guard' as the value of the Military Service Attribute, in the same way you do for the Occupation attribute, above the Date and Age fields? Regards, Mike Tate Sent from my Hudl Brian Horridge via <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: >Can I ask for some thoughts on the best way to record details of someone >who was in the Home Guard as I've just found 2 people of interest listed >in the newly-released County Durham Home Guard Records (part of The >National Archives data). > >Provisionally I've used the Military Service Attribute (from the >Military Fact Set) and used a "between" date range for his 5 years of >service but it does not look quite right. I suppose "Home Guard" is the >equivalent of a normal army unit / Regiment but I can only add that as a >Note. > >I presume that other Home Guard records will be released before too long >so I'll probably have others to add. > >How would others record such information?? > >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

What is it that bugs you about it? If I recollect, the Home Guard was divided into battalions, so I'd probably enter an attribute value of "7th Cheshire Battalion, Home Guard", say. Or whatever the unit was. You may even need to reorder the words - I wouldn't worry too much - the Army was prone to be consistently inconsistent with its titling, e.g. using regimental numbers in some documents long after the numbers had been discarded. I think that the various Home Guard battalions were affiliated to the regiments of the Regular Army but this should not be interpreted as being part of those regiments in any meaningful sense. This also applies to the post war Territorials where my brain gets scrambled if I interpret affiliation as being part of, as they move all over the place. So I'd leave the affiliated regiment out of the attribute value, personally.