Thank you John. It does help......... It is strange to be a newbie! I really love the programme so far having used, and loved, Pedigree for the past 15 years or so...........it is odd not to know what I am doing! I have worked through the booklet and many of the tutorials, but it is only in doing for myself that I will really learn. Laraine -------------------------------------------------- From: "John James" <john.wjames@which.net> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 8:18 AM To: <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [FHU] help please for a very new user > To Jane's reply I would add the suggestion to add an unknown father and > hang children off that relationship, rather than just adding > the children directly to the Mother. After all, there must have been one, > however transient. If and when you find the details, you > simply update the Unknown individual with the appropriate details. > > It's also worth browsing or searching the FH Mailing List Archive; these > subjects have invariably been discussed in the past. > > HTH, > > John > > _____ > > From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Laraine > Hake > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 7:32 AM > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FHU] help please for a very new user > > > > I am very new to using Family Historian (but not to Family History!) and > would be very grateful indeed if I there is somebody who > would be willing to point me in the direction of finding out the answers > to some of my problems............ > > For example: this morning I have entered a new spouse to a woman who > already had children. It had not occurred to me that they > were not linked to a father and so the new spouse now appears to be their > father which is incorrect........ I have searched Help > and the booklet to no avail. I can't even figure out how to use my > previous backup which could be the easiest option. > > Many thanks > > Laraine Hake > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > _____ > > avast! <http://www.avast.com> Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > > > Virus Database (VPS): 09/10/2011 > Tested on: 10/10/2011 07:45:36 > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2011 AVAST Software. > > > > > _____ > > avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. > > > Virus Database (VPS): 09/10/2011 > Tested on: 10/10/2011 08:18:37 > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2011 AVAST Software. > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Laraine, welcome to the world of Family Historian. You may not be aware of the Family Historian User Group (FHUG) run by Jane Taubman who answered your questions. It is a free voluntary FH User Group at http://www.fhug.org.uk/cgi-bin/index.cgi - just register free under the Login section. There are Q & A Forums, a wealth of information in the Knowledge Base, and free Downloads such as Ancestral Sources for Census & Baptism data capture. Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Laraine Hake Sent: 10 October 2011 09:17 To: john.wjames@which.net; family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] help please for a very new user Thank you John. It does help......... It is strange to be a newbie! I really love the programme so far having used, and loved, Pedigree for the past 15 years or so...........it is odd not to know what I am doing! I have worked through the booklet and many of the tutorials, but it is only in doing for myself that I will really learn. Laraine -------------------------------------------------- From: "John James" <john.wjames@which.net> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 8:18 AM To: <family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [FHU] help please for a very new user > To Jane's reply I would add the suggestion to add an unknown father and hang children off that relationship, rather than just adding the children directly to the Mother. After all, there must have been one, however transient. If and when you find the details, you simply update the Unknown individual with the appropriate details. > > It's also worth browsing or searching the FH Mailing List Archive; these subjects have invariably been discussed in the past. > > HTH, > > John > > _____ > > From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Laraine > Hake > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 7:32 AM > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FHU] help please for a very new user > > I am very new to using Family Historian (but not to Family History!) and would be very grateful indeed if I there is somebody who would be willing to point me in the direction of finding out the answers to some of my problems............ > > For example: this morning I have entered a new spouse to a woman who already had children. It had not occurred to me that they were not linked to a father and so the new spouse now appears to be their father which is incorrect........ I have searched Help and the booklet to no avail. I can't even figure out how to use my previous backup which could be the easiest option. > > Many thanks > > Laraine Hake >