I have the same problem with Notes, Victor, where for example in a lease three or four people are mentioned. I did think that perhaps I would use the source citation, but then I need a fact to go with it! Also, one of the removal orders I have mentions 10 people! I have no facts at present for any of the poor law documents, and I have no idea how to make them. I did, some years ago, correspond with Jane about a facts set for poor law but have had no time to think about it. Perhaps now that Lincolnshire Archives is closed and I am awash with spare time I could do that now. Is there someone who could make the facts set if I give the relevant information? I tend, when sending information out to others, to use individual narrative reports, knitting together the PDF files to make one long one. I haven't done it for a while now, so have forgotten where, but there is something that you can tick not to have duplicate notes for the children in an individual narrative. Anne Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family- > historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Victor Markham > Sent: 24 November 2011 11:21 > To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [FHU] Help re Media please > > Ann > > We are basically doing both the same things but I don't have the > separate files in the media folder. I have these listed as sub folders > under the main folder of Family Information. Whatever way you do > wouldn't make much difference. Or does it? > > One problem I am having at the moment is that when I use the same > picture (a church for example) for two or more people instead of this > appearing in the narrative report once it appears, if I used it for 3 > people, it appears 3 times. That is one thing I am trying to resolve and > ma looking at the hand book. I bought a printed version of this. > > Victor > > On 24/11/2011 11:08 AM, Anne Cole wrote: > > Laraine, > > > > I am absolutely hopeless with files and things and my pictures were in a > > mess, so my good friend Anne Algar sorted me out. > > > > I now go through the following : > > Family Historian Projects (accessed from "Documents" - Windows 7) > > Duncalf FH > > Duncalf FH.fh_data > > Media > > > > In the "Media" folder I have sub folders for BTs CMB, PRs CMB, Poor Law, > > Courts, Census etc. and just add new sub folders as I need them. Under > each > > sub folder I have separate folders for individual sources i.e. Baps, > Mars, > > Burials or Removal Orders, Bastardy Examinations etc. I simply save > images > > into the appropriate folder and link them to the person or family from > > there. It also makes it easy for me to find an individual picture if I > want > > to do something else with it. I am getting on for 7000 images now that > the > > Cheshire PRs have come online :-) > > > > I still have a few images with the X through them, linked before I was > > sorted out, but now that I understand how the thing works I can easily > > remedy this. Also, I have discovered that if you make any change to the > name > > of the image that you are linking to, it will become unlinked, so it is > a > > good idea to work out what you want to call the images before you start. > I > > use "Bur Prestbury 1794 PR" for both the image name and the source > citation, > > and if I have events for different people in the image I use (1) and (2) > in > > the source citation, using the same image for both. I don't care if this > is > > the wrong way to do it - it works for me. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Anne > > > > > > > > Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society > > > > Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 > > > > http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html > > > > Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index > > > > http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ > > > > Lincolnshire Family History Society > > > > http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family- > >> historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Laraine Hake > >> Sent: 24 November 2011 08:09 > >> To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com > >> Subject: Re: [FHU] Help re Media please > >> > >> > >> > >> As a new user of FH, I am having a wonderful time adding photographs. > I > >> am > >> copying each one to the file within FH > >> > >> However...........this morning, I have some photographs not showing. > >> There > >> is an Error message "Unable to load objects. Error on file open" I > can > >> recognise that each of these photographs were stored within the same > >> folder > >> within FH - it is possible that I had not labelled it > >> correctly.........thinking back to yesterday, I could have deleted an > >> unlabelled "New Folder" not realising it was in use but that I had not > >> labelled it . > >> > >> My question is: How do I access and look at the structure of the media > >> files and folders other than when I am adding new media and it gives me > >> the > >> choice of where to save it. I have no doubt it is fairly > >> obvious............except to me right now! > >> > >> 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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

Thank you so very much to all of those who have tried to help me............in particular, Jane, Anne and Victor. I was succesful in accessing the media file via Windows, but tried to move things around within it (already linked..........dare I say) so now I am in a horrible mess to say the least........and doing my best to remain calm and collected...... [repeat Mantra............this is for pleasure, this is for pleasure.......] Not quite sure what to do next - I do have ideas for the future, but not sure how to sort out the existing links which are now showing up as Xs. Thinks........could I unlink them and try again............that might be next move. Laraine

Hi Laraine, Don't panic! There are two approaches to sorting out the muddle, and which is the best to use may depend on how many images you have already linked. In either method, decide in advance exactly how you want to organise your images, and set up sub-folders within the Media folder accordingly. That will make it easy to get future images in the right place. As you say, you could start again from scratch. This might be easiest if nearly all the links seem to be wrong and there is no pattern to the problem. But it might be quicker to use the 'Re-map' facility in the Work with External File Links box. Try this if the number of links showing up with Xs is not too great, or if there are lots wrong but it is just a matter of most of them being in Folder A while FH is looking for them in Folder B. Open up the 'Work with External File Links' box and click on the 'Help' button in the bottom corner. This will guide you through what you need to do. (This is a good tip when you get stuck in FH: look for a 'Help' button!) Good luck, Lorna > Not quite sure what to do next - I do have ideas for the future, but not > sure how to sort out the existing links which are now showing up as Xs. > Thinks........could I unlink them and try again............that might be > next move. > > Laraine >