I think I figured out some things with the notes, but I still have a few questions. In the file I received, all the notes, both individual notes and families notes, are "links to note records". I know years ago this file had been uploaded to Family Historian from Family Tree Maker. I just read in the forum, that this is a known problem - that FTM saves notes as all note records. Since the transfer, all new notes were then also added as note records. Now there are over 200,000 notes in the file. Looking at the notes in the "notes tab", the number of links per note is either 1 or 0. There are many notes with 0 links. I quess this happened because if a note was deleted from an individual, the "note record" would still exist, but would no longer be connected to an individual. Am I correct that the "link to note records" can only be added to couples in the "families tab" and a family "link to note records" cannot be added from the individual record? Is there a way to quickly go from an individual record to the family record, without having to manually search for the family in the "families tab"? Is there a way for "links to note records" notes from families, to display in the individual property box??? Thank you for all your help! Susan In a message dated 10/18/2015 5:46:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time, family-historian-users@rootsweb.com writes: The icon on the left of the note in the list in the upper half of the Notes tab is a small blue circle for individual notes, a small red circle for family notes and a yellow mini note for links to note records. David On 18/10/2015 23:11, ChapmanGrantCom via wrote: > I normally only use Individual NOTES. I received a file that also has > families NOTES. Could someone please explain how to correctly use families > NOTES to me? > In the help, it stated that families NOTES can be seen in the individual > property box. How do I know what notes are individual and what are families > in the individual property box. > Thank you for your help. > Susan

I can give quick answers to two of your questions. To reach the spouse family property box from the spouses and children tab of individual in focus click the line under the individuals in focus which usually contains the marriage details. The links to notes records for an individual and family are in in the individuals property box. David On 19/10/2015 07:09, ChapmanGrantCom via wrote: > > I think I figured out some things with the notes, but I still have a few > questions. > > In the file I received, all the notes, both individual notes and families > notes, are "links to note records". I know years ago this file had been > uploaded to Family Historian from Family Tree Maker. I just read in the > forum, that this is a known problem - that FTM saves notes as all note records. > Since the transfer, all new notes were then also added as note records. Now > there are over 200,000 notes in the file. > > Looking at the notes in the "notes tab", the number of links per note is > either 1 or 0. There are many notes with 0 links. I quess this happened > because if a note was deleted from an individual, the "note record" would still > exist, but would no longer be connected to an individual. > > Am I correct that the "link to note records" can only be added to couples > in the "families tab" and a family "link to note records" cannot be added > from the individual record? > > Is there a way to quickly go from an individual record to the family > record, without having to manually search for the family in the "families tab"? > > Is there a way for "links to note records" notes from families, to display > in the individual property box??? > > Thank you for all your help! > > Susan > > > > > In a message dated 10/18/2015 5:46:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > family-historian-users@rootsweb.com writes: > > The icon on the left of the note in the list in the upper half of the > Notes tab is a small blue circle for individual notes, a small red > circle for family notes and a yellow mini note for links to note records. > > David > > On 18/10/2015 23:11, ChapmanGrantCom via wrote: >> I normally only use Individual NOTES. I received a file that also has >> families NOTES. Could someone please explain how to correctly use > families >> NOTES to me? >> In the help, it stated that families NOTES can be seen in the individual >> property box. How do I know what notes are individual and what are > families >> in the individual property box. >> Thank you for your help. >> Susan > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

My apologies, I have given you insufficient information, the problem with answering questions from memory rather than with FH open. The answers to your questions regarding notes are contained in the Type column of the Notes tab of the Property box. Notes attached to families have type "Marr. to <spousename>", the local ones within that set end after <spousename> the Note records are followed by "- Note Record (number of links)". You may have to scroll sideways to see the whole column. Notes attached to an individual are listed as Type Local or Note Record again with number of links in parentheses. David On 19/10/2015 08:14, David Newton via wrote: > I can give quick answers to two of your questions. To reach the spouse > family property box from the spouses and children tab of individual in > focus click the line under the individuals in focus which usually > contains the marriage details. The links to notes records for an > individual and family are in in the individuals property box. > > David > > On 19/10/2015 07:09, ChapmanGrantCom via wrote: >> >> I think I figured out some things with the notes, but I still have a few >> questions. >> >> In the file I received, all the notes, both individual notes and families >> notes, are "links to note records". I know years ago this file had been >> uploaded to Family Historian from Family Tree Maker. I just read in the >> forum, that this is a known problem - that FTM saves notes as all note records. >> Since the transfer, all new notes were then also added as note records. Now >> there are over 200,000 notes in the file. >> >> Looking at the notes in the "notes tab", the number of links per note is >> either 1 or 0. There are many notes with 0 links. I quess this happened >> because if a note was deleted from an individual, the "note record" would still >> exist, but would no longer be connected to an individual. >> >> Am I correct that the "link to note records" can only be added to couples >> in the "families tab" and a family "link to note records" cannot be added >> from the individual record? >> >> Is there a way to quickly go from an individual record to the family >> record, without having to manually search for the family in the "families tab"? >> >> Is there a way for "links to note records" notes from families, to display >> in the individual property box??? >> >> Thank you for all your help! >> >> Susan >> >> >> >> >> In a message dated 10/18/2015 5:46:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >> family-historian-users@rootsweb.com writes: >> >> The icon on the left of the note in the list in the upper half of the >> Notes tab is a small blue circle for individual notes, a small red >> circle for family notes and a yellow mini note for links to note records. >> >> David >> >> On 18/10/2015 23:11, ChapmanGrantCom via wrote: >>> I normally only use Individual NOTES. I received a file that also has >>> families NOTES. Could someone please explain how to correctly use >> families >>> NOTES to me? >>> In the help, it stated that families NOTES can be seen in the individual >>> property box. How do I know what notes are individual and what are >> families >>> in the individual property box. >>> Thank you for your help. >>> Susan >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >

Now something simpler! Although I have had family historian for quite a while now I am still struggling with it, mainly I think because my computer skills are pretty appalling. I have found that suddenly I myself have been excised from the family tree focus and records windows. However my first wife and children are still present in the records window. My sister is shown as the only child of my parents. A quick check has not shown any other major deletions. I I have no idea how this has happened because I have not done any work on myself or the immediate family for some time. The only other thing that I have noticed is that the tree now opens with my five times great-grandfather so I must have inadvertently made him the root person. I did not immediately worry about this but I suppose it may have happened at the time of the deletion. Formerly I was the root person. Any help would be most gratefully received. Andrew Brain.