Michael, The answer depends a great deal on how you document other things such as Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates, Census Returns, etc. Consistency is always the name of the game. So if you use Source Citations for those other things, then use Source Citations for your text files. It also depends on what you mean by 'text' files, because you later say some include pictures, which is not possible with plain text files. Perhaps you mean word-processor (DOC or DOCX) documents, or perhaps PDF files? As other replies have said, it also depends on whether you want the details to appear in Reports. Reports can only include text from within FH text fields, and images from graphics files such as JPG, PNG, TIFF, etc. So to get text into Reports you copy & paste the text contents into say a Text From Source field or a Note field. If you want graphics files then convert images within the 'text' files to JPG or PNG graphics files. Alternatively, you use a screen grabber such as the Windows Snipping Tool to convert the entire document into JPG or PNG graphics files. If the documents provide evidence of specific events/attributes then try to use the best fitting standard Facts. Alternatively, use custom Facts, and there many ready-made to download from the FHUG web site. Some documents may provide evidence for a whole range of Facts, in which case create a Source Record/Note Record for the document, and use Citations/Linked Notes to link it to all the relevant Facts. Unfortunately, the answer is not simple unless you give some clues as to your normal ways of using FH. If you more general advice on the use of FH, document Sources, etc then visit the FHUG website where there is much advice: http://www.fhug.org.uk Regards, Mike Tate -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Synge Sent: 16 April 2014 14:51 To: [email protected] Subject: [FHU] Text files I have a number of text files, copies of letters, descriptions of people and events, short family histories, wills, and so on, that I would like to include in my FHS files, but the question is where? Wills I have attached as Notes to Will facts, but that answers just a part of the question. I suppose I could make each such document a separate Note in the Property box, but I'm afraid they may get overlooked. And what if the files include pictures and are not strictly text? Any insight or suggestions, please? Michael Synge ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message