Rick,

The fact that a Property Box opens suggests they are database entries, albeit with no data recorded.

Are you saying that all three Diagram boxes and associated Property Boxes are devoid of data?

But what about Diagram boxes further up the tree, e.g. the parents of the empty father & mother boxes?

After opening an empty Property Box, please open its ‘All’ tab. What is its Record Id shown at the top?

You should be able to find that Individual Record with the same Record Id in the Records Window.

When you open either parent Property Box, does the Children section at the bottom show 1 child as [unnamed person]?

You seem to be saying that one of the Diagram boxes is a woman with data recorded in her Property Box.

What does it say in her Property Box on the Spouse tab? Does it say <no spouse> or [unnamed person]?

Rick, try Windows Snip and Sketch (Windows key-shift-S) to take a snapshot of the problem areas of the diagram.

It might be easier if you move the discussion over to the fhug.org.uk forums, if you’re willing to register for an account there. It’s much easier to attach files over there, so we can see what’s going wrong.

Rick, did you get anywhere with solving your diagram problem?

What did displaying the Property Boxes reveal?

I’ll see you over in the FHUG Forums.

There is a ~SPOU shortcut to get to the wife’s husband but does get a bit trickier when there is more than one,

i.e. ~SPOU[1], ~SPOU[2], ~SPOU[3], et seq.

Yes, there are plenty of ‘One Name Study’ researchers using FH.

Yes, it is a steep learning curve for newcomers, but hang in there.

Hi Barbara,

You didn’t mention the FH Help pages which are another useful resource.

There is also the FHUG Forum where it is sometimes possible to find answers.

It is often easier to enter into a dialogue there than it is here because sample Queries can be attached.

In the FHUG Knowledge Base have you found the many custom Queries in the Downloads?

Also, see ‘An Overview of Queries’: https://fhug.org.uk/kb/kb-article/an-overview-of-queries/

That explores ‘Custom Query Types’ and I think Fact type Queries will work for your search.

They let your Rows filter test the %FACT.PLAC% of every Fact (Event & Attribute).

At the same time, they can test the Name of the Fact Owner.

It is similar to the FHUG Forum posting How to Exclude on Any Fact Place Contains:

https://www.fhug.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=19993

Mike Tate

Please double-left-click on the Diagram box for either of the couple, i.e. the father or the mother.

That will display their Property Box with any Children listed in the pane at the bottom below the Spouses.

If there are multiple Spouse: tabs then select each tab in turn, including any that say <no spouse>.

Are you sure that none of those Spouse tabs has any Children listed?

Additionally, double-left-click the Diagram box of the child to show their Property Box details.

The large blue up arrow at the top of the Property Box will link to the parents.

If that still does not explain where the child exists then please describe the characteristics of the three Diagram boxes for the couple and the child, e.g. the background colour, the box outline, the connecting lines, etc.

Alternatively, post a screenshot of the Diagram showing the couple & child with one of their Property Boxes open.

Mike Tate

What sort of errors are you talking about?

Please tell us the text of the error messages.

Maybe you mean there are discrepancies between what is shown in the Diagram and what is in the Project data.

Usually, that cannot happen.

Whenever a Diagram is displayed it shows the current Project data.

Even a Saved Chart will update with the current Project data.

So please can you give more specific details about the “errors”.

Mike Tate

It is not as convoluted as it sounds because many of those are the default options.

Usually, most of the records of the Project need to be exported.

So it is not surprising that to export just Place Records needs a few options changed.