Although the image name (on both Ancestry and FindmyPast) starts with tna_R39, they both give the RG 101 reference below their transcription.

Thanks all, It wasn't the "tna_" part, but rather the ..."R39_..." I was querying. I've not come across such a significantly incorrect reference on Ancestry before - perhaps I've just been very

I presume you are taking the reference from the URL strip at the top of the Ancestry screen. At the right side of the screen are several symbols including an arrow pointing left.

Ancestry list the register at the start as tna-r39.... more sense thn RG101

Ancestry, and FindMyPast have licenses to index quite a lot of the information which is actually stored at The National Archives, and hence the tna part is part of their own citation. They have the

FindMyPast gives an RG101 reference: e.g. RG101 6303C-020-18 RJIF, which is piece, page and line number. I tend to use FMP instead of Ancestry for searching the 1939 register because of this. A

I think you're being a little unfair - most providers have their own internal file reference structure for the data they provide and the TNA referencing system may not play nicely with that. The

You’re missing the fact that Ancestry (and most of the other information providers) aren’t very good at referencing documents correctly.

Forgive me if this is the wrong place to ask, but ... ... why are images from the 1939 Register downloaded from Ancestry given a filename prefix of "tna_R39_..." when the Register is in the series "RG

If you mean some sort of automatic synchronisation then the answer is NO. But there are tools that help lookup BMD and Census records in FamilySearch for selected people in FH. Mike Tate

Welcome Neil, You have picked one of the more complex data types to enter. There are various techniques that people use, but one of the most common involves a companion program called Ancestral

Have a look at Ancestral Sources: https://fhug.org.uk/kb/kb-article/ancestral-sources/ It makes entering information from census and other sources much easier.

I suggest reporting this as a bug to CP at http://support.calico-pie.com/open.php

In this report the word "Marriage" is not translated, irrespective of which language you select translation to (Norwegian, French and German tested). The language packages all contain the translation

In this report the translation of Marriage is not used. This is true irrespective of which language pack you use. (Norwegian, French or German tested). It always appears as "Marriage". In the language

Can you match Family Historian people with FamilySearch as with Legacy and RootMagic?

Hello Everyone. I've just joined this group and am very new to Family Historian so please forgive what is probably a very simple question. I want to enter family groups from the UK censuses into the

Hi John I tried that link below but it failed to load the Map having found the place I asked for. I have a FamilySearch account. Is there something else required to get this to work.? Thank

I don’t mean they will be in a random order, but that there are no GEDCOM rules that define a particular order. So Calico Pie are at liberty to choose whatever order they like, which will naturally