Hi I need to buy a software package I have used Generations for years and I think Family Historian is similar. Can anyone tell me if I have ID numbers for individuals will the same ones appear on

You are correct that GEDCOM 7 allows Citations on Notes as with GEDCOM 5.5.

"Why not use Rich Text just for the Citation feature?" While I used that feature when I was using Reunion, I now prefer to use separate notes and I have the appropriate

Why not use Rich Text just for the Citation feature? What is your reason for not using Rich Text? When exported in GEDCOM to other products the Rich Text features will appear as magic textual

Mike, OK... since I don't use rich text it won't be available to me anyway. I do wonder though. If it is not supported by GEDCOM then what happens to these

Further to that, I suggest you check the FHUG Knowledge Base on ‘Backup and Recovery’: https://fhug.org.uk/kb/kb-article/backup-and-recovery/ Also if necessary see ‘Family Historian

Bill, The FH V7 Rich Text Note editor allows any sentence to have its own specific citation. It is not a GEDCOM feature but a new FH Rich Text feature that puts special codes in the Note field for

Dee Yes indeed, Mike Tate wrote a plugin for that, mostly used if you migrate to a new PC/laptop, but it backs up all your customisations. Go here: Standard Plugins – Plugin Store

Is it possible to backup all my settings / personalisation’s in family historian v7

Thank you all - some very helpful tips

Mike, I used to have just a single note per individual in Reunion which I used before FH. Reunion would allow having citations on different sentences in the notes so that you

Bill, When I click on the Fact tab, I see ALL the facts. I clicked on “add facts” and selected residences because this particular ancestor had many residences in Manhattan. But when I

Mike, I created each note by clicking on “add note”. I opened All tab. There are no [+] buttons (in the left record column) to expand the NOTE entries. I can see only the first line of each

Diane, You say that only the first fact is showing on the Facts tab as well? Do you only have one residence fact for that individual? Do you have any other kind of fact for

Diane, I wonder how you created those Notes in the first place? Anyway, open the All tab and by clicking the [+] buttons you can expand the entries to reveal all subsidiary fields. You may need to

Additional information. Apparently, this error is occurring on ALL my records when I click on NOTES TAB: Only the FIRST NOTE and all the additional FACTS regarding residences.

Bill, Yes, I clicked on the yellow tab NOTES. It displays only my first NOTE and FACTS (that I added for “residences”). I rebooted my computer as well. I know the notes are there because

Diane, Have you looked at the Notes tab in the property box? This should show all the notes for that individual and you should be able to edit them there. Bill

On the individual print-out, I have Individual Notes, 1, 2, 3, and 4. Each one a paragraph. I need to revise and edit several notes, but the only note I can view to edit is Note 1. I have scrolled

Hi Dee, I have both versions installed, and have used CC for many years, to answer your question, both versions are compatible with FH 7, however, neither version handles formatted text, so for