I'm new to this list, so please forgive me if this topic has been covered before!

I store many of the BMD dates in Family Historian as, for example, "Q3 1867", being the date of registration in the third quarter of 1867. This is very often the most accurate date I have for the event. FH has no problem with that. However, on exporting a gecom file, this is always changed to "bet Jul 1867 and Sep 1867". It doesn't seem to matter which export format is used. Is there any way that I can get it to export the date as written, is "Q3 1867"? Strict gedcom conformance is not required.

Many thanks!

Ian Philpot

From: John Hanson
Sent: Apr 8, 2021 at 7:35 AM
To: family-historian@groups.io
Subject: Re: [family-historian] Saving disgram to PDF

This error crops up very occasionally, although I have not heard of it occurring with V7.   The FHUG Knowledge Base has a reference to it in this page https://fhug.org.uk/kb/kb-article/family-historian-installation-problems/#ftoc-heading-12  in the paragraph headed "Save As PDF File Output is Not Enabled" .  It looks as if this page has not yet been updated for V7 but hopefully one of the suggestions will work.

Lorna

I am trying to save a diagram to a PDF file in FH7 (something that I have rarely done) and I keep getting a message to say that “PDF file output is not enabled” and there is no help button to say “how to enable”

I have searched high and low on every menu I can find and cannot see anywhere that will enable me to save to the file

 

Am I missing the obvious?

 

 

I've tried to update the way recommended previously and the old way and it says I have the latest version 7.0.3.0!!

I am trying to save a diagram to a PDF file in FH7 (something that I have rarely done) and I keep getting a message to say that “PDF file output is not enabled” and there is no help button to say “how to enable”

I have searched high and low on every menu I can find and cannot see anywhere that will enable me to save to the file

 

Am I missing the obvious?

 

Thanks Leslie,

I too had an email, yes great news!

I've now installed the update and its appears to work well with new imports. Although as you say it isn't going to help people who have already imported a gedcom, it won't work with existing projects.

Most impressed with how quickly they've sorted this out! 

Sally

On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 4:01 PM Leslie P <leslie@...> wrote:

Update - version 7.0.4.0 is the fix to the problem for new imports. I haven't tested it yet. That's GREAT news.

Now for the less great news:

"The fix only affects new imports. It doesn't correct the duplicate Media records in projects that have already been imported. We may create a plugin for this at some point, but I have no date for that if so."

That's from the email I got from FH support.

As you want to work forward from a common ancestor to that individual you don't need to mark the entire lineage, just the particular branch between the individual and that ancestor.  You can do this with the Family Connection Mapper.

With the diagram open, use Diagram>Family Connection Mapper then click the Help button in the small dialog box, to read the relevant section from the Help files which explains what can be done and how it can be used.

Lorna

On 07/04/2021 18:56, Roger Evans via groups.io wrote:

Is there any way I can trace back on an individuals "whole family Tree" within a family group sheet and colour only the boxes of the individuals direct lineage or do I have to do this manually and if so how?  I would like to work forward from a common ancestor to that individual'

Is there any way I can trace back on an individuals "whole family Tree" within a family group sheet and colour only the boxes of the individuals direct lineage or do I have to do this manually and if so how?  I would like to work forward from a common ancestor to that individual'

From: Mike Tate
Sent: Apr 7, 2021 at 4:43 PM
To: family-historian@groups.io
Subject: Re: [family-historian] Default Project after update.

Dear all

I don’t know if anyone else has noticed that after an update your default project setting is lost.
I reported this to Calico and they have acknowledged that they weren’t aware this happened and are investigating.

I may be wrong but I think I’ve always experienced this and thought I’d report it as a request as a nicety to not have to change it after each update.

Best Wishes
Neil

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Neil Grantham
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Using FH 7 & AS 7
Researching Grantham, Skuce, Barrow, Birchall.

From: Lorna Craig via groups.io
Sent: Apr 7, 2021 at 2:44 PM
To: family-historian@groups.io
Subject: Re: [family-historian] FInding an individual on a diagram

Actually Neil, the Focus Window (which I guess is what you mean by the 'family page') was not introduced into FH until about V4 (as far as I remember), so traditionally it didn't use the family page approach at all!   Many of us who started using FH with earlier versions were attracted to it because of its dynamic diagrams, and I, like Adrian and many others, still use diagram based editing, using the drag-and-drop method to add new individuals.  I have FH set to open on the Records window, and hardly ever use the Focus window at all.

Like Adrian, I create diagrams of whichever family groups I am working on.  (A single huge diagram is out of the question when you have thousands of individuals in your file.)

Lorna

On 07/04/2021 12:29, Neil Grantham via groups.io wrote:

.......I’m just used to using the program model that traditionally uses the family page approach like FH.