@Trevor Now you have confused me! Initially, you said: “I don't use sources or citations as such. But I do download source images wherever available and link them to the people concerned.” But

@Mike Explaining my method some more ... In the Property Box I do not have the Sources section in view (have clicked the 'yellow scroll' button at the top), so never use that facility. I do not use

Trevor, I wholeheartedly disagree with you, but will defend your right to do what you do if it’s good enough for you. Myself, I use ESM-style citations so that I know exactly where something

OK, I suspected it was something like that, but as you say does seem tedious, and is somewhat unconventional. Do you know that on the Facts tab, if you select the Census Event then the Show Media

And some ancillary questions. If you’ve downloaded an image, do you have the right to share it with others? Ancestry (for example) says not necessarily: Ancestry Content: The Services

@colevalleygirl Helen Thanks very much for your example, which is very unusual and therefore needs careful attention. 1. In the absence of other information I would temporarily download and link in

@colevalleygirl Helen I do not normally share the images that I have collected. I do share pdfs of my diagrams that show I do have the source images. I do not do Reports. But, you are correct that

@Mike Yes, I like being unconventional and seeking/devising/using unconventional methods if I think they are better, thinking out of the box. I think conventions are there to be challenged, otherwise

@Trevor, That is fine, we all have our preferences, but I would hope you explain to your U3A group that your method is quite unconventional and that Source Citations are the more popular method that

@Mike We teach two U3A groups -- Trace Your Ancestors and DNA Testing & Analysis. By definition all members of the two groups are over 60. Almost all are new to both family history and DNA testing.

Trevor -- Am I hearing you correctly? You feel the Evidence Analysis Process Map and the kind of source analysis that Cole Valley Girl needed to do in her example are "out of date and waste oodles of

Trevor as has been said previously, everyone is entitled to carry out their research in whatever way works for them. However I find your comments about the members of your U3A group actually quite

I'm over 60 and was educated pre-internet and did my research in libraries with a (paper) notebook and (paper) card index. I found that FH sources and citations closely matches the old paradigm that I

@ Jan and Sue and David Thanks very much for your contributions. All I am doing is to present an alternative method of working for those that get hung up about using conventional sources and citations

I have lost several photos from Media Records and am unable to retrieve them. Thus I would like to cancel the entries. How do I do that? Many thanks Ian

The first thing to try is Tools menu > Work With External File Links > Auto Repair Links. Don't cancel (delete) any entries.

I have been following this discussion Those who download images posted by others only do so because it is part of their family tree search. That is how things develop and trees grow due

I have set a Living flag for all living persons but I want to set a Private flag for those same individuals. Is there a simple way to do this?

James Go to the Query Window and run the "Has Flag" Query (for "Living") Then with the results set, use the cog icon to select "Set Flag on Row Records" (and select "Private") That should do it. David

Ian, Yes, Tools > External File Links and its Auto Repair Links button as shown below may recover your file links. If not, there may be other solutions... Your missing files will be marked with an