I understand FH does not automatically synchronize with Ancestry.com. Would you share some best practices on how to integrate it with FH? For instance, do I have to import a new GEDCOM file every time

Any advice on the following? I have noticed that quite a few of my media files are now showing as a blank box with a diagonal X in it. In the focus window individual media tab I can click on a record

I have been using Mike's excellent plugin to fill in gaps (which in most cases aren't gaps but I'm doing the Census entries a second time to repair that). In the process I found I couldn't locate my C

Hello, I am new to Family Historian and am trying it out on a 30-day trial so please couch any replies in easy terms! First impressions are very positive and I like the way you can see much more info

Hello Everyone, I'm a recent convert to FH. I transferred my research in Gedcom format into FH. My previous software package used the file-type 'Address', the equivalent of which in FH seems to be 'Re

Having trouble with key code on new computer Are the letters in capital and are O number o or O Please help Ta

How do I print off just one section of a family chart? I had a date wrong but don't want to print the whole of the chart again, thanks

Hi, I'm new to Historian and I have a relative who adopted her husband's daughter from a previous marriage at the moment I have her shown as a daughter to the 2nd wife. I don't want to lose the daught

I am trying to change the individual report to Spanish, but I find I cannot change the sentence regarding the number of children a couple had ("had the following children") to a sentence in Spanish. I

This interested me and I thought I might share it for others. It's curious to see what the Vicar collected for a tablet or Memorial Window and I see that sounding the bell at Knell was not an act of C

I don’t suppose any of you have experienced any saving of data issues? I have been using the Full Backup facility and having spent a full day on data gathering and entry yesterday discovered this morn

Under facts, there is no option for "Military"? I want to put enlistment dates. Anyway to signify war veterans in records? Suggestions? Thanks!

i. I've just downloaded the Change Fact Tag Plugin and wanted to use it to change Baptism-Standard Fact Set to Baptism-Spanish Fact Set (which I have just created changing the text in order to produce

Newbie, who has been using FH6 for many years mainly for storing primary source information from BMD and census records. Now in lockdown, I find that I have now have time to start finding out the best

When transferring from TMG to FH I have found that in many events there are witnesses than turn up in the reports. Is there a way to batch delete witnesses? Perhaps a way to delete the small diagram n

It's me again. I'm sorry but I am trying to produce a report (over 50 pages) in reasonable Spanish by changing the sentences of certain tags. The problem now is that certain tags don't seem to belong

Newbie Currently I am starting to explore Ancestral Sources v5.2 which I have successfully downloaded onto my laptop yesterday. Started to try to understand ‘Creating the Source Records’ section and s

Thank you Mike, Brian and Lorna for your useful sound advice. Unfortunately at the moment, I think my best option at the moment is Mike’s, so for the time being I will bow out of this excellent group

In Windows 10 I save my Project to OneDrive and also regularly do a full backup to Documents/Sandra/Family History Docs/Backup. My last full backup was yesterday. As I wish to work on a laptop as well

Hello, I'm back before I expected. I was reviewing the ancestor report in Spanish and I have noticed that whenever an individual does not have a specific date of birth or baptism (which happens VERY o