One thing that worries me about switching to FH7 is converting my referencing style. Has anyone seen a way to take an imported RM9 database based upon lumped references and generating one based on the

I'm coming from RM9 and was watching, "All about sources in Family Historian" on YouTube. It raised a significant question about how I create/store my references. In RM9, there isn't a rigid concept o

Please help - I have been adding census returns via Ancestral Sources & run version 7 of HF but notice that while these are recorded in the persons facts they do not always display on the diagram. tho

Ancestral Sources 7.7.2 was installed in the same bottle on Crossover Version 22.1 (22.1.0.35672) as Family Historian 7.0.19.0, so that the FH7 test database would be visible. Note that the bottle was

For some reason, FH7 does not understand some RM9 template functions such as ":Year" when importing. An example is the following RM9 template code: <[Year]|[Date:Year]> (I realize this is confusing, b

I hope this question makes sense. I am a new user of Family Historian 7, coming from Family Tree Maker. I've managed to get my project created. The file folder location for my media is pointing back t

I just came across this very interesting overview of the history of the GEDCOM standard and the development of GEDCOM 7.0: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lUWSmk6AxeuJVH6PF8Sy4SsxTFyZNdKU/view It was

Both seem to function to link two person records. Help files only mention Associated Person under "How to Record Other Types of Relationship" -- I cannot find anything for 'alias'. What can/should thi

Can anyone let me know whether the Ancestry subscription link which Trevor Rix kindly mentioned in his post of 15 September 2017 is still available to get the 50% discount on Ancestry subscriptions. T

Hi everyone, I need help solving this conundrum that is stopping me record the complete details of the family relationships of Richard and Elizabeth Hildreth. Somehow the two children I have entered s

Does anybody know how I can switch off the automatic input of today's date into the date field when I add any media? I have been using that date as the date when the media was created, so that they ar

Hi all I've got some children born to a wife's first marriage but who have now been formally adopted by her 2nd husband. So these step-children will be shown on a tree alongside their step-siblings (a

Hi, What is the best way to record a shared residence(This possibly applies to other facts)? From memory & when I was using Roots Magic, I believe the advice was to create a separate entry for a share

Hi all, I'm coming from TMG. I saw Family Historian at RootsTech and decided to purchase it. I'm not sure that was a wise decision (although it is human nature to avoid change). I'm already frustrated

Last October I set up a Zoom group for users of FH, for the benefit of new users of the software and those who wanted too know more. Details are on our website: https://fhuzg.uk/ Derek Heritage

Hi all I've just started FH (V6.2.7) and found that most of my pre-defined columns in the Individuals record window had disappeared. Everything else seems to work OK inc other Record type windows, Que

I am using FH v6. When I click on the smart matches that appear next to the name of someone in my family tree, it opens my heritage. I subscribe to My Heritage but it does not recognize me and asks th

Hello everyone Help! I have up to know just had one tree with FMP and recently uploaded it to FH, so I could use the way FH prints out trees etc. I now want to split my FMP tree into 4 which would mea

Hi, I wanted a simple list in FH - what surnames are associated with Suffolk. Sadly my foray into queries left me totally confused! Can anyone help with how to set up this query? Regards David

While using Ancestral Sources for the first time I notice there are no templates for intermediate census years, such as Massachusetts 1855 and 1865, New York, etc. Will these be added or is there a wa