Is if best to upgrade to v7 on my old laptop and make sure it works there first or is it better to put v6 on the new laptop with my existing settings, import my data and then update. Thank you Liz

I have a cousin listed under my root project in which I have entered several of his ancestors. Is it possible to create a new/additional project in Family Historian with my cousin being a new root and

I am trying to add a Source from the 1911 Ireland Census. When I go to Add text to Source I get options like Canada, UK and USA. I click on UK and then 1911 UK Census. But the text isn't correct. It g

which is apt to land me in trouble. I'm currently a Roots Magic 7 (RM) user with no intention to migrate up to RM8 so I'm looking for alternatives. While I see many things that make Family Historian (

I've set up a flag on my diagrams to show blood relatives - with a blood drop icon below the box. What I want to achieve is that when I add an individual to my database, if they are a blood relative,

Hi all Can I ask how others record in FH if they have a DNA match with someone else?? I see that there is a standard (but normally hidden) DNA Marker attribute but at the moment I'm looking for "best

Can anyone explain why I often miss group emails please? My last email from the group is dated 4 May. -- CliveSpratt

Back in 2017 with a great deal of help and advice from Mike Tate in particular, I managed to create a To Do function. Since upgrading to V7 my To Do List function has changed. In the Property Box unde

Hi, I had three or four years recovering from a stroke and only now feel good enough to start again. I was doing OK with v5 and it is sufficient for what I want to do. I am not extremely 100% now but

I seem to be receiving two copies of these weekly emails. Today is the second week that this has happened, 8 minutes apart. I know we had the issue some time ago which reverted to normal after a few m

The "Licence Activations" notice appears on one laptop and lists status of both laptops as active. The FH programme opens on the laptop where that notice does not appear. ? Is it not possible to run t

My old laptop is on its last legs and from what i've seen and heard its minefield trying to migrate all the media i.e photos & documents associated with the program over. My friend tried it a few year

Help to enter correctly please the following A] Unknown Father marries Francis X They have two birth sons Barry + Nigel They then divorce B] Wife Francis marries again to Robert Smith Two years later

I wish to create a GEDCOM without living persons, to upload to MyHeritage. I understand I can use a Flag, so my first question is: Is the process of putting persons on a 'living' or 'private' record f

I have a problem using the United States International Keyboard with Family Historian 7.0.11. The accented letters í, Í, ú, and Ú are blocked by the program at the keyboard when using Family Historian

Just wondered how others approach photo storage in Family Historian. I have a job on my "to-do" list ( which I am sure many on here share), which is to scan and digitise the hundreds of old family pho

The link to the long-standing 50% Ancestry discount, as posted by James Pam & Trevor Rix some time ago seems to have disappeared. I was intending to use it this weekend because a local day centre was

I can no longer copy records from Ancestry with the website link and past them into notes for an individual. Can anyone suggest why? Philip Haddock

Hello, I am having a small problem with Census entry. I am using AS v.7.3.5 64bit. Method 2 On saving, I was used to being prompted for Birth Date and Place for each individual recorded in the Census.

Hello All, One of my collateral ancestors, Mary Ann Smallwood (1814-1884), married Thomas Clarke Bretnor in Birmingham in 1835. The couple had no children, but Mary Ann subsequently gave birth to four