Help Needed!!

I have just added the instructions for Legacy Family Tree 7.5.
I don't' actively use the program but have run a test and it all works.

 

Tim - I only found your post because I suddenly had the whim to look at all of the "Whats New" list. It took me quite a time to complete the task - and it probably has started to fill up again.

I am sure that a lot of people do not have or care to use their time to do this - there are getting to be quite a few postings.

Just a suggestion - would it be within the T & C of the forum to email all forum members advising them when there is a new discussion to look at. I assume that this could be done automatically so would not create extra work for anyone.
If the title is informative enough, along with the section it is in, this may cause more people to find more discussions of interest to them.

 

I have just noticed that a few comments including advice on the use of some of these programs have been added to the relevant Documentation pages.

 

I hadn't thought about the quantity and in time it will get worse as the forum grows.
Problem with a banner though is that when you get to the bottom of the page (like now) the existing banner is out of site - could it be fixed in position so the messages scroll but not the banner?

 

Tim

I've created a Word (.DOCX) document that describes (with screen shots) how to create the Lost Cousins fact and how to Export a GEDCOM using RootsMagic (v 6).

It can be found on-line in my SkyDrive here.

If you can't access it or need it emailed let me know.

 

Seems OK but the image file names are displayed along with the screen shots.

 

Hello Tim
I use Family Historian. Glad to help, but I'm not very good with computer jargon and technicalities.

 

Hi Tim,
I use Family Historian, but I am still getting to grips with it.
I have just downloaded FT Analyser and am also getting to grips with that.
I followed your FTA Documentation on setting up a Lost Cousins Fact Set on Family Historian.
It worked, except I did not understand item 7 clear all the "Fields Required" except "Date"
I did not have any "fields Required" to clear.
I also did not understand the Be aware ..... paragraph at the end.

This is what I have tried out, so far, for one of my ancestors:
I do not have a census fact already there. I have added a Lost Cousins fact for both censuses 1881 and 1911.
The report shows yellow - Lost cousin flagged no census entry. This is correct

I have just added a Census fact and the report has turned green for that census.
So it is doing what it should.
Thank you for the documentation, sorry I do not understand some of it!
If I can help any more let me know.

 

I am using Version 4 and I know Version 5 in now available, so that may be the answer.

That is what I did. All my other fields were already blank. That may not be the case for other people/ versions.

I had imported my gedcom from another program, but I did not have any census facts there at all. That is my next task, along with sorting out all the errors I found by running the FT Analyser program!

Thanks Tim and the other member who helped you.

 

Tim
I use and have used The Master Genealogist for some considerable time. It is easy to import & export files including gedcom file from the main menu by clicking on 'File' then 'Import' or 'Export' and following the instructions via the relevant wizard. As to creating a Lost Cousins Fact, I am at a loss apart from the fact that one could add it as a 'Tag' in the 'Details' window.
Hope this helps, Neville