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Hi Kirsten, I think the only way you can do this is to enter something in the marriage field under the Family tab. This can be the date or place (possibly a note) and don't forget to press enter. The date could be abt 1800 or anything reasonable - before birth of first child if that date is known fo...

HI, I think I would assume that each generation is about 25 years so 200 years = 8 generations. Enter the ancestor and insert a notional descendant with an appropriate name (unknown1 FAMILYNAME, Unknown2 FAMILYNAME etc) for the generations until you reach the known part of the family. Comments with ...

Hi Jeff,

I would record the name as it appeared on the birth certificate.

Changes of name through adoption, marriage etc can be inferred from the events.

You can also enter names in the 'Also Known as' field.

Others may have a different approach.

Regards,

Nigel

Hi, A Source Citation (a specific Sourced reference) is associated with an event.  I have not been able to thing of a source reference that would not be related to an event. A Source could be the GRO Birth Certificates register and a Source Citation would be for the Birth of A. Relative on a specif...

Hi, If I am reading you correctly then the problem does lie in the way you are using Sources. Under the Add/Edit sources menu you will find the area where you can enter the sources of each type. I have on for each Census year (here in the UK), one for Marriage Certificate, one for Birth Certificates...

Hi Mike, Are you aware that you can make an Event entry the 'Active' one and then Clone it for other people? There is a limited set of events that can be used for this at the moment but Warwich was talking about extending the range available. I believe is is covered in another posting so a search sh...

Hi Again, The display on each person tile (for want of a better term) in the Context diagram is controllable via the Preferences panel - the drop down box near the top. You can also change the info displayed by using the scroll wheel on the mouse (or two fingers on a track pad) over the tile. Hope t...

Hi, The Relatives tab allows you to generate a list of the relatives of the 'selected' person but this is limited to : Children, Grandparents, GrandChildren, GreatGrandChildren, Siblings, Aunts/Uncles, Cousins, Nephews/Nieces and InLaws. There does not seem to be a Consanguinity report - at least I ...

Hi,

See my reply in http://www.ifamilyforleopard.com/forums ... .php?t=911 to a similar question.

Basically, you need to set up a project view with yourself as Root person.

Regards,

Nigel

Hi WendyRobin, I think there is a slightly confusing use of the word 'Focal' person in iFamily as it can be used for two things. Mainly the 'Focal Person' is the one who is the 'main one' in the Context diagram - where you can add Spouse, children etc. The other use really should be the 'Root' perso...

Hi Frank, Some sources citations can be made the Active one and then Cloned into other events. I use this for Census entries for the family members listed. Warwick has said in another thread that the is going to extend the source types from the limited set currently available. Maybe this will be wha...

Hi,

In Lion the windows can be sized from all edges (left, right, bottom & top) as well as the corner.

The mouse pointer changes to a line with an arrow head at each end when over the edge or corner.

Just normal Lion behaviour.

Nigel

Hi,

There is no way in iFamily to create that type of chart as far as I know.

Other Genealogy applications do offer something similar but usually they have the target person in the centre with the parents, grandparents, great grandparents etc in concentric circles around that.



Nigel

I don't know of one but if the date field allowed a time of birth to be set as well as the date then it would be possible. It would appear to have an alphabetical sorting order with a Capital initial letter taking preference over a lower case one. Bit of a pain but you could try using a lower case i...

Hi, Warwick did report this problem a little while back and the that it had been resolved in his working copy. (Yet to be released). The current version does work other than the problem you mention. The solution to the toolbar issue you observe is below. Click the Warwick Link to go to the topic. Ni...

Hi Dot, I assume you mean that you do not have Excel leading to this error. When you generate the report it uses the default application to open the .csv file type which is set in Finder. I am not sure why it is set as excel if you do not have the application but it can be changed in the following w...

Hi Cazzy, OK, I'd call that an Ancestor's chart or diagram rather than a report - which I why I did not understand. Testing your settings it would appear that having a width of more than 1.7 does something to the page layout. If you click on the 'Show Page Layout' box you will get the red lines that...

Hi Cazzy,

Can you explain a bit more about what you are trying to do, which report you are trying to print (menu details) and what settings you have used?

I had a try and could not reproduce your error message.

Thanks,

Nigel

Hi, The App Warwick referred to is Air Sharing which does allow data to be transferred but is not very quick with lots of files in folders - it wanted to take 3 hours for one family tree (the sample royal one). You can copy via the link cable and iTunes but not folders of files - just files. Dropbox...

Hi, There is an option in the Preferences panel to capitalise the 'Family Name' when entering. If you turn this OFF you will be able to use whatever case you like for the various parts of the name. Not sure if this would help completely but it would be a start. Regards, Nigel Also, Use of the option...

Hi Kirsten,

Not that I have found. It is not in preferences for the Context diagram.

Anyone found a way to locate any associated persons in the database when you cannot remember their name or who they might be associated with?

Nigel

Aha, I knew I would find something. This link http://www.ifamilyforleopard.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=726&highlight=context+diagram+link+lines identifies it as indicating relationships with less than x% certainty. This can be turned off by an option in the preferences. You can also set the % value -...

Hi again, Not found anything definitive on the dashed red lines but think it may be related to the number of source citations for the persons involved. I did discover that in the context diagram if you right click on the page the menu has a Save diagram option - you can choose just the context diagr...

Hi Kirsten, I think the only way to avoid a picture being shown is to add a Place holder in the pictures pane. This is a NULL image which can go before any documents or other images and as it is the first in the set that is shown for the Focal person it stops the problem you are having. I do not kno...

Hi Anne, The best I have managed is to get focal person and spouse. The way I did this was to select the focal person and then File...Export...Export Gedcom...Descendants of focal person only. This brings up a requester with the name of the focal person, a list of descendants and a number of generat...

Hi Anne,

You can export a gedcom for the focal person and ancestors or focal person and descendants as well as all people related to the Focal person.

Or did you mean just the focal person?

Regards,

Nigel

With the screenshot if you also press the Ctrl key at the same time as the others it will copy the screenshot to the clipboard rather than saving a file on the desktop.

Just paste (CMD+v) the image in Word or Pages.

regards,

Nigel

Hi Ken,

The only option available is to use the EVEN 'Other Event' from the pick list when adding an event in the Event window.

You can change the description from 'Other Event' to one of your own (such as 'Name Change').

Regards,

Nigel

Hi Kirsten, I haven't seen that problem but the contents of that field can be changed when entering an event. In my case I change the default 'Occupation' to a description of the actual job - e.g. Agricultural Labourer. Maybe you have some addresses in the Event field. If that is not the problem the...

Hi Kirsten,

Glad it is sorted though I must confess neither Excel nor Numbers had the problem with the \n characters in my multi-line notes.

Something must have been converting them to make the multilines - a task for sometime.

Nigel