Genealogy Chat

Thanks so much Georgiepie and BrinsleyS and Jim.

I think I discovered it's good to take a quick peak fairly regularly into the front page of the tips board list instead of only when I want to ask something. That way new topics catch your eye. Not only that I can pass on the titbits I've learned without leaving the brunt of it to you other experts.

I learnt a lot of new tree and message board tricks yesterday. Cut and pasted Brinsley's and Jim's instructions to print out and put in my family tree working file in case I end up having not much happening on my tree for a while and have forgotten by the time I get going again. OH will be impressed when he comes home at the weekend at my sudden increase in IT skills. In the old days it was him teaching me. Then things became much more even because both our jobs involve being attached to a computer a good deal fo the day. Nowadays the flow has turned round as I'm the one with more time to discover things particularly on our leisure time forays into the ether.

Lizzie

PS now to remind myself how I can change my name on the boards...

I use IE8,right clicking on "family tree" does give me the option to open tab or window.Control is not used.

If I remember correctly there are different ways to set up your browser which will determine whether or not new tabs or new pages open. So different people me see different effects. Basic principle is the same though.

On Firefox, right clicking gives you the option to select new page or new tab. IE may work similarly.

nudge. You add the word on the thread you are interested in.

When a person nudges a thread it brings the thread back to the front. It might be on any board. Records,TTFor Tips.

The thread could be years old
You can then view all that has been added to that thread

Thanks Jim, you made me realise what Brinsley was saying. I was missing out an essential part of his instructions. Opened my tree as normal and once opened I was only pressing Ctrl expecting something miraculous to happen before my eyes I wasn't clicking on the family tree button again. Have just tried it and it works beautifully too. I'm actually quite a fan of tabs. Sometimes I have a series of tabs open to flick around amongst IGI, GR and BMD for instance.

And thanks Claire for your efforts on my behalf but I've worked it out now. Only thing is you'll think me a bit thick but I'm new to the message boards. I know nudge is a term used on here to remind people something but what does it do and how do you do it please? My IT skills are growing by the minute.

Lizzie

I have tried the control left click on "family Tree" and it opens tabs along the top.
I hate "tabs"

Lizzie I'll nudge another thread for you

Hi Brinsley I wonder if you'll come back to this thread. Tried the hold down Ctrl trick but nothing happened. Do I have to do it at the same time as opening my tree the first time, or do I perhaps have to wait a little while. It's a bit academic because I tried Jim's option which worked nicely. But I'm just interested why your way wouldn't work for me.

Lizzie

Hi All

Only just opened this thread off the controversial "my updates". Well I never knew that! But Brinsley what a mine of information I am finding you to be today. And with Jim's method we've got 2 options to try.

Becoming quite the computer whizz kid today. Not kid exactly - I am posting on the "The Change" board too, but I can dream of eternal youth if I like.

Thanks for making life easier.

Lizzie

Thanks BrinsleyS for the brilliant tip and thank you Tracey for asking!
I have been here yonks and never worked that one out *feel like a right numpty* (nothing unusual there then!!)

Thanks again

Kaz :o)))

Hi,
just tried your tip and it works
how brilliant!
Thanks for that
Blue

I am relatively new to researching my family history and have found the Tips Board to be very helpful. I wondered how to open more than one tree and now I know its so simple and time saving. Thank You

Thank you BrinsleyS that's a brilliant tip. I didn't think we could view more than one tree at a time since GRs improvements and now we can. Thank you so much.

Caz

Thank you all so much! It works! Oh how much easier this is going to make things!
Thank you all again, your briliant!
Trace

I have to just say, BrinsleyS is a very clever man! he solved a very difficult problem for me recently, just when I was getting to screaming pitch. . Deserves much gratitude.

Jim,

Holding Ctrl and click on "family tree" or any other tab for that matter, opens a new window automatically , but thanks for the alternative method for getting to the same point.

Many many thanks - where were you when I needed you, with my earlier discoveries of matching trees! S--'s law - I suppose I shall never get access to anything but the odd one-off name again, but at least I know I shan't have to do the laborious copying out of details to be entered (never quite got the hang of using a clipboard either).

Right click "family Tree"
Left click "open in new window"
Do it as many times as you want.

Brinsley S

WOW!!! How brilliant is that! Many thanks for that tip, I have four trees open at this moment. You see if you know what you are doing everything works, I am growing brain cells by the hour!

Tricia

Tricia,

You can't do it that way for some reason. If you try to open another member's tree directly it doesn't work, as you have found.

Using Ctrl you have to open a second version of your own tree, from the main GR page. Then select the other members tree you want from the drop down list, which will then overwrite yours.

If you are brave you can open several more trees by repeating the process.