Family Historian 7 had no Address records, so many people put the house and street into their place names to get a street-level geocode. Split Addresses from Places moves that detail into Family Historian 8 Address records and leaves a shorter place, without losing any data.
You choose the places and say how many columns, counting from the left, make up the address. Blank columns are kept where they are, and no blank address or place is ever created. Facts, sources, source-template fields and links in notes are all re-pointed. Places that end up with the same name are merged, and geocodes, notes and media go where you choose. Preview and Exit shows exactly what will happen before anything is changed, and Edit ▸ Undo Plugin Updates reverses a whole run.
Download Split Addresses from Places V1.0.4
- Family Historian Version(s): V8
- Plugin Type: Standard
- Written by colevalleygirl
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- See Help page for more information
Version History
Version 1.0.1: Initial Version
Version 1.0.2: Safer saving, and more kept when duplicate addresses merge.
- If Family Historian refuses to save a note, geocode status, link or media, the original is left where it was and the Result Set says so
- Duplicate addresses that merge now bring their postal code, phone number, email address, fax number and web site as well; if the address they merge into already has a different value, that is kept and the former one goes into a note
- Last Change Notes on an address that merges are kept as a note on the address it merges into
- Empty Last Change Notes no longer stop a merged place or address from being tidied away
- In Windows dark mode the plugin’s windows use the same light colours as Family Historian
- The progress window stays with the plugin’s window instead of sitting on top of other programs
Version 1.0.4: Safer with places whose facts already have addresses.
- When a fact’s address is just the street followed by the start of the new place (for example “Alexandra Rd-61, Gateshead, Co.Durham, England”), it is shortened to the street, so the old place’s geocode and notes go onto the address your facts already use
- A place where a fact already has a different address (for example “Back bedroom”) is now skipped and the Result Set says why, so you can tidy it by hand
- In Options, scrolling with the mouse wheel moves the window instead of changing a drop-down the pointer passes over
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