Record Types
Address Records
Address records are identified by this icon: 
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Whenever you enter details of the address at which an event occurred
(such as where someone was born), Family Historian will automatically
create an Address record to represent this address, if it doesn't
already exist.
Address records are normally associated with Place records. Every Place record can have one or more Address records associated with it. For example, the place for an event might be recorded as "London, England". The address of the same event might be recorded as "Lewisham Hospital".
Despite the name, an 'address' does not have to be literally a postal address. You can use the address field (and Address records) to store details of where an event occurred, which go beyond the place specification. For example, the address field might contain a street address and house number, a cemetery name, a plot number and cemetery name, a hospital name, and so on.
The Address record is used to store any pictures you may wish to record about the address, as well as notes, and the latitude and longitude of the address, if known.
Tabs for Address records in the Property Box:
Using Place Records and Address Records Together
Users sometimes ask how much detail should be put in place fields, and
how much in address fields. There are different possible
approaches to this. You can, if you wish, specify full address
details in the address field. This may mean, however, that you
have considerable duplication (and even possible conflict) between the
information provided in the place field and the address
field. Another strategy would be to only provide precise
location-specifying details in the Address field. As mentioned
above, despite the name, an 'address' field does not have to be
literally a postal address. You can use the address field (and
Address records) to just store details of where an event occurred, which
add to, and complete, the place specification. For example, the
address field might contain a street address and house number, a
cemetery name, a plot number and cemetery name, a hospital name, and so
on.
Bear in mind is that Family Historian has the ability to output a
single value showing either the address (if only the address is
recorded), the place (if only the place is recorded), or (if both are
recorded) a fusion of the two, with duplicated parts removed. You
can do this in a fact query, for example, by adding a column, "Address
and Place", selected from the "Common Functions" area in the Columns
tab of the Query Window (advanced users may note that this column
uses the built-in function AddressAndPlace,
which can be used in reports, charts and elsewhere, as needed). If
you wish to take advantage of this feature, you should bear in mind that
place details will be appended to address details (albeit with
duplicated parts removed). There are issues about post codes in
relation to this function (see next).
Post Codes
"Post code" and "postal code" mean the same thing in Family
Historian. The two terms are used interchangeably.
You can if you wish record a post code as part of an address field but
this is not recommended, especially if you plan to use the AddressAndPlace
built-in function, mentioned above, as, if you do so, the post code is
likely to appear in the wrong place. For this reason, you may wish
to store the post code separately in the Address record, using the
Postal Code field. You can enter this field in the Main tab of the
Property Box, when editing an Address record.