Family Historian Contents

• About Family Historian
• About Calico Pie Limited

There are lots of excellent hints and tips in the Family Historian documentation. All the documentation is included in the Free Trial, so with Calico Pie's permission we have converted it to ebook formats so you can use is on your Kindle, iPad, or even your smart phone.

• “Getting the Most From Family Historian 5” in PDF Format, Epub Format, and Mobi Format

• Family Historian Help Index or download for your ebook reader Epub Format, and Mobi Format

• Plugin help file Epub Format, and Mobi Format

If you are new to Family Historian then this is where you should begin.

• Introduction What's New in V4
  • Focus Window
  • Property Box
  • Multimedia Window and Report
• Before You Even Begin
• Building a new project from scratch V4 and above
• Understanding Projects V4 and above
• Print The Focus Window V4 and above
• Getting Started Animated Tutorial V3

• Adding Multimedia V4/V5
• Adding Multimedia to a Fact V4 and above
• Adding Pictures V3
• Showing Pictures on a Diagram V3
• Organise Your Files V3

• Using Sources All versions
• Automatic Source Citation V3/V4/V5
• Entering from a Birth Certificate V3/V4/V5
• Recording Census Records
• Finding Records linked to a Source

• Recording Children for multiple partnerships V3/V4
• Changing Relations V3/V4
• Correcting Duplicate Spouses/Families (How To)
• How to Handle People With Multiple Names

• View Both Spouses’ Ancestors
• Getting ready to Print (How To)
• Add More People to a diagram (How To)
• Adding Text Boxes to a Diagram (How To)

• Downloading and Using Plugins
• Downloading Queries, Text Schemes, etc

Once you have mastered the basics then these techniques focus on more advanced capabilities, and although grouped under topics, they often involve other related features.

• Customising Record Window Columns V3/V4/V5
• Using Lists V3/V4/V5

• Controlling display of boxes on diagrams V3/V4/V5
• Single Page PDF of a Diagram V3/V4/V5
• Using Flags and Icons V3/V4/V5

• Downloading a Custom Query V2-V5
• Creating a Query V3/V4/V5
• Find and Mark Twins (How To) V3/V4/V5
• Calculate the length of a marriage (How To)
• Use PSPad to Format Functions V3/V4/V5

• Exporting with split tree helper V3/V4/V5
• Create an export Gedcom based on a diagram (How To)
• Backup and Recovery

• Report Content, Media, Format & Layout V3/V4/V5
• Tabulate Multiline Text in Records and Reports V3/V4/V5
• Make a Family Tree CD/DVD or Website V3/V4/V5
• Upload Web Pages (How To) V3/V4/V5

• Delete a Custom Diagram, Fact Set, Query, Report, etc V3/V4/V5
• Delete A Large Number of Records (How To) V3/V4/V5
• Enter Accented & Other Special Characters
• Create Work In Progress or Research To Do Lists V4/V5
• Which of your Projects are affected by each Preference Setting and Command Option?
  or Understanding the Scope of Features V3/V4/V5

In this section advice is presented in a condensed format for experts.

• Understanding Data References
• Understanding Functions
• Create a Locations Database of Place & Address Details
• Delete Data For Living People V4
• Family Historian Plugins

If you need to install FH from scratch, then these topics should help.

• Family Historian Upgrade Options
• How to (Re-)install Family Historian
• How to Install on 64-bit Windows 8, 7, Vista, or XP
• Move Family Historian Settings & Projects

• Import from Generations (How To)
• Import from PAF (How To)
• Import from Genbox (How To)
• Import from Roots Magic (How To)
• Import from Family Tree Maker (How To)
• Import from Legacy
• Fixing Dates & Date Phrases (How To)
• Handling Unrecognised Data Fields (How To)