Installing Migrating and Upgrading – Family Historian User Group

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Ancestral Sources Migration Guide: It is becoming likely that someday you will update Windows or buy a new PC and need to re-install Ancestral Sources (AS)
Backup and Recovery: Every computer user needs a strategy for making backup copies of their precious data
Family Historian Activation: Family Historian 7 introduced online activation, and Version 8 uses the same system
Family Historian Copy and Migration Guide: This page describes the process for copying or migrating (version 5 upwards) from one PC to another
Family Historian Installation Advice: The installation and upgrade information on the Family Historian website is the place to go for definitive information on installing and upgrading as the program authors have a complete guide that answers the majority of the questions
Family Historian Installation and Start-up Problems: This article covers problems installing , and problems that stop it starting or running properly once it’s installed
Family Historian Licence Problems: This article covers licence and activation problems
Family Historian on Mac, Linux, iOS, Android etc: Not yet updated for Version 8 Family Historian is designed to run on Windows computers
Running Family Historian on a Virtual Machine: Not yet updated for Version 8 This advice has been obtained from FHUG members who have succeeded in installing Family Historian (FH) and Ancestral Sources (AS) into Oracle VirtualBox for Mac OS X Hosts
Running Family Historian on Crossover: The advice below applies to the current version of Crossover the Windows emulator from CodeWeavers and is a a variant of Wine from WineHQ
Running Family Historian on PlayOnLinux/Mac: Not yet updated for Version 8 The advice below applies to these or later stable versions of PlayOnMac/Linux
Running Family Historian on Wine: Not yet updated for Version 8 Users should be aware that Wine (a Windows emulator that forms the basis of running Windows applications on Mac or Linux PCs) is under continuous development, and may change significantly over a relatively short period
Synchronising Family Historian between 2 PCs: Many people will install Family Historian on 2 PCs, which is allowed by the terms of the licence: The Software must not be installed on more than one computer terminal at any one time, except that you may install it onto 2 computers (and no more than 2) if both computers are owned and […]
Understanding the Scope of Features: Knowing where Family Historian stores its data and settings on your PC greatly aids routine processes such as backup or future migration/upgrade to a new or additional PC
Upgrading to Family Historian 7: This page describes how to upgrade an earlier Family Historian installation to Version 7, released in December 2020
Upgrading to Family Historian 8: This page describes how to upgrade to Family Historian Version 8 from an earlier version
What’s New in Family Historian 8: This is a short tour of the main changes in 8, with links to the Knowledge Base articles that cover each one