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 uses a new system of online activation that creates a number of practical differences in program installation compared with previous versions
Family Historian Copy and Migration Guide: This page describes the process for copying or migrating ƒh (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 Problems: This advice applies to installation issues
Family Historian Licence Problems: The following advice applies specifically to licensing and download issues
Family Historian on Mac, Linux, iOS, Android etc: Family Historian is designed to run on Windows computers
Running Family Historian on a Virtual Machine: 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: The advice below applies to these or later stable versions of PlayOnMac/Linux
Running Family Historian on Wine: The advice below applies to these or later stable versions of Wine from Wine HQ
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