Installing FH – Family Historian User Group

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 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 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: 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