Family Historian 7 Genealogy and Family Tree Software (Windows)

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Connections between families are also emphasized in media usage. Using Family Historian 7, you can add as many photographs of an individual as you like. You can add both individual images and group photographs, attaching names to subjects. With this feature, you can preserve the photograph as an original source. This prevents the need to crop or destroy the file. Sharing

Again, MacFamilyTree’s mapping tools are up there with the best in class. Divided between Edit (for the Places Index) and Views (a 3D virtual globe plus numerous statistical maps), all key bases are covered from tools for pinpointing geocoordinates to options for finding and merging similar or duplicate placenames.Fonts and text styles (bold, italic, underline and strike-out), text and highlight colouring, paragraph styles (bullets, indentation, alignment). A facility to help you create and work with Named Listsof records (named lists are used for research purposes as To Do lists, as bookmark lists, as lists of key people, and so on

The navigation pane on the left consolidates all the program’s features into distinct sections – version 9 adds one new area called Tools, where you’ll find existing tools rubbing shoulders with new additions to help manage your data more effectively. Undo/Redo buttons on the Note Window toolbar, allow multi-level changes to be undone or redone. This is over and above the usual multi-level undo/redo on the main Edit menu. Improvements to the Property Box (main data entry window), to make it even easier to use, especially when space is limited. Before attempting to install the program for the first time, please make sure that you have an activation code for Version 7. You will not be able to run the program without one. Embedded hash tags(also known as notes-within-notes). Hash tags are designed to be hidden when the note is displayed in reports (see example right in yellow).

Family Historian v6/7 - 1 Year Support

Using the How Related tool, you can view how individuals are linked using diagrams and a variety of facts. Media The Family Historian User Group ( www.fhug.org.uk) has a long-standing Wish List, and the most-requested features on this list, by some margin, are word processing features. All notes and Text from Source fields now support the following word processing features: Project-level fact definitions. Fact definitions specify how information is presented in reports and books. Now fact definitions can optionally be stored as part of a project, so you can be sure that if you give family members a copy of your project, any reports or books that they generate from the data will look the same. Legacy is starting to look really dated, but it’s still reasonably logical, with its many tools laid out in a multi-tabbed ribbon across the top of the screen. There’s also a handy customisable My Toolbar option that allows you to put the most frequently accessed tools within easy reach. The main screen gives you five ways to view the currently selected person, including a Timeline view that can help you spot gaps in your research. However, adding or editing information involves opening one or more pop-up windows, some of which are quite cluttered and confusing to navigate (editing individuals is a case in point).

Family Historian’s media tools focus exclusively on linking photos and other supported documents – there are no image-editing tools in sight. Files can be linked to people, families, events, places and sources, and Family Historian was the first family history software program to frame people’s heads in photos. Reports can be viewed in the redesigned Report Window. This feature also supports a bibliography to document your sources. Reports available in Family Historian 7 include the Calendar, the Individual Scrapbook and Timeline, Research Notes, and Sources and Citations. You can also generate detailed reports on specific records. Historical Maps If a person is said to have died in reports, this must be because there is a death event in their list of events and attributes. To solve the problem, open the Property Dialog for the person in question, select the Facts tab, locate the death event and delete it. Support for autotext . Autotext is mentioned elsewhere in the context of source transcriptions, research notes and data entry assistants, but it can also be used for any general purpose insertion of pre-prepared text.

Support for Family Historian v7

Recording associates of individuals and sources of data is also important to genealogists. Using the Witnesses feature, you are able to add other persons to a fact or event. You can assign them roles in this event, and, in doing so, make cluster and collateral research easier. Timelines Verdict: RootsMagic 9 offers refinement over game-changing new features, but despite some annoyances remains excellent value for money. Heredis: The pros and cons Powerful built-in scripting toolscan be used to automate repetitive tasks, make extensive one-off changes to your data, or even to create your own new tools or new kinds of output. If you want, you can even use them to create plugins for submission to the Family Historian Plugin Store (see above). RootsMagic 9 features the exact same user interface as its immediate predecessor. That means if you’ve taken the time to relearn RootsMagic 8’s overhauled navigation, you’ll have no problems adapting to version 9.

Family Historian 7 also includes a transcription feature using word processing tools. Using templates for source types across regions, you can create word-for-word transcripts of documents. Notes Table-manipulation features: to allow addition and deletion of rows and columns, and the movement of rows and columns.The Automatic Source Citation panefor automatically generating source citations for new and modified data. If you have any version earlier than 6.2.5, please upgrade to the latest version from Latest Free Upgrade Version 5: When I try to edit a date it gets messed up Of course, you will need to be able to assess the facts you enter. Using the Fact Flag feature, you can mark your confidence level in a piece of information. You can also reject it completely or mark it as private. Charts and Reports