Video Tutorials
Most videos are short tutorials on a particular topic, although some also give an overview of the program. See below the video description for a list of the versions of Family Historian that the video applies to. A video may be applicable to a given version of Family Historian, even if originally made for an earlier version.
Recent additions include: What’s New in Family Historian 7?, and Family Historian’s Witnesses Feature. For a video tour of Family Historian, see A Quick Tour of Family Historian 7; or, still useful, A Quick Tour of Family Historian 6 (Tutorial Version) (longer, with spoken commentary).
Independent YouTube Videos
The GenealogyReviews YouTube channel has a number of very useful videos about using Family Historian, including
- Query Building in Family Historian…
- Shared Events, Witness Roles & Associations…
- Family Historian 7 – Genealogy Family Photograph and Source Media Manager Supreme
- Family Historian7 – A Media Managers Dream
- Visual Tracking of DNA Connections with Family Historian 7
- Color Coding on Steroids using Family Historian 7
The Guild of One-Name Studies YouTube channel includes Why I Use Family Historian – Paul Howes, which is over an hour long, and includes a demonstration of the Merge/Compare File feature, starting at 46:00, using a file that contains over 190,000 individuals.
More YouTube videos, covering different versions of Family Historian, can be found in this YouTube playlist.
User Group Videos
Many more videos about Family Historian, including video tutorials, can be found on the Family Historian User Group website (see also learn about the Family Historian User Group).