Family Historian User Group

Calico Press Release
We are today announcing details of Family Historian 3.

The expected release date of Family Historian 3 is January 2006.  This will be a substantial upgrade and a major step forward for Family Historian, offering a cornucopia of new features and enhancements, and as usual a good number of innovations - features which are completely new to the genealogy world.

Existing users will be able to buy a CD upgrade to version 3.

Christmas Promotion
We are also today announcing a Christmas Promotion: if you buy a copy of Family Historian 2.1 from a participating stockist now, you will be sent a free CD upgrade to version 3 when it becomes available.  The CD upgrade will have a recommended retail price of £23.95.
This promotion will continue while stocks of 2.1 last only - so don't delay. Think Christmas presents!
Participating stockists are:
UK:

• My History (http://www.my-history.co.uk) Tel: 01709 830782
• TWR Computing (http://www.twrcomputing.co.uk) Tel: 01284 828271
• S&N Genealogy Suppliers (http://www.genealogysupplies.com) Tel: 01722 716121

New Zealand:

• Beehive Books - tel: 649 521 1518 (Beehive Books,  P O Box 25025, St Heliers,  Auckland 1130,  New Zealand)

Australia:
We are still waiting to hear and will keep you posted.

Family Historian 3 Features

• Web site creation
•  'Smart Trees' which automatically adjust themselves horizontally and vertically to accommodate moved branches and resized boxes
• Innovative methods for moving branches and manipulating chart output
• Multi-tree Diagrams
• A re-worked and much improved All Relatives diagram (unique to Family Historian)
• A new Everyone diagram
• A wholly new approach to the detection and linking of 'duplicates' in diagrams (duplicates occur when a person is related to the diagram root in more than one way)
• Numerous other diagram enhancements, including the ability to save diagrams, and much improved support for producing chart output
• Improved usability throughout and a new Navigation Pane
• Shareable CD Output
• Internet Search
• Narrative Report enhancements
• Installable Fact Sets

For more details about Family Historian 3 features, see Whats New in Version 3

Simon Orde
Calico Pie

Having just had a quick look at the new features I can't wait to get my hands on it! I will have to be patient something I don't do that well, but this hobby is helping me improve!!! It sounds like you've been very busy Simon. I for one will be placing my order for an update as soon as I see how to do it.

I don't know why but I had it in my mind that we would be ordering updates directly from Calico but when I looked on the linked shops for the Christmas offer there were the upgrades, I've ordered mine from TWR, the first time I have ordered from them.

I'll be ordering my upgrade from TWR probably. I've already used them for a Census CD and, bless them, they couldn't supply on the expected release date as Ancestry fouled up, good & proper. However, almost as soon as they received stock, so did I!
I can't wait for the new features in v3 and, when I've taken out a second mortgage for the ink cartridges, I'll print out my tree produced with v3!

The Good Captain

This looks like a great upgrade.Just what I have been waiting for!!.Can't wait for Christmas to come & go and get into the New Year so I can concentrate on my tree!

Simon has obviously spent time studying the wish list. I look forward to the many enhancements he has listed for diagrams and just how much customisation will be possible.

Ordered mine!

Should be fun to arrange the tree(s) in the New Year.

I shall be in Greece during Christmas so A Merry Christmas to one and all and I hope you find that missing relative!

sincerely

Archierex

I've ordered from TWR as mentioned earlier. Can't wait!

The Good Captain

Ouch! I've only just paid good money for FH 2.3 so I guess I'll pass on paying another £24 even though the features look good.

I bought my copy of FH 2.3.5 from twrcomputing on 31 October and they confirm that I will not be eligible for the free upgrade to ver 3. What is the full retail cost of ver 3? How this compares with the £38.95 that I have already paid and the £23.95 for the upgrade might determine whether I bother.

Does anybody know if a demo version will be available (like the current one), as i would see what advantages the new version has before buying it ?

Richard

I am very much looking forward to this, and it sounds like it will be supplying so much of what people are wanting. I think the price is fine and a real bargain: £23.95 for the update seems a good deal to me.

I thought I saw a notice posted about a demo of version 3 being available to members. I can't find it. Help Please.
Tricia

There is no demo for V3, there is a demo for Version V2.3 on the main Family Historian Site. I would not expect a demo for V3 until at least the release of V3.

Thanks Jane
must have been a senior moment!
I will of course be ordering the update to V3
Keep up the good work.
Thanks for all
Tricia

Is there any news yet on the availability of a download of the V3 upgrade? And its price?

I have just been re-reading the new features in version 3. Only encouraged my impatience to get my hands on it! It is obviously delayed, but when can we expect it?

Simon confirmed on rootsweb mailing list that there has been a delay until February but he did not given a target for when in Feb, once bitten twice shy I suppose. Although I'm itching to get at V3 I'm sure it's best to have a slightly delay than have problems with the initial release. As someone that has worked in software companies for a number of years I have often seen the most innocuous looking change or one new test case that can create a lot of extra work so delays unfortunately do happen.

Simon's message was:

Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:03:01

'Dear All

I'm sorry to say that Family Historian 3 has been delayed and we are now
expecting it to be released some time in February. I apologise for this
delay - software release dates are sometimes hard to predict.

Simon Orde
Calico Pie'

Source:

http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/FA ... 1137855781

My Family, my supplier, have let me know today, 15/02/06, the following: 'Calico Pie the publishers of Family Historian have told us that it is now likely to be around the end of February when the upgrade and new editions are ready. I think its more to do with last minute production rather than the program itself.'

The best product on the market is soon to get better.

'My Family' should be 'My History'. Yet a another senior moment!

Hi there. New to the website and very keen to treat myself to the FH database that I have heard so much about. Am I correct in thinking that the latest release is V3.1.1 or is another release imminent?

I want to purchase a copy this week but would like to clarify that I am getting the most recent release.

Looking forward to reading my way through the forums, but more so to buying the product and getting my existing data transferred!!!