Software Updates

The latest update to Personal Historian is dated 25 Jun 2007.

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What's New?

21 Aug 2009

  • New Features
    • Ability to import RootsMagic 4 (.rmgc) files

25 Jun 2007

  • New Features
    • Change the font styles of each project
    • Export the topic list to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet or a text file
  • Improvements
    • File dialogs are updated under Windows Vista
    • Import text data from Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
    • User must type "YES" to permanently delete a project
    • Direct on-line error reporting
    • When using the Search for Files feature, if a drive is not ready, it is skipped over
    • Directly opening a backup file now restores the backup to its original file
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed a registry error that sometimes occurred in Windows Vista
    • Live spell checking would sometimes not start automatically

27 Jan 2006

  • Improvements
    • Direct import of Family Tree Maker files
    • Thanks to some optimizations, Personal Historian now runs about 20% faster
  • Bug Fixes
    • Entering a date in the format "m/d/y" for the month of December now gives a valid date
    • In the PAF import, user-defined family events are no longer attached to individuals
    • The definitive fix for the "Buffer Error" which would sometimes occur when opening topics with images

5 Aug 2005

  • Bug Fixes
    • Yet another fix for the "Buffer Error" which would sometimes occur when opening topics with images

21 June 2005

  • Bug Fixes
    • When importing genealogy, an error would appear when writing a history about a family with only one parent
    • When importing a PAF file, accented characters are handled correctly
    • Fixed another "Buffer Error" which would sometimes occur when opening topics with images
  • Improvements
    • Importing a LifeCapsule now uses less space in the project database
    • When importing a PAF file, accented characters are handled correctly
    • Fixed another "Buffer Error" which would sometimes occur when opening topics with images

10 May 2005

  • Improvements
    • Various improvements and added interface instructions

10 February 2005

  • New Features
    • "Writing Tips" window in the Editor
  • Improvements
    • When loading large images, Personal Historian asks if you would like it to reduce them to a smaller size
    • If an image is loaded that is larger than the size of the screen, Personal Historian fits the image to the screen, without actually resizing the original image

5 January 2005

  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed a "Buffer Error" which would sometimes occur when opening topics with images

19 November 2004

  • Improvements
    • Faster import of genealogical data

8 November 2004

  • New Features
    • "Add Journal Topic" button
    • "Spell-As-You-Go" spell-checking
    • Multi-line organizer items
  • Improvements
    • All wizards have been reformatted with larger windows and more room
  • Fixes
    • An error would occassionally occur when opening a topic which contained an enhanced metafile (EMF) graphic
    • An error would occassionally occur in the Organizer tool when a topic was added with the Enter key

30 September 2004

  • Improvements
    • Minor usability improvements to the Organizer tool
  • Fixes
    • In the wizards, sometimes labels would become invisible when used by Windows XP with visual theming enabled

17 September 2004

  • New Features
    • "Radio Shows" LifeCapsule

17 August 2004

  • Improvements
    • The speed of loading and saving of topics was improved

9 August 2004

  • Fixes
    • Importing events with incomplete dates from PAF caused an error

2 August 2004

  • New Features
    • "Inventions" LifeCapsule
    • Sample file and "Quick Start Tutorial"
    • Expanded Help File
    • If you haven't specified a birth date or death date in the project options, the timeline will tell you so
  • Fixes
    • In rare circumstances, removing a category could make the scroll-bar on the topic list disappear
    • Under certain circumstances in Windows 95, an error would appear when the program was in "Evaluation" mode
    • When importing genealogical data, some relationships were incorrectly calculated

31 July 2004

  • New Features
    • When importing and modifying topics, if a filter is currently set and the new or modified topics will be hidden by the filter, a warning message is displayed and the user is asked if he/she wants to remove the filter
    • Added "Delete Project"
    • Can now rename/move a project file
  • Fixes
    • In the composer, the column now stays in place horizontally instead of centering itself the focused item
    • After importing a Legacy file, the database connection was not being closed
    • Rare division by zero error in the timeline

30 July 2004

  • New Features
    • Can directly import genealogical data from Legacy and PAF 5
    • Can specify which events for each person to import
    • Greatly expanded and revised Help file and User's Manual

24 July 2004

  • Fixes
    • An error in the Organizer when a hint window was shown and the mouse was quickly moved onto the toolbar and then back onto the Organizer

21 July 2004

  • Fixes
    • An error in the publisher when working with a deleted category

19 July 2004

  • Fixes
    • A temporary file was saved to the "C:\" drive, causing problems on systems without access to the "C:" drive
    • And other fixes

16 July 2004

  • Fixes
    • When importing a RootsMagic database, under certain circumstances some family events would have the wrong name
    • The Welcome screen now appears whenever a project is closed
    • When a user would select "Edit Topic" and no topic was selected an error would occur
    • When a user would click on the "Favorites" button and the project was closed an error would occur

16 June 2004

  • New Features
    • A trial version of the software is now available
  • Fixes
    • Corrected some typos in some of the LifeCapsules

13 May 2004

  • New Features
    • When removing a category, the user now has the option of marking all of the category's topics as "unfiled", moving all of the category's topics to another category, or deleting all of the category's topics
    • The "Print Preview" window now remembers its size and state each time the user brings it up
  • Fixes
    • When removing a category that contained topics, an error would appear

12 May 2004

  • New Features
    • Under "Import Genealogical Data", the user can now directly import RootsMagic databases
  • Fixes
    • Parts of the wizard screens would not be visible where large screen fonts were used
    • On rare occassions, a buffer error would appear when opening a topic
    • On some computers running Windows 95 and Windows 98, support files were not correctly installed

7 April 2004

  • New Features
    • New LifeCapsules
      • Epidemics
      • Industrial Revolution
      • Toys and Games
    • On the main screen, if the text of a column is too small for the column, a hint window appears below the topic showing the complete text
    • The registration process has been changed to a "wizard"-style window, making the process easier for the user
  • Fixes
    • The help file would not appear on certain computer systems
    • The "Exit" option of the main menu would at times disappear
    • When importing LifeCapsules, the message "Would you like to import another LifeCapsule?" would sometimes become hidden behind other windows