The latter manual 'Getting the Most From Family Historian 5' is also available to buy as a printed book for £18.95.

People within a tree are immediately identified by terms such as grandparent, great-grandchild and so on (though we found ourselves missing a sister-in-law). People can be viewed as ancestors or descendents or by their relationship to the 'root' member of the tree -- as with almost everything here, an instantly editable aspect.

Family Historian 5 also applies logic to what you enter, so when we entered the same birth date for two people, it alerted me that the dates couldn't tally given the father-son relationship we'd indicated.

Research materials can easily be added to the database via a multimedia import screen or by adding a photo or document to a person's entry.

When importing photos into Family Historian 5, the filename is automatically included, but the image is simply listed as 'picture' (rather than 'video'). You can edit this and add detailed notes about when and where the photo was taken.