The Family History System Documentation files provided here were prepared using MS Word but have been converted to PDF format for viewing with Adobe Acrobat Reader software.This manual describes the operation of the DOS based version of the Family History System software, though details about the family file format and the reports, charts and utility functions are still applicable to FHSWIN, the later, Windows version of the software.
- Introductory Documents
- (PDF) - "Newsletter" Describing the Sept 97 Update, including instructions for installing from the distribution diskettes
- (PDF) - Description of new "Long Place Names" feature of the Sept 97 Update
- FHS Manual for the Sept 97 Update
- (PDF) - Full Manual in one document (166 pages)
- (PDF) - Title Page
- (PDF) - Table of Contents
- (PDF) - Section I: Introduction
- (PDF) - Section II: Getting Started
- (PDF) - Section III: Family History System Design
- (PDF) - Section IV: (F1) The File Update Program
- (PDF) - Section V: (F2) Reports and Charts
- (PDF) - Section VI: (F3-A) Family File Setups
- (PDF) - Section VII: (F3-B) Customizing the Family History System
- (PDF) - Section VIII: (F3-C) Printer Setups
- (PDF) - Section IX: (F3-D) Export/Import Options
- (PDF) - Section X: (F3-E) File Validation
- (PDF) - Section XI: (F3-F) Creating Index Files
- (PDF) - Section XII: (F3-4) Interface to 4PRINT Utility
- (PDF) - Sectopm XIII: (F7) The DATECALC Utility
- (PDF) - Section XIV: Support for Long Place Names