Easy to Use Family Tree Software for WindowsWelcome to the Famtree Program Update Page

Famtree Version 4.43 (release 2.0) is now available - update your installation NOW!  
  • Famtree v4.40 to 4.43 include numerous new or updated facilities, including
    •   Save your data as a complete web site

    •   Print Preview facility for all charts, trees, and listings

    •   Option to Save your file, hiding the details of living persons

    •   View all individuals and family groups by scrolling through the file.

    •   Details of individuals now savable as html files.

    •   Up to three photographs per individual can now be linked.

    •   Can now explicitly differentiate between married and unmarried relationships

    •   Display, Print, and Save a complete list of any individual's relatives

    •   Wide Family Group Display enhanced by including relatives' partners and relatives of the subject's partner(s).

    •   Differentiation between married and unmarried partnerships in the displays now made simpler (if needed)

    •   Data entry for marriages and divorces now improved

    •   Previews of photos now display in proper proportion

    •   Option to single click or double click on names to show the popup menu

    •   Display adoptive or birth parents on ancestry trees

    •   Option to exclude 'hidden notes' from web page output

  • Do you need your password?!  -  Registered users of Famtree v4.30 and later versions will NOT need to re-input their passwords to enable version 4.43, but users of versions earlier than 4.30 will need their password to activate version 4.43 - so, if you have mislaid your password, please   to be reminded of it, BEFORE downloading the upgrade.

Download and Installation Instructions for all versions of Microsoft Windows - WINDOWS VISTA USERS are asked to please read and follow these instructions carefully!

  1. Click on a download link below.

  2. Click on 'Save' in the browser download dialog which appears

  3. Select and note the name of the folder into which you are downloading, and click on 'Save' (make sure the 'close this dialog box when download completes' box is NOT ticked).

  4. When the download is complete - then

    • WINDOWS VISTA USERS should click on the 'OPEN FOLDER' button (some browsers have a 'FIND FILE' button instead, or already have the file list on display) and locate file famtzi443.exe;  RIGHT click on the file name and select 'Run as Administrator'.

    • WINDOWS XP USERS should just click on the 'Run' button to start the installation process.  

  5. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the unzipping and installation process - the default settings will install the Famtree program, the Famtree Manual, and some example files in a folder called Program Files/Famtree v4, and place a Famtree icon in your Programs list.   (Note - Some Windows 98 and 2000 users may see an instruction that some system files need upgrading; this is normal - just follow the instructions about re-booting).

Click here to download the complete version (famtzi443.exe) including fully illustrated manual (MS Word document). (2.8MB in size - much less than a minute download time on broadband).

Please do if you have any difficulties.

If you have any difficulties or you have suggestions for improving the program please do  

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