18 programs found out of  474 programs in total

Ancestral Quest

by Incline Software (Gaylon Findlay)
This is the program on which the Windows version PAF was based. It uses the same database structure as PAF (Personal Ancestral File). This program has continued to develop and is a very widely used program. PAF users who want to retain their current database but use a supported program might want to try this out.

Purchase • Windows • Full Featured • Builds Website
http://www.ancquest.com/
Enjoy Using It4.49 out of 54.49 out of 54.49 out of 54.49 out of 54.49 out of 5 4.49
Use It Often5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 5.00
Easy Input4.49 out of 54.49 out of 54.49 out of 54.49 out of 54.49 out of 5 4.49
Useful Output4.49 out of 54.49 out of 54.49 out of 54.49 out of 54.49 out of 5 4.49
Overall Rating4.49 out of 54.49 out of 54.49 out of 54.49 out of 54.49 out of 5 4.49
 

Charting Companion

by Progeny Software, Inc.
Allows you to produce more charts from your genealogy program? Acts as an add-on for Family Tree Maker, PAF, Legacy and Ancestral Quest.

Purchase • Windows • Utility
http://www.progenygenealogy.com/chartingcompanion.html
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Family History CD

by The Jefferson Project, LLC (Loretta, Jon & Jefferson Shupe)
A software package specially designed to produce a Family History CD. Add any files you have to your CD project (documents, pictures, video, audio, PAF, timelines, charts, etc). Especially powerful picture handling. This product has been updated and now is called Passage Express.

Purchase • Windows • Auxiliary
http://www.familyhistorycd.com/
Enjoy Using It3.99 out of 53.99 out of 53.99 out of 53.99 out of 53.99 out of 5 3.99
Use It Often2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5 2.00
Easy Input2.99 out of 52.99 out of 52.99 out of 52.99 out of 52.99 out of 5 2.99
Useful Output3.99 out of 53.99 out of 53.99 out of 53.99 out of 53.99 out of 5 3.99
Overall Rating3.99 out of 53.99 out of 53.99 out of 53.99 out of 53.99 out of 5 3.99
 

FamilyInsight

by Ohana Software LLC
Allows you to search, combine or separate records, and synchronize you PAF records with the matching records in the FamilySearch family tree. You must already have access to familysearch.org. This program was formerly called PAF Insight.

Purchase • Windows • Mac • Auxiliary
http://www.ohanasoftware.com/?sec=learnmore/familyinsight
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GEN-BOOK

by Rex Clement
A utility program to let you generate a complete genealogy book from GEDCOM or PAF.

Purchase • Windows • Utility
http://www.foothill.net/~genbook/
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GENViewer

by MudCreek Software Inc. (Luc Comeau)
A Windows based application that is used to view and analyze GEDCOM, PAF, TMG, Legacy and Family Tree Maker genealogy files.

Purchase • Windows • Utility
http://www.mudcreeksoftware.com/genviewer.htm
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Get My Ancestors

by Ohana Software LLC
A free program from Ohana Software that allows you to download your family tree from the FamilySearch family tree and save it as a PAF database. You must already have access to familysearch.org.

Free • Windows • Mac • Utility
http://www.ohanasoftware.com/?sec=GetMyAncestors
Enjoy Using It5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 5.00
Use It Often5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 5.00
Easy Input5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 5.00
Useful Output4.77 out of 54.77 out of 54.77 out of 54.77 out of 54.77 out of 5 4.77
Overall Rating5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 5.00
 

Legacy Charting

by Millennia Corp
A free charting utility by the maker of Legacy. It works with Legacy, Family Tree Maker, PAF, RootsMagic, and GEDCOM files. It appears to have originated from an early version of the Charting Companion programs by Progeny.

Purchase • Windows • Utility
http://www.legacycharting.com/
Enjoy Using It5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 5.00
Use It Often4.08 out of 54.08 out of 54.08 out of 54.08 out of 54.08 out of 5 4.08
Easy Input5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 5.00
Useful Output4.46 out of 54.46 out of 54.46 out of 54.46 out of 54.46 out of 5 4.46
Overall Rating4.46 out of 54.46 out of 54.46 out of 54.46 out of 54.46 out of 5 4.46
 

MacPAF

by Logan Allred
A free and Open Source family history and genealogy application for Mac OS X. It is designed to replace the no-longer available PAF (Personal Ancestral File) for Macintosh product, but work on this project has not progressed to production. This is where you go to help with the development of MacPAF. There is a blog for this project.

Free • Mac • Full Featured
http://homepage.mac.com/logan/MacPAF/
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PAF Companion

by Progeny Software
A utility program for Personal Ancestral File. It is designed to print a variety of high-quality genealogy charts and reports from Personal Ancestral File files.

Purchase • Windows • Utility
http://www.progenygenealogy.com/paf-companion-details.html
Enjoy Using It4.56 out of 54.56 out of 54.56 out of 54.56 out of 54.56 out of 5 4.56
Use It Often3.69 out of 53.69 out of 53.69 out of 53.69 out of 53.69 out of 5 3.69
Easy Input4.78 out of 54.78 out of 54.78 out of 54.78 out of 54.78 out of 5 4.78
Useful Output4.35 out of 54.35 out of 54.35 out of 54.35 out of 54.35 out of 5 4.35
Overall Rating4.78 out of 54.78 out of 54.78 out of 54.78 out of 54.78 out of 5 4.78
 

PAF Pal

originally by Steve Cannon, now Ohana Software
Software you can use with your existing Personal Ancestral File data. It adds additional features that are not availalbe in PAF itself. It runs from the tools menu in PAF5.

Free • Windows • Utility
http://www.ohanasoftware.com/?sec=learnmore/pafpal
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PAF5 Multi-Media Packer

by Lorin Lund
Helps to pack up your PAF data file along with the multimedia files it references. There is also a GEDCOM counterpart available.

Free • Windows • Utility
http://www.ohanasoftware.com/?sec=downloads&page=Shareware#media
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PAF5Snoop

by Lorin Lund
A program to understand PAF’s data structure better.

Free • Windows • Auxiliary
http://www.ohanasoftware.com/?sec=downloads&page=Shareware#snoop
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PAFWiz

by Incline Software
Reporting, Web Generation and other Utilities to enhance Personal Ancestral File. Incline Software are the developers of Ancestral Quest.

Purchase • Windows • Utility
http://www.pafwiz.com/
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Passage Express

by The Jefferson Project, LLC (Loretta, Jon & Jefferson Shupe)
A software package specially designed to produce a multimedia presentation of your family history. Add any files you have to your CD project (documents, pictures, video, audio, PAF, timelines, charts, etc). Especially powerful picture handling. This product was previously called Family History CD.

Purchase • Windows • Auxiliary
http://www.ohanasoftware.com/?sec=learnmore/passageexpress
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Personal Ancestral File (PAF)

by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Personal Ancestral File is a very popular genealogy program that has been available free for many years. The LDS has stated that it will no longer be updating the program, so it will be stuck at version 5.2.18.0 (2005). They have a Users Group.

Free • Unsupported • Windows • Full Featured
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/paf/
Enjoy Using It4.56 out of 54.56 out of 54.56 out of 54.56 out of 54.56 out of 5 4.56
Use It Often4.77 out of 54.77 out of 54.77 out of 54.77 out of 54.77 out of 5 4.77
Easy Input4.64 out of 54.64 out of 54.64 out of 54.64 out of 54.64 out of 5 4.64
Useful Output3.78 out of 53.78 out of 53.78 out of 53.78 out of 53.78 out of 5 3.78
Overall Rating4.49 out of 54.49 out of 54.49 out of 54.49 out of 54.49 out of 5 4.49
 

Personal Ancestry Writer II

by Howard Metcalfe
A freeware for the Macintosh that combines most of the features of the LDS Personal Ancestral File program (PAF) for the Macintosh for which all development stopped a few years ago after release 2.3.1. It adds features that generate HTML pages, RTF files and MML (Framemaker) files.

Free • Mac • Utility
http://www.lanopalera.net/Genealogy/AboutPAWriter.html
Enjoy Using It5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 5.00
Use It Often5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 5.00
Easy Input5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 5.00
Useful Output5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 5.00
Overall Rating4.64 out of 54.64 out of 54.64 out of 54.64 out of 54.64 out of 5 4.64
 

WebPAF

by Sean Eckton and Paul Woods (Project Admins)
A genealogy database program similar to Personal Ancestral File, but one that is accessed via a web browser and allows for collaborative data management. WebPAF is freeware and open source. Not much at the website, but here is the development site for WebPAF. It is written in Mason (a Perl-based web programming language) that allows Perl to be embedded in HTML.

Free • Online • Full Featured
http://webpaf.sourceforge.net/
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