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• Also Known As

  PAF's non-standard GEDCOM tag _AKA causing problems. Guidelines for using PAF's Also Known As field. By Tamura Jones.

• Ancestral Quest

  Easy-to-use genealogy software for Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7. This software includes extensive reports, multimedia, publishing, and website creation features. Also provides multiple database support, to do lists, powerful merge features, comprehensive syncing with New FamilySearch and more. Ancestral Quest can generate a web site for ancestors of a person, descendants of a person, or selected individuals in your file. Notes, sources and scrapbook objects can be added to the web presentation. Licensed versions have been provided under different names such as PAF, Ancestry Family Tree and Family Tree Heritage. Available in English, German, Spanish, French and other languages. Ancestral Quest Basics is the free version.

  • Ancestral Quest - PAF 5 Compare

    AQ can be used as an add-on for PAF. PAF was derived from AQ, so AQ works with the same file format as and it does a bit more. Many users of PAF continue to use PAF, but use AQ to access supplemental features such as: syncs a PAF database with new.FamilySearch.org, fan charts, descendant drop-line charts, documentation (notes and sources) for pedigree charts, publish a family book, generate research log, search against the new FamilySearch indexed records, and much more.

  • Ancestral Quest 12.1/new.FamilySearch.org Tutorial for PAF Users

• Ancestry.com - Message Boards - Personal Ancestral File (PAF)

  Post reviews, questions and answers.

• Charting Companion

  Charting Companion is compatible with all family tree programs including Ancestral Quest, Family Historian, Family Tree Maker, GEDCOM, Legacy Family Tree, Personal Ancestral File (PAF), and Roots Magic.

• FamilyInsight

  Syncs your files with FamilySearch, built in ordinance tracker. Search the online IGI and update your records, collaborate easily with others, repair and compact your database safely, spend less time merging, discover the hidden data in your database.

• FamilySearch Blog - Personal Ancestral File (PAF) is Discontinued (2013)

• Genelines Timeline Software: Create Amazing Charts

  Create seven customizable timeline charts that display your family history records in a refreshingly different way. Compatible with GEDCOM, Family Tree Maker versions 2007 and earlier (2008/2009/2010 use GEDCOM), Personal Ancestral File, Legacy Family Tree, Ancestral Quest, Ancestry Family Tree.

• MacPAF - Mac Genealogy Software

  A personal genealogy program for Mac OS X, modelled after a previous version of PAF (Personal Ancestral File) for Macintosh called Family Records.

• Mailing Lists

  • PAF-5-USERS Mailing List (Archived on RootsWeb)

• [email protected]

• Personal Ancestral File: Frequently Asked Questions & Resources

  Answers to basic questions, links to resources and downloads. By Tamura Jones.

• Switching from PAF

  How to yet your PAF database into another application. Problems and Solutions. By Tamura Jones.

• Why PAF is still popular

  Many reasons why many genealogist prefer a decade old product. By Tamura Jones.