PAF and Other Genealogy Software: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:11, 15 August 2008

The Family History Department offers PAF (Personal Ancestral File) for free. PAF can be downloaded by following these steps:

Go to http://www.familysearch.org
Scroll to the bottom of the homepage and click on: Download PAF There are several other genealogy organizers available.

To learn more about other genealogy organizer programs:

Go to http://www.cyndislist.com
Perform a search for genealogy software
Browse the result list, and visit the different sites

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-'''Personal Ancestral File (PAF)''' was a genealogy management software product formerly provided free of charge by FamilySearch. Like other genealogy management software, PAF allowed users to enter names, dates, places, source citations and other information into a database, and to print family group records, pedigree charts, descendancy charts, and other reports. PAF also allowed users to share their genealogical files with other researchers using GEDCOM formatted files and to link image and media files to individual records in their database.&nbsp;&nbsp;
+The Family History Department offers PAF (Personal Ancestral File) for free. PAF can be downloaded by following these steps:
-'''On July 15, 2013, PAF was retired and is no longer available for download or support.''' Current PAF users may continue to use the software on their personal computers or they may prefer to switch to another product.&nbsp;
+* Go to http://www.familysearch.org
-== Other Genealogy Software  ==
+* Scroll to the bottom of the homepage and click on: '''Download PAF''' '''  ''' There are several other genealogy organizers available.
-There are dozens of other commercial genealogical software programs available for purchase. Each of these products provide their own unique approach to gathering, storing and using your data and image files to list sources, share data with others, and create various forms and reports.
+To learn more about other genealogy organizer programs:
+* Go to http://www.cyndislist.com
+* Perform a search for '''genealogy software'''
+* Browse the result list, and visit the different sites
-*To learn more about other genealogy software, visit [https://www.cyndislist.com/software/ Cyndi's List / Software and Computers] section, browse the categories, and visit the different sites.
+[[Category:Beginners]]
-*Many of these products are compatible with FamilySearch.
-*FamilySearch maintains a list of [https://www.familysearch.org/en/innovate/solutionsgallery/ FamilySearch-affiliated products].
-*[[Mac Genealogy Software|Mac Genealogy Software]]
-*[[Windows Genealogy Software|Windows Genealogy Software]]
-[[Category:Beginners]] [[Category:Genealogy_Software]]