PastPaths

PastPaths is a genealogy application for researchers who want complete control over their own family history data. Everything — persons, events, places, sources, media, and stories — is stored locally on your computer in a local SQLite database.

The app covers the core genealogy workflow: person and event management with rich relationship types (including godparents, witnesses, and other non-family ties), an interactive family tree with ancestor/descendant views, a map view built on Leaflet/OpenStreetMap, a chronological timeline, a blog editor for longer family stories, and report generation (ancestor charts, descendant charts, family group sheets, source lists, and person profiles) with PDF export.

PastPaths reads GEDCOM files from all major genealogy platforms and desktop programs, plus WordPress blog exports, making it easy to bring existing research in without starting from scratch. Built-in duplicate detection and merging tools (for persons, sources, tags, categories, and places) help clean up large imports, with side-by-side comparison of family context before merging.

The interface is available in Swedish and English. PastPaths currently runs on Windows.