Personal Ancestral File AlternativesGenealogy Tools and other similar apps like Personal Ancestral File

Personal Ancestral File is described as '(PAF) is free-of-cost genealogy software provided by FamilySearch, a website operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Personal Ancestral File allows users to enter names, dates, citations and source information into a database, and' and is a Genealogy tool in the home & family category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Personal Ancestral File for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and Wine apps. The best Personal Ancestral File alternative is Gramps, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Personal Ancestral File are Ancestris, Ancestral Quest, Ahnenblatt and Family Historian.

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  1. Gramps icon
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    Gramps is a Free Software Project for Genealogy, offering a professional cross-platform genealogy program, and a wiki open to all.

    44 Gramps alternatives

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    • Linux
     
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    No single source data possible AND no recording of sources including the texts (transcripts) of church book entries possible.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Gramps is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Personal Ancestral File.

    • Gramps is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Personal Ancestral File.

    • Gramps is Free and Open SourcePersonal Ancestral File is Free Personal and Proprietary
  2. Ancestris icon
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    A powerful genealogy software.

    26 Ancestris alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • BSD
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    • Haiku
     
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    No single source data possible AND no recording of sources including the texts (transcripts) of church book entries possible. And, as with all other programs: No free entry of the date possible! For * or + eg: "between 1868 and 1879" or "after 1900" or "before 1878".

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Ancestris is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Personal Ancestral File.

    • Ancestris is Free and ProprietaryPersonal Ancestral File is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    Ancestral Quest (AQ) family tree software is the easiest to use and most versatile genealogy program for Windows on the market. Its format is perfect for the beginner and yet powerful enough for the most advanced genealogist.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  4. Ahnenblatt icon
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    Ahnenblatt is genealogy software for Windows. (Use Portable Version for Linux with Wine)

    28 Ahnenblatt alternatives

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    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Wine
     
    • Ahnenblatt is the most popular commercial alternative to Personal Ancestral File.

    • Ahnenblatt is Paid and ProprietaryPersonal Ancestral File is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    Family Historian is a family tree program offering great diagram facilities.

    It was praised in particular for its ability to enter data directly from diagrams and for its multi-media capabilities.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  6. GenoPro icon
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    GenoPro is easy to use genealogy software to create family trees and genograms.

    17 GenoPro alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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    Legacy is a full-featured genealogy program that assists family historians in tracking, organizing, printing, and sharing family history. The standard edition is distributed as freeware, with no restrictions, only requiring registration on the companys web site to download the...

    29 Legacy Family Tree alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  8. RootsMagic icon
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    RootsMagic Family Tree Software - Smart Computing Magazine calls RootsMagic 'the best genealogy program we've seen'. Free trial version.

    25 RootsMagic alternatives

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    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Simple Family Tree enables you to create and/or view a family tree. It displays ancestors and descendants of any selected individual (it reads and writes files in Gedcom format). You can enter notes, events, marriage details, and an alternate name for each individual.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  10. Family Atlas icon
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    Family Atlas is the fun and easy way to map your family history! Trace your ancestors migration around the world and pinpoint the sites of important family events.

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    • Paid
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    • Windows
     
  11. GeneoTree icon
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    Geneotree is an open source web-based genealogy application developed in the PHP scripting language and the MySQL database. It installs on Linux and Windows and works natively with GEDCOM files. It makes a variety of reports as PDF files.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    No single source data possible AND no recording of sources including the texts (transcripts) of church book entries possible. And, as with all other programs: No free entry of the date possible! For * or + eg: "between 1868 and 1879" or "after 1900" or "before 1878".

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • GeneoTree is Free and Open SourcePersonal Ancestral File is Free Personal and Proprietary
  12. Genealone icon
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    Do you want to have your own genealogy website? Whether you want to start a simple pedigree page, build a large genealogy website with thousands of persons and complicated family relations, add your family tree to your WordPress blog or you just want to write down your genealogy...

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
     
    • Genealone is the most popular Web-based alternative to Personal Ancestral File.

    • Genealone is Freemium and ProprietaryPersonal Ancestral File is Free Personal and Proprietary
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