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

Personal Ancestral File has been discontinued. Similar apps include Gramps, which is free and open source. Other options are Ancestris, Ancestral Quest, Ahnenblatt and Family Historian. You can choose from more than 10 Genealogy Tools like Personal Ancestral File for Windows, Linux, Mac, self-hosting and the web.

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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.

    54 Gramps alternatives

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    • Since 2009

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Ancestris icon
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    A powerful genealogy software.

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    • Since 2015

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Haiku
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  3. 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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    • Since 2015

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    • Windows
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  4. Ahnenblatt icon
     11 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
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  5. 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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    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

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

    21 GenoPro alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Since 2009

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    • Windows
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  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.

    31 RootsMagic alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Since

    • Since 2014

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  9. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  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...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
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