Personal Ancestral File (PAF) was a free genealogy software program provided by FamilySearch, a website operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
It allowed users to enter names, dates, citations and source information into a database, and sort and search the genealogical data, print forms and charts, and share files with others in GEDCOM format.
The history of PAF ran in parallel with the evolution of GEDCOM,[4] the de facto specification for GEnealogy Data COMmunication or exchange.
[6] Version 5.2.18.0 began with an adaptation of Incline Software's Ancestral Quest program,[7] written by Gaylon Findlay.
[5] Ancestral Quest has been developed separately, although it retains much of the basic visual layout and file structure of PAF.