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Summary
Name
Personal Ancestral File (PAF)
Version
5
Other names
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/856
Family
Classification
Dataset
Disclosure
Description
Personal Ancestral File was the name a genealogy software program made available by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. PAF is the native data format of the software, which was discontinued in 2013.
Orientation
Byte order
Related file formats
Is subsequent version of
Personal Ancestral File (PAF) (4)
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by
None.
Supported by
None.
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date
07 Jan 2016
Source description
Last updated
07 Jan 2016
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