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Summary

Name Personal Ancestral File (PAF)
Version 3
Other names  
Identifiers PUID:  fmt/854
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 previous 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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