Paf Family History Software By uaezarb on - Updated Oct 15, 2011
I found a great genealogy program to use for family history.! It's called Personal Ancestral File 5.2 and PAF Companion 5.2 You can order the CD from familysearch.org for only $8.25. With the CD you also get the PAF companion which allows you to print charts, reports and family group records, including large wall charts. If you don't want the CD version, they do allow you to download the free version from the website. Our family has kept written genealogical information for many years and with this program I was able to save all that written information on my computer and on a CD to protect the family history for generations to come. I am also able to share all this information with others in our family; by having them download the program and transferring the information to their computer, simply and easily. Most genealogy files are PAF type files, so this makes it easy to share information with others.
The program gives you all the fields you would possibly need to record information on the family, including pictures, sound clips and video! The program allows me to have to only type each person's information once and then I just have to link that information to a particular family. The information templates are customizable to my preference. There is a place to add notes for any information you care to add. I usually include any information that may be interesting to someone, such as what the person did for a living, if they had any important achievements, that sort of thing. This makes for a more interesting record than just names and dates. Pictures, sound clips and video can be added, but that information has to be saved on your computer or a separate disc, because it doesn't save it in the program. When I receive information from others or visa versa, the program allows you to match/merge duplicate entries. I am able to search by name or number and print pedigrees, groups, or lists of names. If I would need to, I could type names and places using characters from any language, and view screens and print reports in either English, German, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, or Swedish.
System Requirements are: Windows 95B, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP or Windows 95A with Microsoft Internet Explorer. Pentium PC or iMac with a Windows emulator. 32 MB memory (64 MB recommended), 32 MB to 72 MB hard-disk space, 256-color display adapter supporting at least 800 x 600 screen resolution.
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Familysearch.org Personal Ancestral File 5.2 and PAF Companion 5.2 Purchased at: Familysearch.org Price: $8.25
This might be the perfect family project for my daughter and I to do this summer.
I so want to do this but don't even know where to begin. I love searching my family history. Thanks this may be the place for me to start and get organized.
I am in the process of doing my family history. This would make it so much easier.
I would love a program like this. We have rich family history, and I've always wanted to keep it all in a file.
This sounds great, I will have to check this out. thanks for the info.
This sounds wonderful & I think this is the cheapest genealogy program I have seen so far!
Wow. This may be the software I am willing to start with. Ours is all on paper, and ok, but I want to get it organized better and on computer at some point.
Sounds like a great program for recording your family history. I may have to look into getting a program like this to track all the data my uncle gathered over the past few decades!
What a great way to save all those written information on our computer and CD to record all our the family history for generations to come.!!! Thanks for the info.
At one time I was really into the "family tree". I hit a wall and stopped searching. I need to look into this software. It isn't a bad price either. Thanks for sharing this information.