Genealogical data

Standardized formats
Formats with a documented standard, used by multiple geneological programs and for transfer and archiving of data in a non-program-specific way.


 * GEDCOM
 * GENDEX
 * GRAMPS XML

Program-specific formats
Formats tied to a particular program, with little or no use outside it.


 * FDB (Legacy Family Tree)
 * Family Tree Maker
 * Master Genealogist, The
 * PAF (Personal Ancestral File)
 * Softdisk Family Tree

Genetic info

 * 23andMe
 * Complete Genomics

See Scientific Data formats for more formats