Genealogical data

File Format
Name	Genealogical data
Ontology	Electronic File Formats 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.

Summary of formats for known programs.

Software	Format Published	Storage Format	Notes	Software license
Agelong Tree				Proprietary
Ages!				Proprietary
Ahnenblatt				Proprietary
Aldfaer				Freeware
Ancestral Quest				Proprietary
Ancestris				GNU GPL
Ancestrologie				Freeware
BegatAll Genealogy				Proprietary
Brother's Keeper				Shareware
Family Historian				Proprietary
ZEDCOM (MyHeritage Family Tree Builder)				Proprietary
Family Tree				Proprietary
Family Tree Maker				Proprietary
GEDitCOM II				Proprietary
GDS - General Family Documentation System				Proprietary
Genbox Family History				Proprietary
GenealogyJ				GNU GPL
Généatique				Proprietary
Généator				Proprietary
GenoPro				Proprietary
GENP				Proprietary
Gramps				GNU GPL
Heredis				Proprietary
iFamily for Leopard				Proprietary
Kith and Kin Pro				Shareware
Legacy Family Tree				Proprietary
LifeLines				MIT License
MacFamilyTree				Proprietary
My Family Tree				Freeware
ohmiGene				Proprietary
PAF (Personal Ancestral File)				Proprietary
Reunion				Proprietary
RootsMagic				Proprietary
rootsTrust				Proprietary
SmartGenealogy				Freeware
Softdisk Family Tree				Proprietary
Master Genealogist, The				Proprietary