Genealogical data
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Standardized formats
Formats with a documented standard, used by multiple genealogical programs and for transfer and archiving of data in a non-program-specific way.
Program-specific formats
Summary of formats for known programs.
Summary
Software | Format Published | Storage Format | Notes | Software license | Discontinued |
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Agelong Tree | Proprietary | ||||
Ages! | Proprietary | ||||
Ahnenblatt | Proprietary | ||||
Aldfaer | Freeware | ||||
Ancestral Quest | *.aq | Proprietary | |||
Ancestris | GNU GPL | ||||
Ancestrologie | Freeware | ||||
BegatAll Genealogy | Proprietary | ||||
Brother's Keeper | (Btrieve before version 7 [1]) | (Extensions: *.DT5, *.DT6, *.DTA) | Shareware | ||
Family Historian | Proprietary | ||||
ZEDCOM (MyHeritage Family Tree Builder) | ZEDCOM / SQLite | Proprietary | |||
Family Tree | Proprietary | ||||
Family Tree Maker | encrypted SQLite | Proprietary | |||
GEDitCOM | GEDCOM | GEDCOM database | Proprietary | ||
GDS - General Family Documentation System | Proprietary | ||||
Genbox Family History | Databases (.GDB) for Version 3.6.5 | Microsoft Jet Database Engine | Proprietary | ||
GenealogyJ | GNU GPL | ||||
Généatique | Proprietary | ||||
Généator | Proprietary | ||||
GenoPro | zipped-XML | Proprietary | |||
GENP | Proprietary | ||||
Gramps | Gramps XML | XML / BSDDB / DB-API | GNU GPL | ||
Heredis | Proprietary | ||||
iFamily for Leopard | Proprietary | ||||
Kith and Kin Pro | DBISAM engine | Shareware | |||
Legacy Family Tree | Legacy Tables | Microsoft Jet Database Engine | Proprietary | ||
LifeLines | MIT License | ||||
MacFamilyTree | SQLite | Proprietary | |||
My Family Tree | Freeware | ||||
ohmiGene | Proprietary | ||||
PAF (Personal Ancestral File) | OPG's PAF5Parser.java | *.PAF, *.DAT | Proprietary | Yes(2013) | |
Reunion | *.familyfile | Proprietary | |||
RootsMagic | SQLite | (Extension: *RMG(v1/2/3), *.RMGC(v4), *.RMGB(v4 Backup - compressed *.RMGC) ) |
Proprietary | ||
rootsTrust | Proprietary | ||||
SmartGenealogy | Freeware | ||||
Softdisk Family Tree | Proprietary | ||||
Master Genealogist, The | v3 - v9 | DBF | Proprietary | Yes(2014) | |
Ultimate Family Tree (UFT) | Anatomy of the UFT Data Base | DBF | (Extension: *.PRO, *.DBF, *.FPT, *.CDX, ) | Proprietary | Yes(2000) |
Genetic info
See Scientific Data formats#Biological for more formats