Genealogical data
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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.
Program-specific formats
Summary of formats for known programs.
Summary
Software | Format Published | Storage Format | Notes | Software license |
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Agelong Tree | Proprietary | |||
Ages! | Proprietary | |||
Ahnenblatt | Proprietary | |||
Aldfaer | Freeware | |||
Ancestral Quest | Proprietary | |||
Ancestris | GNU GPL | |||
Ancestrologie | Freeware | |||
BegatAll Genealogy | Proprietary | |||
Brother's Keeper | (Btrieve before version 7) | Shareware | ||
Family Historian | Proprietary | |||
ZEDCOM (MyHeritage Family Tree Builder) | ZEDCOM / SQLite | Proprietary | ||
Family Tree | Proprietary | |||
Family Tree Maker | encrypted SQLite | Proprietary | ||
GEDitCOM | 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) | Proprietary | |||
Reunion | Proprietary | |||
RootsMagic | SQLite | Proprietary | ||
rootsTrust | Proprietary | |||
SmartGenealogy | Freeware | |||
Softdisk Family Tree | Proprietary | |||
Master Genealogist, The | v3 - v9 | DBF | Proprietary |
Genetic info
See Scientific Data formats#Biological for more formats