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	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		(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			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