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Format

Personal Ancestral File (PAF)

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Summary

Name
Personal Ancestral File (PAF)
Version
5
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/856
Format type
Dataset
Description
Personal Ancestral File was the name a genealogy software program made available by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. PAF is the native data format of the software, which was discontinued in 2013.
File extensions
paf
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Is subsequent version of

Internal signatures

PAF 5

Note
BOF: 500.500.PAF

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
3530300035303000504146
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V84

    Release date
    21 January 2016

    Personal Ancestral File (PAF) 5: Signature developed through PRONOM Research based on samples submitted by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

    Personal Ancestral File (PAF) 5: Full entry added. Submitted by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.