The following is excerpted from a blog posted at FamilySearch on June 20, 2013:
Beginning July 15, 2013, PAF will be retired and will no longer be available for download or support. PAF users should consider alternative products to meet their ongoing personal genealogy management needs.
For full details and for information on alternative products, please visit http://familysearch.org/PAF.
A great new opportunity
PAF began in 1984, has had over 3.2 million copies distributed, and has fulfilled a great purpose for the world. At the same time that we give a big “Thank You!” and “Goodbye” to PAF, we are excited to embrace what the future holds!For the last several years, FamilySearch has focused on building relationships with partner organizations to deliver better overall services to the market. This has facilitated better patron experiences with FamilySearch and the partner products. FamilySearch recently introduced the Family Tree to all users in multiple languages. Family Tree provides the capability for patrons to manage and share their family history information online at FamilySearch.org. Each of our partners’ products support connectivity with the Family Tree. FamilySearch is committed to strong partner relationships that enable more quality, choices, collaboration, and availability of records. We encourage our patrons to use the products provided by these partners.
FamilySearch has worked hard to offer upgrades to all PAF users through partners that have produced significantly better alternatives to PAF. Please visit http://familysearch.org/PAF for details, and get started with your upgrade today!
