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PAW2U for Mac

Genealogy software (formerly PAWriter II).

Free
In English
Version 103.0
3.8
Based on 5 user rates

PAW2U overview

PAW2U is the universal binary version of Personal Ancestry Writer II, aka PAWriter. It combines most of the features of the LDS Personal Ancestral File program (PAF) for the Mac, for which all development stopped a few years ago after release 2.3.1, with additional features that generate Web pages in HTML, word processing files in RTF for example, AppleWorks, and desktop publishing files in MML for FrameMaker. The generated report files include genealogical dictionaries, registers, ahnentafels and lineages-such as appear on this site-as well as some interesting text files and pedigree charts.

PAWriter also provides flexible selection of subsets of people in a file by "tagging" them (marking them as members of the subset) using a host of selection criteria. Selections include inclusion (+), exclusion (-) and intersection (*) of the set of people meeting the criteria with those already tagged.

Consider PAWriter to be a possible next step in the development of Mac PAF had its develpment not been discontinued after release 2.3.1, i.e., "what might have been." PAWriter is not meant to have the bells and whistles that are in the current crop of genealogical programs. The emphasis is on maintaining a genealogical database from which the user can write books and/or post Web pages about a family.

Importantly, the use of PAWriter differs from other programs in that each statement given in a person's vital statistics should be based on the evidence given or referenced in the notes for that person and/or for his or her relatives, and should represent the researcher's best current conclusions as to the true facts. For this purpose, the notes should contain all of the evidence, substantiation, documentation, background information, clarification, interpretation and/or other relevant commentary. It is in these notes that source citations are referenced through footnotes inserted at the appropriate points in the notes' text, as is normally done in books. (The footnotes will be included at the end of the printed notes in the generated reports.)

What’s new in version 103.0

Version 103.0:
  • Two errors were corrected (i.e., using the tab key in the main window when no people were tagged, and not updating the tagged people count when exchanging cached people)

PAW2U for Mac

Free
In English
Version 103.0
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3.8

(11 Reviews of PAW2U)

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priffe
priffe
Jan 6 2020
103.0
0.0
Jan 6 2020
0.0
Version: 103.0
I need a 64bit version for Mac Catalana. Please can you provide.
schappaughc-1
schappaughc-1
Jan 3 2020
103.0
0.0
Jan 3 2020
0.0
Version: 103.0
I need a 64bit version for Mac Catalana. Please can you provide.
Lusi
Lusi
Apr 26 2012
100
0.0
Apr 26 2012
0.0
Version: 100
I HAVE A MAC AND WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE A PAF FILE BUT IT DOESN'T WORK SO I DOWNLOADED PAW2U THINKING IT WILL HELP BUT WHEN I TRIED TO OPEN THE PAF FILE I RECEIVED IN MY EMAIL IT SAYS THAT THE GEDCOM FILE IS NOT RECOGNISABLE....WHAT HAVE I DONE WRONG PLS?
Ramafan
Ramafan
Jul 1 2011
99
3.0
Jul 1 2011
3.0
Version: 99
It's a great app in function the only problem I have, as a designer, is its so darn ugly.
Anapat
Anapat
Mar 26 2010
92
5.0
Mar 26 2010
5.0
Version: 92
I agree with other comments on this page. PAW2U is an incredible program for genealogy and it is free. I use it actually to understand the relationship in my wife's family were families and kids are numerous. As they all have those long tahitian names, it is great that the software always asks me to check the spelling. I could even establish the relationship correctly when descent or pedigree are confusing because men and women in Tahiti have often more than one partner in their lives. There is also a lot of child adoption. I tried other programs on the Mac before and I agree that this one is the easiest to use and the best also for its perfect respect of GEDCOM files, so you can exchange and compare your research with others over the internet and even on different platforms. Thanks to the developer for this great piece of software ! I also love the retro style of the interface it's so simple and well made !
Ramafan
Ramafan
Jul 1 2011
3.0
Jul 1 2011
3.0
Version: null
sillynapkin
sillynapkin
Jan 7 2011
3.0
Jan 7 2011
3.0
Version: null
Anapat
Anapat
Mar 26 2010
5.0
Mar 26 2010
5.0
Version: null
Appledogx
Appledogx
Feb 8 2009
3.0
Feb 8 2009
3.0
Version: null
Sjha
Sjha
Feb 1 2009
5.0
Feb 1 2009
5.0
Version: null