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Personal Ancestral File (PAF) is one of the most widely used lineage-linked genealogical databaseprograms. I have not been able to find any statistics on the number ofactual users, but personal experience indicates that most of thegenealogists who have a program at all are using PAF.Even if the genealogists have moved on to a commercially availableprogram, it is possible that their attitudes concerning files may havebeen formed at the time they were using PAF. In one of my last posts, I discussed the issue of using the PAF"Backup" command. Since that post, I have had further rather extensivediscussions on the subject, as well as comments, and I have a few moreobservations.