Name: PAW2U (Replaces Personal Ancestry Writer II or PAWriter II)
Current Version/Last Updated: PA Writer II Version 96 (PAW2U), 5 November 2010
Developer/Publisher: Howard H. Metcalfe
Type: Mac Genealogy Software
iPad / iPhone / iPod Touch Support? No
Price (Upgrade): $0 / Free
Download Options:
- Lanopalera.net…
Developer’s Description:
I have written a freeware genealogy program, Personal Ancestry Writer II (PAWriter II), for MacOS X. It combines most of the features of the LDS Personal Ancestral File program (PAF) for the Macintosh (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, e.g., 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.
Consider PAWriter to be a possible next step in the development of Macintosh 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.
MacGenealogy.org Note:
I consider it to be a successor to MacPAF as well as Personal Ancestral File for Mac
Software Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
Hardware Requirements: PowerMac G3, G4, G5 or Intel CPU, 1024×768
GEDCOM Support: Yes
Web Page/HTML Creation and Support: Yes
Supported Languages:
Notes and Features:
- PAW2U is the universal binary version of Personal Ancestry Writer II, PAWriter or PA Writer II
- PAW2 (Mac OS 9 version) and PAW2X (older OS X version) will no longer be updated
- Supports generation of word processing files and desktop publishing files.
- Very few limitations – one data file can contain more than 2 billion people, and each note can contain 2 billion characters, assuming you have the hardware.
- Individuals limited to 10 spouses/partners, each limited to 30 children
Other useful links:
- PA Writer Forum
- Explanatoin of why PA Writer was developed
History:
- Current version: PAW2U Verison 96 (5 Nov 2010)
- PAW2U Version 95 (3 Sep 2010)
- PAW2U PAWriter 94 (6 Aug 2010)
- PAW2U PAWriter 93 (2 July 2010)
- Previous Versions:
PA Writer II Version 92 (26 March 2010)
- PAW2U is the universal binary version of Personal Ancestry Writer II, aka PAWriter.
- Remove any earlier version of PAW2U.
- Remove or archive any version of PAW2X and its Reference folder. PAW2 (the OS 9 version) and PAW2X the (previous OS X version) are deprecated, and will no longer be updated.
- In the PAWriterU disk image, please read the Read Me First file in your browser. Then drag the PAW2U file over the Applications folder alias to install it in the Applications folder. Eject the disk image.
- Then you may also drag PAW2U from the Applications folder to the Dock to install it in the dock.
- Older MacGenealogy.org page
Gallery:
(From the PAW2U Website)
