Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your AFT file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert AFT to another file type
To convert AFT Family trees to another format, you need Ancestral Quest or other Database software.
Convert a file to AFT
To convert other file formats to the "Genealogy Data File" file type, you need software like Ancestral Quest or a similar tool.
About AFT files
The .AFT file extension is primarily used for Genealogy family tree data files created by legacy software like Ancestry Family Tree and Ancestral Quest. These databases store familial relationships, dates, notes, and media links. A secondary use is for Agricultural mapping data generated by the CLAAS AGRO-MAP system for combine harvesters. Another rare usage is as an electronic form template for Formidable ActiveForm software, utilizing a Microsoft Compound structure. These files are highly problematic because they rely on proprietary or obsolete desktop applications. Sharing a .AFT file with a relative or colleague usually fails because they lack the specific software required to read it. Furthermore, legacy genealogy tools are often unsupported on modern operating systems. To preserve this data, users must convert .AFT files to standard formats. For genealogy data, the industry-standard target is GED (GEDCOM), which ensures compatibility with modern platforms like Ancestry.com or MyHeritage. Agricultural maps are best converted to SHP (Shapefile) or CSV. Standard online converters fail to process .AFT files because they are closed, proprietary databases with undocumented binary structures. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data. However, just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible on convert.guru. If our analysis detects a supported underlying structure, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your AFT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert AFT file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use Ancestral Quest or similar software from the "Family Tree Database Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to AFT, try Ancestral Quest or another comparable tool in the "Family Tree Database Storage" category.
The AFT Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our AFT converter.