Extract text from AFT files
To convert your AFT file to another format, you need Ancestral Quest or other Database software.
To convert other file formats to the "Genealogy Data" file type, you need software like Ancestral Quest or a similar tool.
The .AFT extension represents a frustrating filename collision between two completely different industries: genealogy and precision agriculture.
For most users, an .AFT file is a legacy database created by the discontinued Ancestry Family Tree desktop software (a predecessor to modern tools). These files are proprietary binary databases, meaning you cannot simply open them in a text editor or upload them directly to Ancestry.com or MyHeritage. The file contains your entire genealogical research - names, dates, and relationships - locked inside an obsolete format.
The Problem: Modern genealogy platforms require GEDCOM (.GED) files for import. Attempting to rename an .AFT file to GED will fail and may corrupt the data. To recover this data, you must use intermediate software like Ancestral Quest or an older version of Family Tree Maker to bridge the gap and export a standard GEDCOM file.
In the agricultural sector, .AFT files store yield mapping data generated by CLAAS combine harvesters and tractors running the AGRO-MAP system. These files log raw telemetry and harvest metrics used for precision farming.
The Solution: Farmers and agronomists typically need to convert these proprietary logs into Shapefiles (.SHP) or CSV for analysis in GIS software or standard spreadsheet tools like Microsoft Excel. This conversion usually requires CLAAS Telematics or specialized farm management software like Gatekeeper.
Convert.Guru analyzes your AFT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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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 "Genealogy Family Tree Database" 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 "Genealogy Family Tree Database" category.
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.