FAMILYFILE Converter

Extract text from Reunion family files (FAMILYFILE)


Drop or upload your .FAMILYFILE file
✈

How to extract text from your FAMILYFILE file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FAMILYFILE file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert FAMILYFILE to another file type

To convert FAMILYFILE family files to another format, you need Reunion or other Database software.

Convert a file to FAMILYFILE

To convert other file formats to the "Genealogy Project File" file type, you need software like Reunion or a similar tool.


About FAMILYFILE files

The .familyfile extension is a proprietary genealogy database used by Reunion, a family tree application developed by Leister Productions. These files store comprehensive ancestry data, including individual profiles, complex family relationships, dates, notes, source citations, and links to multimedia. You can natively open and edit these files only on macOS and iOS devices running the Reunion software. Because .familyfile is a closed, proprietary format, it comes with severe disadvantages for collaboration. Users cannot open these files natively on Windows or Linux, and sharing data with relatives requires both parties to own a paid software license and an Apple device. Furthermore, standard online converters fail to process .familyfile documents because the internal database structure is not publicly documented. The industry standard target format for genealogy data is GED (GEDCOM), which allows cross-platform sharing with tools like Ancestry or Family Tree Maker. Exporting to GED must usually be done from within the original software, which often strips out proprietary formatting and media links. This file format is difficult to open or convert externally. Emphasize that often only the original software can properly read or export the data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying database structure or embedded format, viewing raw text, metadata, or conversion may still be possible without a Mac.

Convert.Guru analyzes your FAMILYFILE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.


FAQ

If you want to convert FAMILYFILE file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use Reunion or similar software from the "Genealogy 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 FAMILYFILE, try Reunion or another comparable tool in the "Genealogy Database Storage" category.



The FAMILYFILE 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 FAMILYFILE converter.