Comparison to PAF 2.31

Compare how PAF's Version 2.31 and A&D's Version 1.62 satisfy basic genealogical needs . . .

Will this product let you:	PAF 2.31	A&D 1.62
Easily enter birth, death, and burial data on individuals?	Yes	Yes
Enter one or more aliases (i.e., multiple names) for an individual?	No	Yes
Enter French, German, Scandinavian, Spanish, and other characters of the Western European languages (such as á, ä, â, à, å, ç Ç, ñ, ö, Ö, and ß)?	No	Yes
Enter and identify Julian/Old-Style, Jewish/Hebrew, or French Republican dates?	No	Yes
Enter in three keystrokes or less, and statistically report on, any of the following: - the complete names of countries, states, and provinces? - occupations, races, religions and churches, and military services? - causes of death and other medical conditions?	No No No	Yes Yes Yes
Enter and identify non-marriage relationships (such as engagements, common-law, and other life-style relationships)?	No	Yes
Enter and identify adopted or foster children?	No	Yes
Enter unknown, unnamed, and stillborn children—without having to create individual records?	No	Yes
Quickly resequence the birth order of children?	No	Yes
Enter the ending date of a marriage and record that it ended due to an annulment, death, disappearance, estrangement, or separation?	No	Yes
Optionally enter: - LDS (Mormon) temple ordinance events? - Catholic, Jewish, or Protestant events and related data?	Yes No	Yes Yes
Enter household data (e.g., addresses, telephone numbers, and residents) only once and easily link it to all individuals and relationships to which it applies?	No	Yes
Directly link actual paper source records to source records in the computer?	No	Yes
Enter each source only once and easily link it to all of the individuals, relationships, and households to which it applies?	No	Yes
Enter free-form text notes for relationships (marriages), households, or sources?	No	Yes
Print detailed listings and statistical summaries of the sources and kinds of evidence that support a database?	No	Yes
Quickly navigate between different family histories, individuals, and relationships?	No	Yes
See who created or last updated a major record?	No	Yes
Limit update and deletion capability to certain users?	No	Yes
Import or export GEDCOM data?	Yes	Yes
Prepare Ancestral File and LDS Temple submissions?	Yes	No^*