Master Genealogist genealogy chart
File type: Various data file
A vch file is a genealogy chart file created for Master Genealogist, family history research software for Microsoft Windows.
The file uses the Visual Chartform format and stores a chart generated from genealogical data.
Found 2 different file type records with the same vch filename suffix.
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 27, 2026
The vch file extension is associated with Master Genealogist, genealogy software developed by Wholly Genes Software for Microsoft Windows.
VCH files contain charts created with Visual Chartform. The files are used by the Visual Chartform 1 add-in for Master Genealogist to produce family history charts from genealogical information.
This is a legacy format associated with the discontinued Master Genealogist software. It is not a general-purpose genealogy data format, so the file is normally used with the Master Genealogist charting tools.
Open the vch file with Master Genealogist on Microsoft Windows. The Visual Chartform 1 add-in used to create the chart may also be required.
If Master Genealogist is not installed, general-purpose genealogy programs are unlikely to open this chart format directly.
Open the file in Master Genealogist with its Visual Chartform tools and use the chart's available printing or export options to create a more accessible copy, such as a printed document or PDF.
If the original genealogy project is available, recreating the chart from that project is usually more practical than converting the VCH file itself.
Software applications that can open vch files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit vch files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving vch files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create vch files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving vch files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 27, 2026
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
Vocola is a voice command language for defining commands that control a computer by voice. Its vch file extension identifies files containing reusable include data for Vocola command definitions.
A vch file is a supporting source file rather than a standalone document. Vocola uses its contents when processing command files that include it. The format is associated with the Windows version of Vocola and is now obsolete.
A vch file is a text-based Vocola include file. It can be inspected with a plain-text editor, although the file may be meaningful only when processed as part of a Vocola command setup.
To use the file, open it through the corresponding Vocola installation and place it where the relevant Vocola command files can include it. Vocola was designed for Windows.
Because the file contains Vocola include data, conversion to a general document format would not preserve its function.
If the data must be migrated, open the file as text and manually adapt its contents to the command-file format supported by the target voice-command software.
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