Genealogy Tools

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  1. Gramps icon
     128 likes

    Gramps is a Free Software Project for Genealogy, offering a professional cross-platform genealogy program, and a wiki open to all.

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    People
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    Families
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  2. FamilySearch is a genealogy organization operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. FamilySearch maintains a collection of records, resources, and services designed to help people learn more about their family history.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Kindle Fire
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  3. WikiTree icon
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    The WikiTree community is growing a free worldwide family tree. The site is 100% free. There are no premium memberships. All content is contributed by the users and you can keep copyrights. You can also keep modern profiles private or even hidden altogether.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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    Wikid Shareable Family Tree, one of the family tree views.
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  4. MyHeritage icon
     33 likes

    Genealogy platform enabling detailed family tree creation, Smart Matching, record search, photo sharing, face detection, event planning, and chart generation.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  5. Ancestry icon
     22 likes

    Access billions of historical records, census data, and DNA analysis to build, research, and collaborate on family trees. Includes photographs and user-contributed information.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  6. 23andMe icon
     9 likes

    You are made of cells. And the cells in your body have 23 pairs of chromosomes. Your chromosomes are made of DNA, which can tell you a lot about you.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • iPhone
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  7. WeRelate icon
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    WeRelate.org is a free public-service wiki for genealogy sponsored by the Foundation for On-Line Genealogy, Inc. formerly in partnership with the Allen County Public Library. The Foundation for On-Line Genealogy is a 501c3 charitable organization supported by tax-deductible...

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    • Online
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  8. MacFamilyTree icon
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    Explore your personal family history and discover your origins, your ancestors and how your family has evolved over the course of time. MacFamilyTree offers numerous options for you to capture and visualize your family history.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  9. webtrees icon
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    Webtrees is a free, open source, website based, collaborative genealogy application. It works with standard GEDCOM files and is installed on a web server using PHP and MySQL (or Postgres, SQL Server, or SQLite).

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft SQL Server
    • PHP
    • SQLite
    • PostgreSQL
    Pedigree preview (version 2)
    Location preview (version 2)
    Statistics preview (version 2)
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    Ancestor preview (version 2)
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  10. Simplifies making your family tree. Fill in name, birth, marriage, death and other information. Displays age, pictures, family members, ancestors and descendants. Print reports and wall charts. No Installation Load & Go. Supports all languages.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  11. My Family Tree is a genealogy application for Windows. It has been carefully designed to help you quickly create your family tree using a simple and intuitive interface. For those just starting out investigating their family history, it provides an easy way to visualise and...

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  12. HuMo-gen icon
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    HuMo-genealogy is a free, open-source and multilingual server-side program that makes it very easy to publish your genealogical data on the internet as a dynamic and searchable family tree website.

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    • Mac
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    • Self-Hosted
    Descendants Tree
    Ancestor Report
    13 alternatives
  13. Reunion icon
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    Reunion is a genealogy software program for the Macintosh

    Reunion allows you to document, store, and display information about your family — your ancestors, descendants, cousins, etc. It records names, dates, places, facts, plenty of notes, sources of information, pictures, sou.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  14. Ancestral Quest (AQ) family tree software is the easiest to use and most versatile genealogy program for Windows on the market. Its format is perfect for the beginner and yet powerful enough for the most advanced genealogist.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  15. Geni icon
     12 likes

    Geni.com is a genealogy-related social networking website. Create your family tree and invite relatives to share. Search 70 million profiles. Discover your ancestors. Share photos, videos and more at Geni.com.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  16. GEDKeeper icon
     2 likes

    GEDKeeper program is developed for work with personal genealogical database.

    Features:

    • Compliance with GEDCOM 5.5.1 features.
    • Password protection is available.
    • Graphical family tree.
    • Print and export family tree as image.
    • Pedigree reports.
    • Possibility to export PDF.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  17. LifeLines icon
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    LifeLines is a genealogy program to help with your family history research. Its primary strengths are its powerful scripting language and the ability easily import and export information in the GEDCOM format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  18. Family Historian is a family tree program offering great diagram facilities.

    It was praised in particular for its ability to enter data directly from diagrams and for its multi-media capabilities.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  19.  3 likes

    Draw your printable family tree online. Free and easy to use, no login required. Add photos and share with your family. Import/export GEDCOM files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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