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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Ancestry AlternativesGenealogy Tools and other similar apps like Ancestry
Ancestry is described as 'Access billions of historical records, census data, and DNA analysis to build, research, and collaborate on family trees. Includes photographs and user-contributed information' and is a Genealogy tool in the home & family category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Ancestry for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best Ancestry alternative is Gramps, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ancestry are FamilySearch.org, MyHeritage, MacFamilyTree and WikiTree.
Alternatives list
- 51 Gramps alternatives
57 FamilySearch.org alternativesFamilySearch 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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FamilySearch.org vs Ancestry Comments
It is free - has lots of online records to help create family trees - and it uses online volunteers to enter data on existing images that need to be put in the database.
No automatic search or attachments. You have to enter /confirm everything manually.
- FamilySearch.org is Free Personal and Proprietary
47 MyHeritage alternativesGenealogy service supporting family tree creation online or offline, advanced ancestor search in 5.2 billion records, Smart Matching, face detection in photos, interactive charts, family website hosting, event planning, Google Maps integration, and collaborative editing.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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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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.
RootsMagic Family Tree Software - Smart Computing Magazine calls RootsMagic 'the best genealogy program we've seen'. Free trial version.
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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.
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...
Create family trees online for free. Place events on the map, record detailed information about each person or skip and create the tree very fast!
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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Israel
Germany
EU
France
Finland
Lots of records, from the whole globe