FamilySearch Tree

【Overview】

Discover and build your family history with FamilySearch Tree, the world’s largest collaborative online family tree. Add branches, preserve memories, and connect with your ancestors anytime, anywhere.

【Main Features】

1. Build and grow your personal branches within the massive shared global family tree by searching for existing records or adding new family members directly.

2. Preserve precious family memories including photos, written stories, audio recordings, and documents attached to ancestor profiles.

3. Receive smart record hints that automatically search historical documents like birth, marriage, and death certificates to fill in missing details.

4. Explore interactive tools such as pedigree views, fan charts, descendancy charts, and Map My Ancestors to visualize your heritage.

5. Use mobile-friendly features like Relatives Around Me to discover nearby living relatives and Contributions to track your progress and impact.

6. Collaborate with others worldwide as the tree is public and shared, allowing descendants to contribute sources and correct information together.

7. Access guided experiences to start your tree quickly by answering simple questions about parents and grandparents.

【Core Gameplay Loop】

1. Create a free account and begin building your tree by adding yourself, then your parents, grandparents, and other close relatives with basic details like names, dates, and places.

2. Search the vast existing database for matches to your family members already in the global tree and attach them to your pedigree.

3. Review and accept personalized record hints that appear as you add information, attaching sources to confirm facts and extend branches further back in time.

4. Upload and link memories such as photos, stories, or audio to bring ancestors to life and enrich their profiles for yourself and future generations.

5. Explore your completed sections using different views like portrait pedigree or maps, then identify gaps and research additional records to fill them.

6. Contribute corrections or new information collaboratively, watching your family tree grow while helping connect the broader human family story.

7. Repeat the cycle of discovering hints, adding details, preserving memories, and exploring to deepen your understanding of where you come from and your place in history.