FamilySearch.org Alternatives

FamilySearch.org is described as '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' and is a Genealogy tool in the home & family category. There are more than 50 alternatives to FamilySearch.org for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Mac, Linux and Android apps. The best FamilySearch.org alternative is Gramps, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FamilySearch.org are WikiTree, MyHeritage, famstory and Ancestry.

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  1. GedMend icon
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    Merging a received GEDCOM into a master tree is one of the fastest ways to destroy years of work: duplicates appear silently, a confirmed birth year is overwritten without asking, source citations are stripped, accented names garble.

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    • Windows
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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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    • Self-Hosted
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  5. 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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  6. The U.S. Surname Rank Checker shows you how a surname ranks across the 2000 and 2010 census. The tool provides both the rank and the total number of bearers of the name.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  7. Geni icon
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    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.

    40 Geni alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  8. Family Gem icon
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    Android app for genealogical trees.

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  9. 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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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  10. GEDKeeper icon
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    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.
    25 GEDKeeper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Ahnenblatt icon
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    Ahnenblatt is genealogy software for Windows. (Use Portable Version for Linux with Wine)

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Wine
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  12. 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.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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