LifeLines AlternativesGenealogy Tools and other similar apps like LifeLines

LifeLines is described as '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' and is a Genealogy tool in the home & family category. There are more than 25 alternatives to LifeLines for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Mac, Linux and Android apps. The best LifeLines alternative is Gramps, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like LifeLines are FamilySearch.org, WikiTree, MyHeritage and Ancestry.

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

    52 Gramps alternatives

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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.

    58 FamilySearch.org alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
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    • 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.

    39 WikiTree alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  4. MyHeritage icon
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    Genealogy 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.

    48 MyHeritage alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Online
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    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  5. Ancestry icon
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    Access over 7 billion historical documents and DNA analysis tools to research, build, and collaborate on detailed family trees. Search census, SSDI, military and other records, connect with relatives, and use digitized photos, newspapers and maps for genealogy.

    51 Ancestry alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
    • Android
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    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  6. PastPaths icon
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    PastPaths is a genealogy application for researchers who want complete control over their own family history data. Everything — persons, events, places, sources, media, and stories — is stored locally on your computer in a local SQLite database.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  7. 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
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    • MySQL Community Edition
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft SQL Server
    • PHP
    • SQLite
    • PostgreSQL
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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.

    38 MacFamilyTree alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Mac
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  9. Ancestris icon
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    A powerful genealogy software.

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    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Haiku
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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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
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    • Mac
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