Helping families since 1894
For over 130 years, we have been dedicated to helping people worldwide find more information about their families and origins for free while maintaining privacy and keeping the data safe.
We are a nonprofit organization working effortlessly to help people, free of charge, to learn more about their origins and strengthen their connections.
Learn MoreWe strive to help all of humanity without any compensation
We believe that the moral responsibility to support individuals in life challenges is of utmost importance. Therefore, we strive to assist people in learning more about their family roots and history—on a personal and global scale—to help create a better world.
We are grateful to all the people who freely contribute their records, enabling us to provide this knowledge at no cost to everyone.
Learn MoreWe have gathered billions of records to make them freely available to everyone
For over 100 years, we have worked tirelessly to gather billions of records from institutions, archives, and various libraries worldwide.
We continue to invest time and resources to make this knowledge accessible to researchers and individuals seeking to know more about their family history and heritage, all while offering it free of charge to everyone.
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