The overall purpose of Family Tree is to help you discover your family and, in turn, discover a bit about yourself.
- Family Tree is different from other similar genealogy sites. Family Tree is a single, public tree linked together in families. Other sites only allow users to create and manage their own private trees. Everyone in Family Tree works together on the same data. Our goal is to connect every member of the human family.
- Family Tree compares historical records to people in the tree to help you find sources for that person.
- Family Tree compares similar people in the tree to help you find duplicate people, which you can merge.
- Family Tree provides messaging and collaboration tools, as well as free phone and email support, to help you resolve errors.
- Family Tree draws from FamilySearch's enormous and growing database to provide record hints. Hints help you link to earlier generations.
- The Memories section can help foster deeper connections to ancestors. You can preserve and share photos and histories.
- We want Family Tree to be accessible to as many people as possible. In addition to the full website, you can use our mobile apps or the Family Tree Lite website.
Our hope is that through Family Tree, we can work together to create a well-sourced, public family tree. We want to help family members connect to deceased and living relatives.
To learn more about FamilySearch, or if you need help, visit FamilySearch.org/about.
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