August 2024
Family group trees
Family group trees are now available to all Family Tree users. You no longer need to go to FamilySearch Labs to share a tree with your living family members.
Improved group management
Creating, managing, and collaborating within family groups has been improved and expanded. Groups can now share a tree, select a preferred tree, and stay informed through a family feed.
July 2024
New fan chart
We've updated the fan chart while keeping all of the features you currently love. The appearance has been slightly refined.
- Colors. Colors have been toned down a bit. The text is now black on a white background, which improves contrast and readability.
- Options menu. The Options menu retains the same items, but its appearance has been updated.
- Dark Mode. The Invert Colors option has been replaced with Dark mode. (Click the to switch.) When on, both fan chart and background become darkened. Previously, only the background darkened.
June 2024
New portrait view
The new portrait view in Family Tree is being enhanced to make it easier for you to see and navigate through entire families and multiple family lines at once.
March 2023
High Contrast Mode
In My Layout Settings, the new High Contrast Option makes the person page easier to read.
January 2023
- Sources side sheet. You can now view a person's sources from the Details tab. In the Tools section, click Sources. The sources appear in a list along the right side of the screen.
- Improved sourcing. You can now tag sources to all types of information in the Vitals and Other Information sections.
- My Layout Settings. You can now reorganize the Details tab:
- You can choose whether to display the information in the Vitals and Other Information sections in 1 or 2 columns.
- Change the order of the sections.
- Alert Notes. Each person in Family Tree now features alert notes that notify other users about the presence of research notes or warnings that they should read before making edits.
- Other Relationships. You can now record relationships between people that are not direct parent-child or spouse relationships.
- Improved filtering and layout of the memories tab.
- About Tab. The new person page has an "About" tab that provides an engaging way to learn about a person in Family Tree.
And more! See what else is new.