FamilySearch: Family Tree App vs Ancestry: Family History & DNA Usage & Stats

Curious about your family history? Add branches to your family tree with FamilySearch Tree, the world’s largest online family tree. FamilySearch Tree makes it easy and convenient to discover and document your own branches of the world’s family tree while preserving family memories, such as photos, written stories, and audio recordings. Harness the power of a worldwide, crowd-sourced pedigree to discover your family story. As you add information, FamilySearch will start searching for your family members while looking at historical records like birth and death certificates. Share information that others might not know, and add sources to confirm correct information. Update information and records easily so that everyone has accurate information. Browse your family tree branches, and see portraits of relatives you’ve never seen before. Discover facts, documents, stories, photos, and recordings about your ancestors. Easily add new life details, photos, stories, and audio recordings for your relatives. Find and share meaningful, heart-turning family stories that will make an impact on your life and the lives of your loved ones. Genealogy at Your Fingertips ● Family history has never been easier to track and build. ● Build your family tree by finding or adding family members directly through the app. ● Once you add a deceased relative to the family tree, FamilySearch will try to connect you to any information it has about that person in its database. ● Discover new family members and descendants in the community tree. ● Explore your heritage in maps that show where the key events of your ancestors’ lives took place. Ancestors, Relatives, and Family ● Find your ancestors in the billions of records on FamilySearch.org to learn more details of your family story. ● Discover facts, documents, stories, photos, and recordings about your ancestors. ● Easily add new life details, photos, stories, and audio recordings for your relatives. ● See which ancestors FamilySearch has already found in historical records, and get ideas for what to do next. ● Discovering your own family history potentially helps others in their search. ● Explore your heritage in maps that show where the key events of your ancestors’ lives took place. Collaborate with Others ● Connect with other family members, and share information that others might not know. ● View, add, and edit information about your ancestors. ● Enhance your tree by adding photos, stories, and documents. ● Add sources to confirm correct information. ● Communicate and collaborate with other FamilySearch users from within the app with in-app messaging. ● Connect with family near and far. You may find a relative who has visited the same graves, asked the same questions about—and even learned to love or admire—the same ancestors. Watch your family tree grow. Discover family, learn your family history, and help map the family tree for mankind with FamilySearch Tree. NOTE: Content you provide for deceased individuals will be publicly available. See our privacy policy for more details.