![]() They also ask you to sign an “Honor Code” which clarifies how this site operates. They offer seven levels of privacy settings – read “Privacy Controls,” then click on “Free Family Tree” at the top of the homepage to get started setting up an account. In order to build your free family tree you’ll need to set up an account. The site also allowed me to search without an account for my Revolutionary War ancestor and yielded Stevens ancestors back thirty generations to Airard Fitz Stephens (or Stephan Fitz Airard, depending on the source) who commanded William the Conqueror’s flagship, the Mora in 1066! Again, like my purported ancestor Alfred the Great, I probably won’t ever try to verify each link in the descent, but the birth dates of each ancestor were plausible (no 10-year-old or 80-year-old fathers) I searched for my deceased father-in-law’s records and found he is not listed in any of the Wikitree, but the site found six records available online – 3 census, 1 military, 1 death and 1 immigration but to see the actual information I needed to start a free trial with WikiTree partner MyHeritage. It is possible to use the search function (scroll down to under the stylized tree) without having an account. was started in 2008 it’s headquartered in New York City and is a free “social networking genealogy website.” You can research and build your own personal family tree or add to one already started by a relative while also contributing to a world-wide family tree. There is no sharing information with other trees to find more relatives and no search connections, although there are resource suggestions in the Resources tab at the bottom of the homepage. You can then share it with invited relatives, add photos and download the tree to your own computer in a variety of formats, and print it out. Creating an account allows you to create your tree by filling in all the information yourself or importing a GEDCOM or Familyscript file and save the tree. If you just want to create your tree, save it, maybe share it online with relatives or print it out, try This free site is provided by Familiality Ltd., a private company based in Tel Aviv. I’m sure there are more than the ones I will talk about here, but I feel these are good ones to start with. ![]() But are there other free sites if you’re not sure you want to use FamilySearch? I’m happy to say there are. Some are subscription like the famous site, and some are free if you set up an account, like the site. I mentioned in my first article that here are many, many online sites for genealogy research and family tree building.
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