Your family history,
in your pocket
Your tree, the stories behind it and your research log, on your phone. The app signs in to the same account you use on ancestoros.com, so whatever you add shows up everywhere.
iPhone appComing soon to the App Store
Free to download. Works with your Hobbyist or Pro plan.
Built for the places research actually happens
Family history rarely happens at a desk. It happens when an aunt starts talking, at a reunion, at the archive counter, and on the drive home. The app covers those moments, and the website is still there for the long evenings.
At the kitchen table
When the stories start, write them down
Open a memory, type what you are hearing, and tag the people it is about. The shoebox of letters, the recipe, the story about the wheelwright's yard: each one lands on the right person in your tree.
- Write memories and tag family members
- Photograph old prints with your camera
- Browse the tree and a five-generation fan chart
At the family reunion
Add the cousin before you forget which side they are on
Search everyone in your tree, add a new person in a few taps, and connect them to their parents on the spot. By the time you are home, they are already on the web.
- Add and edit people
- Connect parents, children and spouses
- Work out exactly how two people are related
In the archive
Log the search while the film is still in the reader
Record what you searched, where, and what you found, including the searches that turned up nothing. Photograph the document and link it to the person it is about.
- Research log entries, found or not
- Document capture, linked to people
- Citations, obituaries, burials and clippings
Between visits
Birthdays and anniversaries come to you
The home screen shows who is coming up, and the app can remind you on the day: a great-grandmother's birthday, a wedding at the parish church, ninety-nine years on.
- Reminders for birthdays and anniversaries
- Research tasks and a timeline of events
- Discoveries to accept or dismiss
For professional genealogists
Client work does not stop when you leave the office. On the Pro plan, the app keeps the practice side of your research within reach.
Professional tools need the Pro plan. Creating invoices and full client records stay on the web.
- Time tracking
- Start the timer at the courthouse. It keeps running while the phone is in your pocket.
- Expenses
- Photograph the receipt for the copy fee before you leave the counter.
- Invoices
- See what is overdue, and mark an invoice sent or paid when the check arrives.
- Clients and appointments
- Look up a client, add a new one, and check your next appointment.
Getting started
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Create your account
Sign up at ancestoros.com and choose a plan. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial.
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Install the app
Get AncestorOS from Google Play. The iPhone app is on its way.
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Sign in
Use the same email and password. Your tree, your stories and your research log are already there.
Some work wants a big screen
The app is for the work you do away from your desk. These stay on the web, and the More tab in the app links straight to them.
- GEDCOM import and export
- DNA match tools
- Sharing your tree
- The ancestor map
- Reports and family books
- Story builder
- Family group sheets
- Creating invoices
- Duplicate detection
- Your plan and billing