TIMELINE

Your family history,
in order

Events from across your tree — births, deaths, marriages, migrations, milestones — laid out chronologically so you can see the whole story at once.

Kowalski Family — Timeline
1848
Born in Prussia
Konigsberg, East Prussia
Georg K.
1872
Emigrated to Ohio
Arrived via Hamburg → New York
Georg K.
1875
Married
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Georg + Marta
1901
First grandchild born
Cleveland, Ohio
Heinrich K.
1923
Passed away
Cleveland, Ohio — age 75
Georg K.

See multiple lives on one timeline

See multiple family members' events on the same timeline. Watch how your grandparents' lives overlapped, how migrations clustered in certain decades, and how one generation's events shaped the next.

Walter K. — Born 1921
Elsa R. — Born 1924
Walter + Elsa — Married 1947

Color-coded by event type

Birth, death, marriage, immigration, military service, education, occupation, and custom events — each with its own color. Scan the timeline and instantly see patterns: where did births cluster? When did emigrations peak?

Birth
Marriage
Immigration / Migration
Military Service
Death
Custom event

Historical context alongside family events

Timeline events sit alongside key historical moments. See your ancestor's immigration year alongside the dates of major migration waves. Understand why they moved, when they moved, and what was happening in the world.

Historical Context
1882 — Immigration Act of 1882 signed
Family Event
1883 — Georg K. emigrated to Ohio

Your timeline builds itself

Events are added automatically as you fill in dates. No extra work required.

1

Events are added as you fill in dates

When you enter a birth date, marriage date, or death date on a person's profile, those events automatically appear on the timeline. No duplicate data entry.

2

Open the Timeline view

All events across your entire tree — arranged chronologically with colors, icons, and person badges — visible at a glance from one screen.

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Filter by person, event type, or date range

Narrow the view to one branch of your tree, one event type, or a specific century. The timeline adapts to what you're researching.

The whole story, at a glance

See your family's history as it actually unfolded.

Multi-person view

See every person's events on one shared timeline. Overlaps, patterns, and connections become visible immediately.

Color coding

Birth, marriage, death, immigration, military — each event type has its own color for instant visual scanning.

Historical context

Major world events sit alongside your family's events. Understand the world they lived in.

Filter by person / date

Filter the timeline to focus on one branch, one century, or one event type. Full control over what you see.

Works offline

Install the PWA and browse your full timeline without an internet connection.

Builds automatically

Add dates to person profiles and they appear on the timeline instantly. No separate entry needed.

Common questions

Automatically from dates you enter on person profiles — birth, death, marriage, immigration, and other life events. You can also add custom events with any date directly from the Timeline view.
Yes. Filter by person, date range (decade or custom), or event type. You can combine filters — for example: show only births between 1880 and 1920.
Yes. Any event type with a date can be added — business founding, land purchase, naturalization, graduation, and anything else meaningful to your family history.
Yes, when you install AncestorOS as a PWA (Progressive Web App) on your device, the full timeline is available offline. Any changes sync when you reconnect.
PDF export is on the roadmap. Currently you can take a screenshot or print using the browser's print function. Native PDF export with full formatting is planned for a future release.

See your family history in order

Free plan available. Build your tree and your timeline fills itself.