All projects begin with a tree
Not only is your family tree a great way to connect with your roots. It’s also the best way to begin any of the projects on this site — your tree information is automatically added when you begin a new project.
Begin your tree with your name:
Grow Your Tree. Find Answers.
Enter a little information into your online family tree. We’ll automatically start searching the world’s largest online collection of family history records and family trees for more facts about your heritage.
Not sure where to begin?
Simply enter what you know. Start with simple facts like a name, birth date and or death date for an ancestor. The more you enter, the better your chances of finding more on Ancestry.com. We’ll let you know with Ancestry Hints when we’ve found matching records or trees in our collections.
Watch your tree come to life.
Every time you add new family members to your tree, you create a Person Page and timeline for them. You can then attach photos, historical records, stories and more to the page and invite others to view it.
Add rich historical records to your tree.
Search the world’s largest online collection of historical records and you could find your ancestors described in draft cards, census records, ships’ passenger lists and more. Then easily attach these records to your tree.
Preserve your stories. In your words.
The Ancestry.com Storytelling service lets you record and save family stories by simply clicking on a person in your tree. You can also invite other family members to share their stories and then save the audio in your tree.
Upload photos. Travel back in time.
Scan and upload old family photos from those shoeboxes around the house — and ask other family members to contribute their own. You might even discover historical photos of your family on Ancestry.com.
Invite friends and family to contribute.
Expand your online family tree with a simple email invitation. Ask loved ones to share details, contribute historical photos and record family stories themselves.