Free tools
Free, browser-based genealogy tools — your files never leave your device.
Family Relationship Calculator
Free cousin & family relationship calculator: find how two people are related through a shared ancestor — removed degrees, half-relationships, and a visual chart you can print or share.
GEDCOM Viewer
Free online GEDCOM viewer: open a .ged file and explore your family tree with a pan-and-zoom chart — 100% in your browser, nothing uploaded.
GEDCOM Validator
Free GEDCOM validator: check a .ged file for errors, impossible dates, duplicates, and broken links — a tree health report that runs entirely in your browser.
GEDCOM Converter
Free GEDCOM converter: turn a .ged file into a spreadsheet (CSV that opens cleanly in Excel), JSON, or a smaller one-branch GEDCOM. Nothing is uploaded.
Genealogy Date Calculator
Free genealogy date calculator: work out a birth date from a tombstone age, an age at any event, a census birth year, and convert Julian/Gregorian and Quaker dates — all in your browser.
Nickname & Formal Name Finder
Free bidirectional nickname finder: look up what an old nickname is short for (Polly → Mary) or every historical nickname for a formal name (Elizabeth → Bess, Betsy…) — right in your browser.
Family Interview Question Generator
Free family interview question generator: build a personal list from 175+ original questions to ask grandparents, parents, and elders, then print it or copy it to your phone.
Ancestor Timeline Generator
Free ancestor timeline generator: enter birth and death years to chart lifespans over 150 US historical events and learn who was 12 when the 1918 flu hit. Print or share it.
Start with one relative and see what comes back.
Add what you remember and AncestorIQ searches for the rest. Free to build your tree for as long as you like.
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