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Our Get Started Quick-Step Guide provides all the key components for beginning your family history. Whether you choose to create a family tree or other project, Ancestry.com helps you reach into the past and make meaningful connections with your forbears.

Start with a free online family tree

Begin with what you know. Enter names, dates, and places for important events in your life and the lives of your parents and grandparents. Don’t worry if you’re missing information. You are simply laying the foundation for your family history adventure.


Invite your family to share your tree

Make the most of your tree by sharing it with other family members—it’s as simple as sending an e-mail invitation. Family members often have a wealth of information and stories about your family’s past. Besides, family history can be an incredibly powerful way to connect with living relatives and share your family memories.


Let Ancestry.com fill in the gaps

As soon as you start your tree, Ancestry Hints will begin searching millions of records, photos and member trees that may contain details about your ancestors. The more information you add to your tree, the more hints you’ll receive. Look for the leaf icons that let you know Ancestry.com has found possible matches.


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Start your online family tree by recording everything you know. Later, you can take the next steps to fill in the information you get from your family and Ancestry.com.


Quick Family Facts

Enter your family name to discover its meaning, origins, immigration facts and more.

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The entire team at Ancestry.com is committed to connecting you with the lives and stories of your long-lost ancestors. They do this by providing the largest historical records collection available online and making these records easily accessible to beginners and experienced genealogists alike. Ancestry.com partners with you to create a priceless family history that you will cherish for years to come.

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